Anyone get visual migraine around ovulation time?

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it happened to me the second time and lasts for about 15-20 minutes...my vision goes all blury and I lie down and close my eyes waiting for it to pass.

normally I've never had migraines but second time experienced this episode. noticed its my Ovulation time so does anyone get this? what can i do to prevent it?
thanks

Yes, it's due to a drop in oestrogen levels. The only thing that stops it is to take the contraceptive pill with no break between packs - except that if you have migraine with aura, you can't take it and so you are stuck with the blooming migraine.

Happily zomig works wonders for me, but it is a total pita otherwise.

I could plot my migraines on a calendar for years until I had my first baby. Then they stopped, hormones play havoc.
However I found if I could preempt an attack with pain killers I could reduce the severity down from three days in bed to half a day in the dark, took a few months but things did improve.

Yes, used to get them regularly.

I had one last week for the first time in 25 years.

it was so terrible and I don't get any headaches so I don't know when it could happen. but because this time it happened around ovulation i started to think there is a link.

I get them occasionally but it's always on the third day of my period.

I get this too. I used to worry so much about it. Like a lightening strike going across your line of vision? Mine started during my third pregnancy. Occasionally making me vomit too. Nowadays it's only every six months or so, but definitely hormonal. It's reassuring to know it's 'normal' but awful!

Hey,

Yes, I have had 3 visual migraines in the last 2 months, all during my ovulation. The first one was last month and it lasted about 30-60 minutes. This month I have had 2, each lasted between 10-15 minutes.

I have seen 2 ophthalmologists, 1 neurologist, 1 endocrinologist, and none of them could find anything wrong with me, yet each had their own theory... I have to do a lot of tests, but, I hope is something hormonal. The thing is that besides my visual migraines, my breasts started feeling sore in the last few months, and I also had an acute pain in my left ovary last month.. So it's probably hormonal.

Hi @Aa123Rr321 how did you get on? Any tips from the doctors? I hope you got some answers!!

My similar ones were always caused by a sugar dip and the best things were dried apricots! (I don't really eat much sugar...)
15 years later, I still have a packet of dried apricots in my bag.