migraines

Hi! all of you I'm new, just like to vent a little. I never new what  migraines were till I started perimenapause 2 yrs. ago. My migraines are so bad (I'm sure ya know) that I can't even funtion I throwup so bad my insides are sore.The light hurts my eyes,the sound of any thing is twenty times louder than it suppose to be.I'm 48 and feel alot older.Last thursday night I felt one coming on, the signs that i have,when I'm getting one, is little swirly lines in front of my eyes.I wear glasses and i can't stand them. any way i took a pain pill went to bed.I think that was the first time i didn't have one the next morning.the hot flashes and night sweats are so bad.....I'll be glad when they stop....July will be a year since i had my period. sometimes i wish i could back the clock up,i think things were easier when i had periods.Sorry so long........ya take care!!!!

p.s.I have mild depression & anxiety and have panic attacks to...

Hi Marie,I guess we just have to hang in there. I keep telling my self it will get better.and it is strange when you said you try to get out,to keep from being so depressed..I leave work go by my house and say i'll go get groceries in a minute, and I don't make it back out of the house,till the next day.I like to start working at 9 or 9:30, sometimes its 11:00 before i get there, I'm taking prozac,it helps alot. you take care.....I'll be around if you need to vent...

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Hi my name is izzy help with my migraines please!

I need to know I'm not going crazy.  3 years ago I started missing or being very late for periods after 40 years of very regular ones (I started at 10).  Soon after I began experiencing migraines also.  At first they were maybe twice a week for a few months, then nothing for a while.  Now they are at least once a week.  The pain itself is not as bad as the fear that I get when I have the aura that precedes it.  I find myself being afraid all the time that I will be somewhere when it hits and I won't be able to drive, or I will be in a meeting and can't escape, etc.  Is it possible that perimenopause and migraines are connected?  If they are connected does this mean they will stop as soon as I hit menopause?  Anxiety has also put its grip on me.  I don't have the hot flashes/night sweats and that may be because I exercise religiously.  Any encouragement, please.

I wish I had some words of wisdom. I am 42 and my cycles are getting shorter. I have heard that perimenopause can last up to 10 years. My migraines are getting more frequent with age (not fun) and I do believe it is tied up in hormones. Is their anybody out there who can tell us if menopause means no more migraines? In the meantime, I have heard of balancing hormones through bio-identical hormones. I refuse to take man-made hormones -- ick! Has anybody tried the bio-identical hormones? Suzzanne Somers book talks about this and how to have this done. Oh, and for the woman who only gets them "before" her period, I used to be the exact same way. I had pre-menstrual syndrome. Once I got my period, the tension, the headaches went away. Now my periods are differernt. That's another reason I suspect peri-menopause. I have talked to my neuro about this and they are no help. I don't understand why they don't study this a bit more. They just stay stuck in the brain aspect of it.