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My first migraine hit me at age 18 on a sunny Spring day. That was 14 years ago or so. During my last pregnancy, my migraines ceased. After giving birth, within a month, they returned.
What, if anything, can I do to discover the potential hormonal aspects involved with my migranes? I am waiting to see my neuro but its not until Sept... Thanks Posted on 05/15/08, 09:05 pm |
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The only thing I can recommend is to possibly try charting your cycle to see if there are any correlations between perhaps when you ovulate or menstruate (or just prior to menstruation) as to when you get your migraines.
Sometimes the drops in certain hormone levels at different stages of your cycle can trigger migraines. I know for me that I used to get migraines twice a month - once when I ovulated and then again right with my period. As soon as I started taking birth control pills again I eliminated one migraine a month (the ovulation one, since I'm no longer ovulating), but unfortunately I'm still getting the migraine when I have my period. We're working on that. Good luck to you, though!!! 
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Every month, the week before my cycle, I get at least 2 migraines. It never fails, no matter what I do with my diet, exercise, drinking plenty of water.. I cant stop the hormone craze and I know I will suffer that week. I just make sure I have my meds on me at all times!
Good luck..
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My first migraine occured right around my first period and have pretty much been linked to my hormones ever since. It seems that yours have a hormonal aspect to them as well. If they tend to occur around your cycle, either right before, in the first few days, or at the end, then they may be hormone-related...if you get them while you are on the pill, or stop getting them while you are on the pill...they are hormone related (remember I am not a doctor, but a life-time migraine sufferer). 4 years ago, my migraines became almost daily, but at the same time , I got lupus. What has helped mine are several things, Topamax, which is a anti-seizure medication which has a wonderful side use of stopping migraines and the other is natural progesterone tablets. I take 200 mg of compounded progesterone powder (in capsule form) every night. (I don't know how old you are) and I stop for 4 days during my cycle but of course you would have to talk this over with your OBGYN and some of them agree with the natural hormones and some don't. My Dad is an OBGYN and he completely believed in it.
Yours may be the case where you just have to catch your migraines at the beginning with a drug like Imitrex or Relpax or something like that. But that is how hormonal ones act...they tend to ebb and flow with your cycles... I hope this helps... Diane
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