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Perimenopause and migraine disease
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Perimenopause can affect migraine disease
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You may have a migraine attack for the first time
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Your symptoms could get worse
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Your symptoms could get better
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Your symptoms could not change
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Hormonal upheavals
During the perimenopause, estrogen and progesterone go up and down.
These hormonal changes can trigger poorer pain or more frequent migraine attacks.
For some women, if the hormone levels fail equally during postmenopause, their migraine attacks occur less frequently or stop completely.
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Sleep is important
Perimenopause symptoms such as hot flashes, frequently wake up, anxiety or depression can affect sleep quality.
Bad sleep can trigger migraine attacks.
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Menstrual migraine
Some women have heavier and/or more frequent periods than usual during perimenopause, which can trigger more attacks and more serious migraine symptoms.
2 out of 3 women with migraine disease experience attacks in their period.
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Note
If you keep an eye on your perimenopause symptoms and the effects on your migraine attacks, you and your health service provider (HCP) can create a treatment plan that works for you.
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Register your perimenopause symptoms
Follow whether one of the following symptoms affects the frequency of migraine attacks and how bad they are.
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Fear
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depression
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Difficulties to concentrate
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Hot flashes
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insomnia
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Relief options
There are many treatment options that can contribute to the treatment of migraine diseases during perimenopause:
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Oral medication
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Injicable medication
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Nasal sprays
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magnesium
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Hormone therapy
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Hormone therapy can help
Hormone therapy:
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Participate your HCP
If you are in perimenopause and your migraines change, you can talk to your HCP about which treatment options may help.
This educational resource was created with the support of Pfizer.