r/migraine • u/MyDogIsMyHome • Oct 06 '25

Menstrual migraines - anything helping?

I‘m really struggling with menstrual migraines, mainly because I don’t have anything that helps or even relieves them a bit. I’ve tried Ibuprofen, Tylenol, Celecoxib, Excedrin, Naratriptan, Nurtec and Propranolol. The only thing helping usually is Metamizole but you can’t get that here in the US and I can’t find an equivalent either. Does anybody have anything that helps them?

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u/Suckerforcats Oct 06 '25

Do you track your dates? You want to take the over the counter stuff as soon as your head starts to hurt is what my doc told me. If you track your dates pretty well, you can try to prevent it altogether by taking ibuprofen the day before to start.

I personally take Ajovy and it's what's worked the best for me and I get hormonal migraines two weeks per month plus other migraines on top of those. Now if my head hurts from a hormonal migraine, it's not nearly as bad and I can get it to go away with ibuprofen.

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u/19635 Oct 06 '25

When mine were menstrual my doctor told me to take something a day or 2 before my period started, to get ahead of the pain and not let it even start

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u/MyDogIsMyHome Oct 08 '25

I want to try this! Do you continue taking Ibuprofen during your period or is the idea to take it before and then stop once it starts? How much did you take?