This post is both to find insights from the community and/or to leave my own experiment for other women to benefit from in the future:
After over 10 years of left temple migraines and after humongous research (done by myself and my fiancé as alternative health practitioners and many years followers of Peat's and other masters teachings) we've finally pinned down that my migraine is triggered by the re-surge of estrogen that naturally happens around day 3 to 5 of the cycle. It's a left side pain that doesn't resolve with ANY painkiller (stopped trying them 7 years ago anyway) and that starts within those days. If I don't get it by day 5 of cycle I won't get it that month at all. I don't get sensitivity to light or noise or aura. Just relentless ache that lasts 3-4 days , day and night, ALWAYS. Ice is my only friend.
Needless to say my lifestyle, eating, supplements, thyroid, etc. have been/are taken care of.
By now I know I was left with luteal phase deficiency (aka estrogen dominance) by too many years on the pill (20 years on and off) and because they gave it to me way too young (13). I've been off of it for 7 years now and I don't take any allopathic drugs (I also abandoned allopathic medicine those many years ago, they did way more bad than good and I'm not interested in what they do).
I'm recovering from the Progesterone deficiency now using Progre e during my luteal phase (post ovulation) but was wondering if anyone has experience or knowledge on using it from days 3 to 5 to prevent a migraine attack (presumably by raising the progesterone so it opposes the surge in estrogen that naturally happens during a woman's cycle on those days and which seems to trigger my migraine).
I know using Progesterone during the folicular part of the cycle can cause trouble with ovulation (i.e. prevent it), but since it'd be so early in the cycle and I don't usually ovulate until days 14-16 I think this could work.
I'm going to try it anyway and report in case this will help any woman here in the future, but also thought I'd love insight, opinions, experience if anyone has it.
Thanks, community!
After over 10 years of left temple migraines and after humongous research (done by myself and my fiancé as alternative health practitioners and many years followers of Peat's and other masters teachings) we've finally pinned down that my migraine is triggered by the re-surge of estrogen that naturally happens around day 3 to 5 of the cycle. It's a left side pain that doesn't resolve with ANY painkiller (stopped trying them 7 years ago anyway) and that starts within those days. If I don't get it by day 5 of cycle I won't get it that month at all. I don't get sensitivity to light or noise or aura. Just relentless ache that lasts 3-4 days , day and night, ALWAYS. Ice is my only friend.
Needless to say my lifestyle, eating, supplements, thyroid, etc. have been/are taken care of.
By now I know I was left with luteal phase deficiency (aka estrogen dominance) by too many years on the pill (20 years on and off) and because they gave it to me way too young (13). I've been off of it for 7 years now and I don't take any allopathic drugs (I also abandoned allopathic medicine those many years ago, they did way more bad than good and I'm not interested in what they do).
I'm recovering from the Progesterone deficiency now using Progre e during my luteal phase (post ovulation) but was wondering if anyone has experience or knowledge on using it from days 3 to 5 to prevent a migraine attack (presumably by raising the progesterone so it opposes the surge in estrogen that naturally happens during a woman's cycle on those days and which seems to trigger my migraine).
I know using Progesterone during the folicular part of the cycle can cause trouble with ovulation (i.e. prevent it), but since it'd be so early in the cycle and I don't usually ovulate until days 14-16 I think this could work.
I'm going to try it anyway and report in case this will help any woman here in the future, but also thought I'd love insight, opinions, experience if anyone has it.
Thanks, community!