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April 24, 2009, 2:14 pm
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Does anyone else have any trouble with chocolate? It seems like every time I eat chocolate, especially dark chocolate, I get a bad headache. I love chocolate but I sure don't love the headache that I have afterward. I'd appreciate any advice.

You may want to go to the doctor and see if you are having migraine headaches. Sometimes chocolate and some other things can trigger migraines. There are some drugs that can help you with the migraines but you must avoid those trigger foods or substances too. Aged cheese and red wine (I think) are other things that can trigger migraines. But it is important that you get this checked out by your doctor.

I am so glad that chocolate does not give me migraines. That would be something akin to the end of the world for me. I do have a friend with migraines who has to steer clear of chocolate as well. It does trigger her migraines.

Sometimes I do! My doctor told me that chocolate and red wine were at the top of the list for things which can tend to trigger migraines in some people- he is always asking me if I've had those two things when I mention I've had a migraine. I am guessing that dark chocolate might be worse for that since it's more potent.

I never really knew chocolate could hurt a person, very interesting to know. Any chance someone here knows why people tend to get headaches after hard crying?

I can't watch sad movies because I get very bad headaches when I cry. There is one movie that I love, but I can't watch it due to the headaches. LOL I know, silly. Chocolate, no that does not bother me in the least.

chocolate gives me terrible headaches that last for days. cadbury's is the worst cuprit. i am testing dark choc tonight. im glad im not the only one who experiences this terrible pain.

YES! I had migraines for about a year and a half or so. Then I went to a chiropractor (for a back problem) and told him about the migraines that I was having (even before the accident with my back)...Anyhow, he asks me if i eat chocolate... I confirm "yes, alot of it"... and he proceeds to tell me that he can bet that it is the culprit and to try not eating it for awhile. I stopped and the migraines stopped. The end. I tried chocolate out again after that just to see, and voila it came back. I realized that I had changed to DARK chocolate right around the time that I started having migraines. I KNOW it is the culprit with no doubts. :) hope this helped.

Also, for Lexi, crying hard dehydrates you and also constricts blood vessels which is why some may get a headache or even pass out after a hard cry.