Posted by partlycloudy on January 12, 2005, at 6:56:45
In reply to Re: Migraine whine » partlycloudy, posted by Shortelise on January 12, 2005, at 1:40:57
> 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?
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I've been in perimenopuase for 2 years now. The first symptom was the sharp increase in migraines, then my periods went all wonky; they'd last for 3 weeks and were very heavy. That's what started the merry-go-round with birth control pills and patches. Most of the them made the headaches worse! I can't remember what all I have tried. My depression, anxiety and panic all pre-date this phase, and I have tried lots of combinations of different meds. Now I'm on Cymbalta and most recently Trazodone, but that last one should be called "Instant Zombie - Just Add Water". Yuck.> It must have been awful to have migs when you were young. Hopefully they'll go away again.
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Yes, I hope so. They run on my mum's side of the family, and I have neices and nephews who started young too. Apparently I used to bang my head on the wall when I was a baby (that explains a lot!!!) and it's now thought to have been migraines, too.
The buck stopped with me and my sister, neither of us have had children.I too am fascinated with the auras of migraines. I often get olafactory hallucinations with the visual disturbances.
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