I have had migraines on and off for years, they mainly stared when i was on combined pill so came off it but since having children i get them most months around my period, i have the copper coil as doctor advised me to stay away from pill/mirena as it would make migraines worse. Ive had 4 full blown migrains in the last 7 days(disturbed vision for about half an hour, then intense pain in eyeballs and feeling sick, then so tired and starving). they are beginning to take over my life, my vision carries on being blotchy for days after and i have a canstant dull headache,i darent go out or do to much in case one starts, its so hard to carry on caring for children when i get one, 3 year old dd and 10 month ds, my partener is always at work and he is unsympathetic as he has never had one!
been back to a different doctor today who suggested having the coil changed to a mirena coil or trying the progestogen only pill, she said that its the oestrogen that causes the migraines? i would consider anything but im nervous that i try one of these it will set the migraines off for weeks as this happened before when i tried a different pill but i think that was a combined one? any advise on managing them or preventing them?
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anyone used progestogen only pill or mirena coil to try and stop hormonal migraines?
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princessdaisyboo · 04/09/2009 13:29
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