Menopausal Migraine

I take sumatriptan for my migraines. They work well if you take them in time, which with me is often 4 am. I often have to force myself out of bed to take one but I haven't had a whole day migraine for about a year now so I am getting good at recognising the early symptoms.

You have to find a sympathetic doctor who will prescribe enough pills - sometimes a packet a month is not enough and you want to be able to take one sometimes just in case.

You can get something you take every day (can't remember what it was) but it slowed me down too much.

Good luck, I really sympathise.

Thank you. Are these prescription I take it?

You can buy it without a prescription but from a pharmacy only and after a consultation and is expensive. Just as easy to go to the doctors.

Actually I think that is just a private prescription, is is prescription only

My favourite for stopping the awful nausea I felt with my migraines was a piece of sharp cooking apple dipped in sugar - I know it sounds really strange, but it settled the stomach, and the dizziness, after which I found that I could just take an over-the-counter remedy - probably lucky that I found one which suited. Perhaps though, you do not suffer from nausea so that is not much help, Sorry!

I do suffer from nausea so will have to try that too. Thank you.

Lucky I no longer have bad nausea, I had to have to take something for that. I sometimes get strange vision. It is very strange but my migraines only started after my hysterectomy, presume they are hormone driven.

Appearantly your Ostrogen level drops as you start menopause which brings on the migraines...or something like it.