Recently, a research team from Wake Forest University School of Medicine conducted a study involving 68 young adults with the open goal of establishing a relationship between self-reported sexual desire and migraine. Each participant reported the level of sexual desire by completing a 14-item questionnaire. At the same time, the participants were asked to conclude whether their headache is migraine or tension.

Although the common excuse for not having sex is a stubborn headache, the study result clearly showed that migraine sufferers estimate a higher level of sexual desire. This foundation confirms the existence of a complex relationship between headache and sexual activity, supporting the suspicion that both migraines and sexual desire are influenced by the same brain chemical.

This brain chemical appears to be serotonin, which also plays a role in depressive conditions. As previous research linked serotonin level to premature ejaculation, scientists are interested in exploring whether all phenomena are actually related.

Migraine headache is a very common condition with an incidence of 5.7 percent in men and 17.6 percent in women. At the same time, it is estimated that premature ejaculation causes problems for 30 percent of men of all age groups. Interestingly, during the study, men’s reported sexual desire was 24 percent higher than women’s.