Hi. Looking for a bit of advice for DD15.
She has had migraines since she was about 13 and they seemed to get worse with the onset of her period when she was 14. They are hereditary in our family my husband gets them. DD's period was quite heavy and irregular and making her miserable so she asked GP about going on (eastrogen)contraceptive pill when she was nearly 15. Since then the migraines have been getting worse. She took covid in Feb 22 and then a bad migraine at the end of it and was ill for weeks and weeks. She missed a month of school in March/April before her exams but rallied round and managed to go in and sit them and did well but it caused a lot of anxiety and stress for her. We just put it down to covid and GP kept saying long covid symptoms. Her iron levels were low so over the summer the doc put her on iron tablets and b12 supplement which seemed to help. Her appetite and diet isn't great post covid and she has lost a few pounds in weight. She used to have a great appetite but now it comes and goes. The GP referred us to neurologist at childrens hospital for the migraines who changed her preventive migraine medication and suggested we change her pill to non eastrogen one which we have done. Since making these 2 medication changes last week she has not been feeling that great but I am hoping it might just be the change in medication. We have to go back to neurologist in March to review. She has had her eyes tested fully and scanned and all clear. She has had full bloods done recently and immune and infection markers are good and iron and B12 good and no area for concern. i just feel so sorry for her as she is constantly not feeling great with some good spells in between. And about to do her next set of exams which count for university. She is constantly off school with the migraines like 2 -4 days per month and then gets anxious about missed work. Tommorow we are going for some private counselling with a teen coach to help her talk through some of it. I am wondering if she should perhaps come off the pill altogether and try something else for the periods like the implant or coil. I have the coil and have had very good experience but is it a good idea for someone so young? We don't want to impact her fertillity for the future but the migraines are so disruptive for her. She has a boyfriend but very early days and more like friends in a group so not active in that way. Any advice welcome? Thanks