Posted by Shortelise on January 12, 2005, at 1:40:57
In reply to Re: Migraine whine » Shortelise, posted by partlycloudy on January 11, 2005, at 14:32:29
Mine started in my 30's, and got worse as my hormone levels got weirder.
When I began to think they were migraines, that is, my doc said they were, I asked him to check my hormone levels as my periods had begun to go wacky, I was having one every other month instead of the regular, every 25 days they had been for 20 years.
The test said hormones were fine, but I still suspected, but didn't know enough about it to understand that I needed to have a series of tests to really know.
Celexa helped a lot. Estrogen and Serotonin, go figure. Then when I couldn't sleep from sweats, and was having MOOD SWINGS, ahem, sorry, I meant mood swings, and went on the hrt patch, the migs have almost gone away.
So, the way I see it, perimenopause started for me in my mid-late 30's. I am now 49. From the age of 39-47, the migs were horrendous, nasty pain that sometimes wouldn't go.
Yes, I know the zillion and one triggers. I have no idea why I got a mig this am, unless I was a little dehydrated, which will do it every time. I'm just not sure. My lips were really dry but my urine wasn't dark.
When you say you are in early menopause, do you mean your periods have stopped early in your life, that you are in the early stages of menopause, or do you mean you are perimenopausal, that you are beginning to notice changes in your cycle?
It must have been awful to have migs when you were young. Hopefully they'll go away again.
About auras, mine are sometimes visual, but more often than not they are physical - my right side gets to hurting, my neck, shoulder, arm, wrist, hip, leg and sometimes even my foot. This pain goes away with meds when the mig goes, though I can have it without getting a mig.
Auras are one of the most interesting things about migraines.
Sorry about the short novel here. I guess I'm in the mood to think about this stuff.
ShortE
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