Period related migraines, getting worse, peri menopause related?

[BabyMarie]

Since being a teenager I have had a migraine every cycle. A couple of days before bleeding starts. I read its related to hormone changes.

Have put up with it for years. Had migraine tablets for a while. Took pill back to back when contraception was needed to avoid them.

But not been on any contraception for about 14 years now so just been dealing with them without GP input.

But the last year they have just gotten so much worse. The intensity has me in bed the full day. Vomiting. Light sensitivity. Nausea. All I can do is sleep.

I was given zolmitriptan by someone (i know Its prescription med and I shouldn't take it but i was desperate) and that helps but it also makes me feel awful for a while.

But now I am getting multiple days of migraines, not just the one day I have experienced my whole life.

I can only assume I am perimeno (41) and so my hormones are fluctuating more, causing the migraines.

Has anyone else experienced this?

Yep. Same here.

Are you having multiple migraines around your period?

It always used to be one migraine a month, 2 days before bleeding.

Now I seem to have a halfbaked one 2 days before. Then a couple during period and a bad one a few days after it ends.

It’s one migraine a month, currently, but i also get the half-baked ones, as well. That’s a great description.

I take Migraleve, and sleep for England. That’s the only cure for me.

I used to get them and took Migraleve at the first sign of one. Now that I am through the menopause they have largely disappeared.

Same here. My gp put me on the mini pill, which didn’t work. So she’s put me on the combined pill, which I think has made a difference. Although my libido has completely vanished. So will see what else can be done.

If you can afford it please give acupuncture a go. Worked for me.

Sumitriptan works well for me. But I was taking a lot of it.

Sumatriptan is generally the only thing that clears mine, but I also take Topirimate and Candestatan daily as preventatives.
Mine did start to get worse as I entered my 40s, but interestingly, since going on Mounjaro last year, they have significantly improved.