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Are you female? Then you could try going off the pill and use another form of contraception, or switch to another pill. Migraines can be hormone-related; I used to get them at ovulation and at the onset of menstruation, back when I still had those.
No, I'm not female. Though I must say, it is rather odd that twice as many females get migraines as males. Perhaps it is largely due to the whole hormonal shifts happening, but I thought that migraines were looking more and more like neurological problems. Thanks for replying though, I appreciate it.
What do you mean with that? What makes them look like a neurological problem?
Well, I was reading up on migraines a little while ago, and I read that the latest research seems to indicate that migraines are more neurological than anything else.
Migraines also apparently effect the structure of the brain, altering it slightly. So migraine sufferers have slightly more developed sections of their brains than is normal. Of course, the difference is rather minute.
I used to have migranes from about 17 until I was 25, and since my solution is strictly for women, I comment here.
My migranes were not a huge problem, mostly because they rarely lasted longer than "until the next day".
And then, when I was about 27 I realized they stopped. They stopped when I had a baby. Last few months I had some bad days, as if the migranes were cominig back, but 5 free years is still nice.