Headaches week before period time ...

[Speshul]

Along with all the other lovely symptoms creeping back in after a little bit of respite from this wonderful illness (lap and then two children kept it at bay for a few years) ... I am now getting severe headache/ migraines week before my period ... Do other people suffer from this too? If so what do you take?

[wp22]

Yes me too. Before endo never had a migraine ever or that many headaches. Now the last 3 years I get them a lot. They seem to be linked to endo on bowel, which I have. Since I have been on this endo diet, I think around 8 weeks now I have had loads of them, just great. Thing is I don't know what to eat to replace 'normal food' , haven't got the balance right yet and am eating tonnes of crisps and chips, which I love anyway. X

[hayls]

Hi

Yes I get severe headaches at ovulation and in the week before my period, I'm really susceptible to headaches/migraines (have cluster headaches and chronic neuro condition where main symptom is horrid headaches but condition is also connected to hormones) so it's not surprising really, if I manage to avoid one type of headache I tend to get them from something else! However hormonal headaches in women is really really common, there's even a medically recognised definition for them. It's not specific to endo, but it's typically due to sensitivity to changing oestrogen levels so not surprising endo sufferers tend to get them x