u/girl-dracula

I don't need advice, I'm just mad and complaining.

I went off birth control last August (before I was diagnosed with migraines by a neurologist) after being on it for 15 years. I got diagnosed with migraines with aura last September or October.

My hormones wildly impact my migraines. I have migraines on about 75% of days (i just got migraine buddy so I'm still working on data input and tracking). Whenever I ovulate or go into luteal phase or get my period, those hormone shifts come with a migraine.

I'm currently on qulipta as a preventative and nurtec as an abortive. I use otc meds sparingly and use cefaly occasionally (i hate it).

I feel like if my hormones were stable, I'd have fewer migraines right? But my neurologist and pcp have both said I absolutely cannot be on hormonal birth control because of the stroke and heart attack risk.

It feels like a ouroboros situation, just one big snake eating its own tail. Migraines = not allowed on birth control = unstable hormones = more migraines.

I'm also wondering, once I go into premenopause and menopause, will I be able to take estrogen? I'm about a decade out from that but still!

I live in a very dry, high-altitude place. I have been on vacation on a cruise in the Caribbean for 4 days at sea level and with high humidity, and 0 migraine except the day I flew in. Day drinking- no migraine, neck pain- no migraine, got my period- no migraine. I think i need to move.

I've heard that humidity is bad for migraines but I feel so much better. I've been in near constant migraine for months at home. Who else has noticed altitude and humidity affecting migraines?

Also- any suggestions for places to move in the southeastern united states that leans more liberal and has a robust medical network? I would need a new neurologist and psychiatrist but honestly it's probably worth it.

I recently started qulipta and I was warned it could cause constipation. Welp. Here i am, blocked tf up. I don't want to stop taking it because I am kind of blocked from taking other preventatives due to other health reasons.

Has anyone started qulipta, gotten constipated, and then your body adjusted?

Please drop your constipation tips below! I know i need to be taking in more fiber

Edit: I drink between 80-120 Oz of water a day because I live in a really dry place but I can definitely enhance it with electrolytes and fiber supplements!

I have had migraines and/or tension headaches almost every day this year except for 3 weeks in April. I keep overdoing it and then suffering the consequences. Right now I'm on day 3 of a migraine. Abortive didn't work on Friday and Cefaly didn't work. I'm trying to take it easy right now but I have so much shit to do and I am BORED.

This isn't a post asking for advice or anything unless you have tips for occupying your mind while you have a migraine and shouldn't do anything aggravating (I should get off my phone).

Vent in the comments about what pisses you off most when you have a migraine.

Hello migraine people,

I've noticed that one of my recurring situations when I get a migraine, especially in the evening is that I will be insistent that it is not a migraine and I do not need to take my meds.

I am currently experiencing a very severe weather shift and yesterday evening I was supremely nauseous and getting the start of the headache but when I went to bed and thought huh this could be a migraine, I should take my meds, my brain insisted that it is NOT a migraine and I just need to sleep it off. Obviously that is the devil talking. This has happened enough times that it's starting to feel like a symptom of the migraine is me thinking I am not having a migraine?

Has anyone else experienced this? I was going to try to search for this topic in the subreddit but I don't know what to search and my migraine is making me stupid.

My neurologist recommended cefaly as a preventative and acute treatment. It's a device that you stick to your forehead and it sends electrical pulses to a nerve to help with migraines. I've been using it since September and I hate it. I honestly don't really feel like it helps but I'm also not really committed to doing the daily preventative which probably makes a huge difference.

My main complaints are:

- it was absurdly expensive ($600 for the device and electrodes and it's not covered by insurance)

- the electrodes don't stick at all, I have to use medical tape to tape it down even though I follow the instructions of washing my forehead first

- it connects with Bluetooth to an app and the app sucks. The connection breaks so easily even if my phone is 6 inches away from my head

Has anyone else had significant success with it before?