BC - Headaches - and periods

AmandaLynn04 Posted: Oct 09, 2007 10:29 AM

BC - Headaches - and periods

So, I get migraines, but, I don't think that they have anything to do with this.

I have noticed, very recently, that I get headaches right after I stop taking the pill (well, last pill Saturday, headaches Monday night - Tuesday) and I usually get my period on Tuesday.

I know that headaches are common w/ PMS, but, could they have anything to do with the pill? Or, is it just hormones/my period?

Anyone else ever experience this?

My head has been hurting since last night -- and nothing I take is helping.

ETA: Last pill Saturday, not Sunday.

xXxNovember08xXx Posted: Oct 09, 2007 10:31 AM

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Posted by AmandaLynn04

So, I get migraines, but, I don't think that they have anything to do with this.

I have noticed, very recently, that I get headaches right after I stop taking the pill (well, last pill Sunday, headaches Monday night - Tuesday) and I usually get my period on Tuesday.

I know that headaches are common w/ PMS, but, could they have anything to do with the pill? Or, is it just hormones/my period?

Anyone else ever experience this?

My head has been hurting since last night -- and nothing I take is helping.

me toooo....
i finished my last pill last wed, i got my pd on sun and i have had the WORST headache sun and yesterday... its kinda here today...

i think it may be hormones.

feel better

AmandaLynn04 Posted: Oct 09, 2007 10:33 AM

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Thanks -- I'm pretty sure it's hormones, too, and nothing to do with the pill, but, I just figured I'd throw it out there and get some opinions.

Wedding999 Posted: Oct 09, 2007 10:34 AM

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i would call your dr - maybe its the specific pill your on - switching pills might help

futuremrsfab Posted: Oct 09, 2007 10:35 AM

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well being a mets fan would give anyone a headache

just kidding! you may be dehydrated- drink a lot of water for the next couple hours and see if you feel any better

AmandaLynn04 Posted: Oct 09, 2007 10:36 AM

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Posted by Cindyrella

i would call your dr - maybe its the specific pill your on - switching pills might help

It could be -- but I've been on the same pill for almost 2 years.

xXxNovember08xXx Posted: Oct 09, 2007 10:37 AM

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Posted by AmandaLynn04

Posted by Cindyrella

i would call your dr - maybe its the specific pill your on - switching pills might help

It could be -- but I've been on the same pill for almost 2 years.

ditto be on the same pill for at least 3 years

anneandchris Posted: Oct 09, 2007 10:37 AM

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This happens to me too. My last pill was Saturday and the headache started Sunday. I won't get my period until tomorrow so the headache probably won't go away until sometime Thursday and then the cramps will start.

Nothing I take really helps either and the worst part is it the feeling of the beginning of a migraine and then by 5:00 it almost full blown and then it starts all over again the next day.

I also get them the Sunday that I start my pack over again -- its like my body is going through a horomone withdrawl. That is how mine all started so that is how I knew it was horomone related.

I actually have a doctors appointment in a few weeks. It is a new doctor so I am going to talk to her about all this and see what she recommends. I have been on this pill for 5 years so I don't know if I need to switch it up or something, but I can't keep going through this every month.

cbcf Posted: Oct 09, 2007 10:37 AM

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I just starting taking Yaz last month.. I just got my period at the end of the surgar pills which means I got it yesterday and am supposed to start my new pack today...um hello? that is wrong haha and I got headaches all last week and still have them. And I have been getting really bad pains in my hand and never before i think it is due to the pill...so I am calling my gyno today to see if I can switch pills i hate Yaz ughh

I went from the patch- loved
Nuva Ring- ehh
Yaz-hate

Now what??

I hope you feel better though Amanda!!!

AmandaLynn04 Posted: Oct 09, 2007 10:38 AM

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Thanks for the responses girls, it's nice to know I'm not alone, and, it s*cks for all of us.

jsta76 Posted: Oct 09, 2007 10:44 AM

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I totally know what you mean ever since Sunday i've had it too. I don't know if its the weather or something else since AF ended on Sunday.

The last few months (since I started taking a new pill). I've been having terrible migraines. Sometimes its before, sometimes after, sometimes both.

I just want to go home and go back to bed right now.

klovess14 Posted: Oct 09, 2007 10:46 AM

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I stopped my pill on Wednesday and by Friday I had a headache that lasted all day and unfortunately that was the day my sister got married. I even took advil and that didn't seem to help.

AmandaLynn04 Posted: Oct 09, 2007 10:48 AM

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I'm actually starting a new pill next week. I'm going from Estro Step to Ortho Lo.

I got some free samples, and the DR said the two pills are relatively similar, so I can use the free samples, and then go back to Estro.

We'll see if it's the pill, I guess.

anneandchris Posted: Oct 09, 2007 10:57 AM

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I am so glad I am not the only one. And we all seem to be going through it right now.

AmandaLynn let me know how the new pill works.

Catie: I get mine right before I am about to start the new pack -- I get it late Wednesday or early Thursday and then start again on Saturday -- Doc told me that was normal.

AmandaLynn04 Posted: Oct 09, 2007 10:58 AM

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I will definitely let you know!

I hope this headache goes away before I have to go to work tonight.

anneandchris Posted: Oct 09, 2007 11:01 AM

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Posted by AmandaLynn04

I will definitely let you know!

I hope this headache goes away before I have to go to work tonight.

I find 3 motrin sometimes alivates them -- doesn't take them away fully but helps a little. Also, caffenine and Peanut Butter.

AmandaLynn04 Posted: Oct 09, 2007 11:03 AM

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Same here - 3 motrin, or advil.

I have mydol - the one specific to headaches.

I took 2 at 8ish, headache went away for a bit, and I took 2 more about 40 minutes ago - it's lessened a TINY bit, but, not much.

For some reason, caffiene doesn't help this type of headache, for me.

Vicodin does work, but, I have to go to work this afternoon, so, that's out.

Randilotus Posted: Oct 09, 2007 11:10 AM

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I believe it's just the pill. My doctor switched me to different pills trying to stop the headaches, well they never stopped. So finally after 5 years I stopped taking the pill no more headaches around my period. I still get migranes once in a blue moon, but i've gotten them since I was 5.

jcruz124 Posted: Oct 09, 2007 11:12 AM

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I suffer from migraines and I also take the pill. I have been researching on teh internet and found that Calcium Magnesium pills taken 2-3x a day has been workimng for me. I spoke to my gyn about my migraines and he said that it could definitely be from the hormones. I noticed that my migraines came back when I didn't take my CalciumMagnesium pills. Believe me I know how much it hurts. You should take Excedrine Migraine when you go get it. I also recommend putting Mineral Ice where it hurt (temples, forehead). I do that when I am home and it helps. GOOD LUCK!