Hi ladies, this is my first post and just to say that I've found it so helpful reading about everyone's experiences on here
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It's a wealth of expertise!
I'm 52 and peri-menopausal, still having fairly regular periods apart from the odd missed one.
I have menstrual migraines which have worsened with peri - they are without aura, just pain but severe enough to put me completely out of action for 2-3 days. In Dec I started having really bad heart palpitations and my migraines worsened further. By Jan, though my heart had calmed down, it got to the point where nearly every day I either had a full migraine or one hovering. I was miserable and, to be honest, a bit desperate and for the first time considered HRT.
I read everything I could about it and booked an appt with a menopause specialist. She first suggested Mirena which I did not want and we finally decided to try Oestrogel at 1 pump per day and Utrogestan 1x100mg daily with the idea of suppressing my cycle to try to stop the migraines. I take the Utrogestan vaginally.
For the first month I had no migraines, a couple in the second month but this month I feel back to where I was in Jan and have had 8 migraines so far.
The problem is I have no idea whether they are caused by high oestrogen, low oestrogen or just the fluctuation between the two and I can't think of any way of finding that out as I guess an isolated blood test wouldn't really tell me anything.
Does anyone have any experience of HRT and migraines or can think of a way of determining the cause in terms of hormonal balance?