Menstrual Migrains?
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I get them. I use aleve which takes the edge off, but I know what you mean about them not going away. I am on birth control, and I know that the headaches where not this bad when I wasn't on them, so it is obiously a hormonal issue. I guess that if you can figure out what is going on with you hormonally during that time, you are closer to figuring out what is going to help you.
Avoid tylenol for headaches. Use it only in a last resort and understand it may not work or may make the headache fade and comeback stronger. Also, if you take aleve or ibuprofin the moment you feel like you are going to have a headache, you have a better chance of having it turn into a migraine.
Also, I know it is a taboo topic to discuss, but monitor your bowel movements and see if your headaches are related to being constipated at some point during that time. As strange as that sounds, needed to go number two, and not going can cause headaches.
Excedrin migraine or two alleve's and a hot pad on my head. Once they got so bad my doctor had to prescribe naproxium sodium and muscle relaxers.it is a good thing to have on hand if the over the counter meds do not work.
Ask for Imitrex...I hope I spelled this right. I used to give myself shots of this and the headache would just fade away in 20 minutes. They also have pills but I preferred the shots. they worked really quickly..
i get them too. theyre really hard to get rid of but ive found that an extra midol or fast-acting extra stregnth tylenol helps ease them
I don't know about calling it a menstrual migrain - I had the same thing happen every month. A migrain is a migrain. You should be treated accordingly - with meds meant to treat it - such as Relpax etc.
good question! I can't find any headache meds that help me...at night Tylenol PM and a heating pad...sleep it off.
I get migraines with my periods too, as if having really intense period cramps wasn't enough (the things us women have to go through hey?) and the migraines are sometimes so bad that pain killers doesn't seem to ease the pain. When I get a migraine with my period, I usually take Imigran (I live in Australia not sure where you're from and if you would be able to get it there, but it's got to be prescribed by your doctor) and they usually work but sometimes not, depending on when I take it. If I've already got the migraine it usually won't help at all.
Another thing I do is put a ice pack on my forehead - make sure you wrap the ice pack in a towel or something as it'll hurt if you apply it directly to your skin. One other thing that sometimes help is to rub the pressure points between your thumb and index finger on your hand.
Hope this helps a bit.. Good luck! :)
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