Daily headaches or migraines

Hi Lisa, welcome! Do you have any other symptoms besides headaches..you are probably right at the perfect age for perimenopause and maybe even been experiencing symptoms for a while just never put it together with hormones.. How long have you been having the migraines do other symptoms go along with the migraines? I know for me I get so many weird scary symptoms leading right up to the actual migraine, which is dizziness, numbness, wavy vision, eyes pulling pressure all over, walking sideways off balance feeling, all that and then the 3 day long migraine, that feels like an ice pick in the side of my temple or behind my eye, then the really bad nausea like I will throw up, and the cold chills, the really bad migraine that hits usually lasts about an hour where I can't stand it, then it eases up into a headache for another few days.. Never before did I have migraines, ive been going through all these bad symptoms since I was 43, and hit me hard at 45 and from 45 to 47 unbearable, rollercoaster symptoms every single day month after month.. Now I just turned 48 last week and I either just can deal with it better or its easing up somewhat, but all still here with me, I just push on through day by day...

I think the headaches have been the worst part of menopause for me! And nothing really seems to help relieve mine either....I try to exercise everyday and drink tons of water. I would take my periods back to have this go away. Hang in there!!!

I am sorry you are going thru this. I had daily headches from april thru july. They were not migraines but would show up at some point during the day. I had the scans and thank God they came back normal! I asked my dr to check my vitamin d level and i was severely deficient. After Taking the supplements i am no longer having the headaches.

I am sorry you are going thru this. I had daily headches from april thru july. They were not migraines but would show up at some point during the day. I had the scans and thank God they came back normal! I asked my dr to check my vitamin d level and i was severely deficient. After Taking the supplements i am no longer having the headaches.

hi lisa me too 4 months ago i started having migraines headaches, at the beginning i was not sure what is it ,i had ct scan for head and brain a d the result were normal so my doctor said it is migraines ,and i usually get them before or around my period , so i did some researches and found out drinking coffee around the time u get the headaches it prevents it from happening which is working for me i get small coffee in the morning ,plus applying ice pack in the back of your head when u get the headaches dosnt last long,the last time i had a migraine i did the ice pack and it last only half hour ,i hope it works for u too best luck

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Posted 45 minutes ago

Gypsy,

I've definitely been having other peri symptoms, but didn't want to cloud my post with all the non-migraine related symptoms. It started a few years ago with anxiety/panic attacks that would come out of nowhere, even in non-stress moments (and you're right, in the beginning I had no idea it was related to peri) continued with sleep issues/insomnia, night sweats, hot flashes (though I haven't had an episode in about 4 months or so), mood swings, depression, tingling/numb hands and feet, sudden heart palpitations, foggy brain, memory problems and probably others I'm not remembering at the moment. I tell you, getting old is not for sissies!

Headache related symptoms: It starts at the bridge of my nose and into my eyes then goes completely over my head to the base of my neck. I told my husband, It's like wearing a Pain Helmet. I have noticed my vision has gotten drastically worse since the headaches started, and the amount of floaters I see is just crazy. At one point I was worried I had IIH (idiopathic inter-cranial hypertension) but an OptiMap shows no pressure on the optic nerve, which is very reassuring.