I had headaches diagnosed as migraines since I was a kid, for 40+ years. It got to a point where I had scale 9 headaches for most days of some weeks and it was

I had headaches diagnosed as migraines since I was a kid, for 40+ years. It got to a point where I had scale 9 headaches for most days of some weeks and it was a tough going. Lots of doctors, some pain relief, but ultimately, no help. Then, in desperation, I tried drinking water. Headaches had been accompanied by the feeling of hunger/thirst and I thought to drink until it went away. I brought home a six-liter pack of mineral water and drank it all in 24 hours. And no more headaches. Nowadays I always have a bottle of water at hand consuming at least 1.5 liters a day. Nights are punctuated by visits to the loo, but I can live with that. Reading other comments, I suppose migraines are a systemic issue, where something in the body is out of balance which manifests itself as an headache. And the medical science is really not very good with systemic issues: heart surgery has made great strides, but where nervous system meets the digestive system meets the limbic system etc, they struggle. Also, I think there’s an interesting aspect of level of detail of sensitivity here. Turns out my bouts of hunger were actually thirst. Since then, endurance sports have introduced me to an even wider gamut of ways the body might ask for different things. So maybe it’s about our ability to recognize and therefore correct imbalances in the body?