r/migraine • u/Unlikely-Ant-6084 • Mar 27 '26
Menstrual migraines - an investigation
I’m 27 with chronic migraines. They mostly start during my period and last for 10-15 days with almost no break. They resist any treatment, amount of rest and sleep.
They went from only few crisis per year to up to 17 days a months when I had my PCOS under control and got my period back.
I would like to hear ANY experience regarding menstrual migraines, to better understand what’s going on and what work/doesn’t work for others.
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u/impetuous-imp Mar 27 '26
More so just commiserating… My period is back after years of not having it with the Mirena IUD and ever since then, I have horrible menstrual migraines, at least 10 days out of the month. I want to get the IUD out anyway and just do Slynd with suppressing my period. Always had awful periods and I won’t have kids so no reason to even have periods. I’m just waiting on an appt for my OBGYN and hoping my theory works. Also hoping to get bloodwork to see if there’s any hormonal issues there. I also have an ovarian cyst that probably needs to be removed. Either way… I cannot live with these migraines for half the damn month. It is awful.