Severe Migraines

[MicheleGazelle]

For me, these were my clues:

1) My mom had a long history of migraines. She told me a year or so before I began getting them that hers went away when she went off the pill.

2) I was getting migraines during the three weeks a month that I took the pill and not getting them during the one week when I was off the pill so I could have my period.

3) I was a military wife and when I went to the military pharmacy to get my refill, they didn't have what I had been on and substituted another brand for it. With the change in brand, my migraines temporarily went away.

I initially hoped that just taking this different brand would fix it permanently but when the migraines came back I felt absolutely sure it was the pill and decided I would have to find another birth control method.

Good luck with this.

 

[MicheleGazelle]

For me, these were my clues:

1) My mom had a long history of migraines. She told me a year or so before I began getting them that hers went away when she went off the pill.

2) I was getting migraines during the three weeks a month that I took the pill and not getting them during the one week when I was off the pill so I could have my period.

3) I was a military wife and when I went to the military pharmacy to get my refill, they didn't have what I had been on and substituted another brand for it. With the change in brand, my migraines temporarily went away.

I initially hoped that just taking this different brand would fix it permanently but when the migraines came back I felt absolutely sure it was the pill and decided I would have to find another birth control method.

Good luck with this.

 

[MicheleGazelle]

For me, these were my clues:

1) My mom had a long history of migraines. She told me a year or so before I began getting them that hers went away when she went off the pill.

2) I was getting migraines during the three weeks a month that I took the pill and not getting them during the one week when I was off the pill so I could have my period.

3) I was a military wife and when I went to the military pharmacy to get my refill, they didn't have what I had been on and substituted another brand for it. With the change in brand, my migraines temporarily went away.

I initially hoped that just taking this different brand would fix it permanently but when the migraines came back I felt absolutely sure it was the pill and decided I would have to find another birth control method.

Good luck with this.

 

[MicheleGazelle]

For me, these were my clues:

1) My mom had a long history of migraines. She told me a year or so before I began getting them that hers went away when she went off the pill.

2) I was getting migraines during the three weeks a month that I took the pill and not getting them during the one week when I was off the pill so I could have my period.

3) I was a military wife and when I went to the military pharmacy to get my refill, they didn't have what I had been on and substituted another brand for it. With the change in brand, my migraines temporarily went away.

I initially hoped that just taking this different brand would fix it permanently but when the migraines came back I felt absolutely sure it was the pill and decided I would have to find another birth control method.

Good luck with this.

 

[MicheleGazelle]

For me, these were my clues:
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<br />1) My mom had a long history of migraines. She told me a year or so before I began getting them that hers went away when she went off the pill.
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<br />2) I was getting migraines during the three weeks a month that I took the pill and not getting them during the one week when I was off the pill so I could have my period.
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<br />3) I was a military wife and when I went to the military pharmacy to get my refill, they didn't have what I had been on and substituted another brand for it. With the change in brand, my migraines temporarily went away.
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<br />I initially hoped that just taking this different brand would fix it permanently but when the migraines came back I felt absolutely sure it was the pill and decided I would have to find another birth control method.
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<br />Good luck with this.

 

[BaylorCrew07]

Michele - I just found out that my mom had to go off of birth control due to migraines, so I'm pretty sure they are causing mine as well.

What other forms of BC have you tried without a problem? I've heard nuvaring can have similar side effects and possible migraines like the pill, but I guess it might be worth a shot?

 

[BaylorCrew07]

Michele - I just found out that my mom had to go off of birth control due to migraines, so I'm pretty sure they are causing mine as well.

What other forms of BC have you tried without a problem? I've heard nuvaring can have similar side effects and possible migraines like the pill, but I guess it might be worth a shot?

 

[BaylorCrew07]

Michele - I just found out that my mom had to go off of birth control due to migraines, so I'm pretty sure they are causing mine as well.

What other forms of BC have you tried without a problem? I've heard nuvaring can have similar side effects and possible migraines like the pill, but I guess it might be worth a shot?

 

[BaylorCrew07]

Michele - I just found out that my mom had to go off of birth control due to migraines, so I'm pretty sure they are causing mine as well.

What other forms of BC have you tried without a problem? I've heard nuvaring can have similar side effects and possible migraines like the pill, but I guess it might be worth a shot?

 

[BaylorCrew07]

Michele - I just found out that my mom had to go off of birth control due to migraines, so I'm pretty sure they are causing mine as well.
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<br />What other forms of BC have you tried without a problem? I've heard nuvaring can have similar side effects and possible migraines like the pill, but I guess it might be worth a shot?

 

[MicheleGazelle]

The only birth control methods I have used since going off the pill include sleeping with men who had a vasectomy, condoms, and abstinence (not a plan, just how it happened to work out so far). So I haven't experimented much with forms of birth control since the time I had migraines. I tried quite a few things in my younger years, including the rhythm method (which is how I got my first child, so I can't say I recommend it highly <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> ). But since the pill didn't cause me to have migraines when I was younger, I don't think it has any value to say "This, that or the other worked just fine for me in my twenties."

So I can't much help with that question.

 

[MicheleGazelle]

The only birth control methods I have used since going off the pill include sleeping with men who had a vasectomy, condoms, and abstinence (not a plan, just how it happened to work out so far). So I haven't experimented much with forms of birth control since the time I had migraines. I tried quite a few things in my younger years, including the rhythm method (which is how I got my first child, so I can't say I recommend it highly <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> ). But since the pill didn't cause me to have migraines when I was younger, I don't think it has any value to say "This, that or the other worked just fine for me in my twenties."

So I can't much help with that question.

 

[MicheleGazelle]

The only birth control methods I have used since going off the pill include sleeping with men who had a vasectomy, condoms, and abstinence (not a plan, just how it happened to work out so far). So I haven't experimented much with forms of birth control since the time I had migraines. I tried quite a few things in my younger years, including the rhythm method (which is how I got my first child, so I can't say I recommend it highly <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> ). But since the pill didn't cause me to have migraines when I was younger, I don't think it has any value to say "This, that or the other worked just fine for me in my twenties."

So I can't much help with that question.

 

[MicheleGazelle]

The only birth control methods I have used since going off the pill include sleeping with men who had a vasectomy, condoms, and abstinence (not a plan, just how it happened to work out so far). So I haven't experimented much with forms of birth control since the time I had migraines. I tried quite a few things in my younger years, including the rhythm method (which is how I got my first child, so I can't say I recommend it highly <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> ). But since the pill didn't cause me to have migraines when I was younger, I don't think it has any value to say "This, that or the other worked just fine for me in my twenties."

So I can't much help with that question.

 

[MicheleGazelle]

The only birth control methods I have used since going off the pill include sleeping with men who had a vasectomy, condoms, and abstinence (not a plan, just how it happened to work out so far). So I haven't experimented much with forms of birth control since the time I had migraines. I tried quite a few things in my younger years, including the rhythm method (which is how I got my first child, so I can't say I recommend it highly <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> ). But since the pill didn't cause me to have migraines when I was younger, I don't think it has any value to say "This, that or the other worked just fine for me in my twenties."
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<br />So I can't much help with that question.