Migraines and Perimenopause – HealthyWomen

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Perimenopause and Migraine Illness

Learn how perimenopause signs can change your migraine assaults

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Perimenopause can have an effect on the way you expertise migraine illness

• You’ll have a migraine assault for the primary time

• Your signs may worsen

• Your signs may get higher

• There is perhaps no change in your signs

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Hormonal upheaval

Throughout perimenopause, estrogen and progesterone go up and down.

These hormonal adjustments can set off worse ache or extra frequent migraine assaults.

For some ladies, when hormone ranges even out throughout postmenopause, their migraine assaults occur much less typically or cease utterly.

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Sleep issues

Perimenopause signs corresponding to scorching flashes, waking up typically, nervousness or despair can have an effect on sleep high quality.

Poor sleep can set off migraine assaults.

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Menstrual migraine

Some ladies expertise heavier and/or extra frequent durations than regular throughout perimenopause, which may set off extra assaults and extra extreme migraine signs.

2 out of three ladies with migraine illness expertise assaults throughout their durations.

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Take be aware

Retaining monitor of your perimenopause signs and the way they have an effect on your migraine assaults can assist you and your healthcare supplier (HCP) provide you with a therapy plan that works for you.

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Write down your perimenopause signs

Monitor whether or not any of the next signs have an effect on how typically you get migraine assaults and the way unhealthy they’re.

• Nervousness

• Despair

• Problem concentrating

• Scorching flashes

• Insomnia

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Choices for aid

There are numerous therapy choices that may assist handle migraine illness throughout perimenopause:

• Oral drugs

• Injectable drugs

• Nasal sprays

• Magnesium

• Hormone remedy

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Hormone remedy could assist

Hormone remedy:

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Contain your HCP

If you happen to’re in perimenopause and your migraine signs are altering, speak to your HCP about what therapy choices would possibly assist.

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