Uhgg! I used to get migraines SO bad. I got them when I was on the pill. Like clockwork I would get one after taking the active pills (right when my estrogen level dropped). I had them really badly. I would literally have to go and lay in a dark room and try to go to sleep because other than prescription meds that's all that would help. Oh and I would put a hot compress on my forehead and that relieved it until I could go to sleep. Mine got so bad it would make me get physically sick repeatedly!! That was really fun at work (I was a flight attendant). There's nothing better than getting sick in an airplane lavatory, YUCK. Now that I'm ttc I'm off the pill and don't get them anymore but when I was Excedrine Migraine sometimes worked. Anyway, I feel your pain, they can be unbearable!!!! :) Hope you find something that helps you.
I suffer from Migraines, too. I am 8wks2dys PG, and, like you, I would use Excedrine for Migraines (3 at a time) and about 100 diet cokes to get relief - they are that bad. However, I can't even think about that now. So, I do this....
Alternate warm heat and cold at the point of the migraine. Then sprinkle some pure peppermint oil on a kleenex and a little under my nose - those two things do grant me relief. Then, I just sleep sleep and sleep on my memory foam pillow - that does the trick. By the morning, they are usually gone.
Good luck and I hope this helps!
I used to have bad headaches while being on clomid - really intense. Now, I only get my headaches rigth before and during my period.
I too suffer from migranes. When I was younger I alway took over the counter stuff but now I need a prescription. i take imitrex when I feel one coming on. I ALWAYS get them the first 2 - 3 days of my AF and Then it is just ramdom days.
I get them usually the week before AF. I switched to tylenol since TTC if I catch it early enough it works but sometimes not I just have to sleep. god bless anyone who has to suffer from them I dont wish themon my worst enemy...ps I didnt get them when pg :O)
I was told that many women that get migrains don't get them when they are pregnant. It has to do with hormones! But on the same token I have been told that if you don't usually get them you can get them while you are pregnant. My cousin only got them when she was pregnant and a good friend of mine stopped getting them when she was pregnant. Go figure!
I didn't get them while pregnant either.