Menstrual migraines

[Clazzy78]

Hello everyone,

I'm on 50 mg on topiramate a day and just started on 75mg pregabalin twice a day for severe anxiety.

Question is my headache/migraine build up every day for about a week. The topiramate doesn't seem to help with them. I've been on it about 6 weeks. I'm reluctant to increase the dose for side effects but I've read 50-100mg is migraine preventing dose. It does help with preventing migraine at other times of the month.

How do other women manage their migraines around this this time? I take mefenamic acid 500mg three times a day for PMS physical symptoms and that doesn't shift either. Sumatriptan doesn't help that's why my GP tried topiramate.

Please any advice, help much appreciated 💗

[Cally01]

Hi Clazzy78 😁

I had a tincture made for me by a herbal gp. It's definitely reduced hormone fluctuation migraines which always wiped me out and triptans never helped

I'm 52 and now perimenopause.

Take care 💖

[Clazzy78 in reply to Cally01]

Thankyou. I will look into that. They are debilitating. I've got 4 yr old twins and I don't need it!

[cheshcat]

Look up Butterburr. It's been really helpful for my adult daughters and mine menstruel migraines. I like migra-ease and my daughter likes migravent. Both on Amazon.

I feel your pain!

[Clazzy78 in reply to cheshcat]

Thankyou.

It's just strange as topiramate is great for non-menstrual ones but not helping for the menstrual related ones 😟

[cheshcat in reply to Clazzy78]

I took topomax for awhile. No, I agree, it doesn't help that much with the hormonal ones. I also found my memory was shot at the higher therapeutic dose, so I stopped.

I've found butterburr is just as good and better for menstruel then topomax ever was.

[Clazzy78 in reply to cheshcat]

Thanks. Will have a look at look at that.

[Clazzy78 in reply to Clazzy78]

The butterbur looks really promising. Will discuss with Gp if topamax don't work. Thanks for that I'd never heard of it 💗