Ô Magnets Helped My Migraines’
The first migraine I had was so bad I thought I was going blind. I was 33, at work, and my boss had to call my mum to come and take me home. I couldn’t see because there was a kaleidoscope of lights across my vision and pain over my left eye.
Mum, who’s 87 now, has suffered from migraines all her life, so she knew immediately what it was. From then on, I started getting them fairly regularly – at worst, two or three times a week.
They’d come on suddenly and within 15-20 minutes, I couldn’t do anything but go to bed. And that’s where I’d have to stay for the rest of the day, sometimes the next day, too.
Using migraine medication helped, so I relied on popping a couple of pills when I felt the symptoms coming on. But when a friend mentioned magnetic jewellery might help me, I decided to give it a go.
I wasn’t that hopeful, to be honest, and I just bought the necklace because it looked pretty. I kept it on, day and night, and I’ve only had a handful of migraines since. That was two years ago and I can’t believe the difference it’s made.
I’ve since bought a couple of bracelets and a pair of earrings, and Mum’s tried it, too. Her migraines were even more debilitating than mine and as she’d got older, she started suffering from tension headaches, too. She had tried everything over the years, including medication and even Botox, and was more sceptical than me.
But after five days, she phoned me to say, ‘I can’t believe it, I haven’t had one migraine or headache!’ Nine months later, and she still hasn’t.
I’m no doctor, so I don’t understand the science behind it, but they think magnets may help your circulation by attracting the iron in your blood. I can’t prove that my lack of migraines and my mum’s experience is down to the magnets, but it seems too much of a coincidence.
I don’t take any medication for my health generally so if wearing this jewellery helps me stay healthy as I grow older, I’m more than happy to do that.