Migraine and Oestrogen Levels

As I trawl through more facts and figures relating to migraine and oestrogen levels, I come to understand so much more about my past and why my behaviour was so terribly PMT for years and years.

Some background: my PMT would last for about a week.  First it would present with a massive surge of energy (I now realise that was rising Oestrogen levels).  I found I could achieve things during that phase that I had maybe put off earlier in the month.  

Then as I pushed myself more and more, usually tackling big creative projects, or big DIY projects.  Naturally, as I became more tired and my oestrogen levels dropped, I would go head-first into a massive slump, where basically, I would rant and rave and pick over the old bones of niggles and doubts in my relationships, my job, my long term plans etc.  

It was awful and would culminate in floods of tears.  As the years went by, the tears turned to outright aggression.  I'm sorry to have to admit to this, but I have been hell to live with!  (Now I realise that this aggressive behaviour was the result of low Serotonin - which occurs as your oestrogen levels drop, mixed with testosterone, which too is produced in the ovaries, hence my feelings of fear, anxiety and aggression a.k.a. 'classic combination'.)

To understand more about this subject, I've decided now to read about what's happening to men in relation to their hormones?  I don't know exactly how much testosterone women have in their bodies? but from what I've read so far, hormonal fluctuations and their incumbent changes on behaviour go a long way into explaining sexuality, depression and even, energy levels.  

to be continued.....

The Money I'm Throwing at This Migraine Problem

Since my last, truly horrendous migraine attack, I decided, as you probably realised, that I'm spending a lot of money on medical aids to help me manage my problem more effectively.

No matter what these hormone levels are doing, the fact remains that I don't cope well with stress.  All the stress in my life just adds up and up and my stress calculator (which for me seems to be the right side of my head - where these confounded migraine sit) is overloaded, to say the least.

The stressors in my life are not going to go away, so I decided I needed some stuff to cope, e.g:

1.  An inhaler (for Vicks or other minty stuff)

2.  A neck massager (with a lot of heat)

3.  To look at additional nutritional supplements and buy some more

4.  Ice pack (medical grade - as I'm so sick of frozen food dripping on my head)

5.  whatever else catches my eye....

The inhaler is taking a long time to get here, and yesterday I ordered the neck massager.  The ice pack works well.  If none of these new things work, I shall just use them all in conjunction!!

How I'm feeling today

I'm feeling a lot better now.  Yesterday was one of my best days this year, in that I was not tired at all and only became a little grouchy at around 10.00pm, because I still had not had my evening meal. 

Today I feel quite fresh.  I can concentrate well and I hope to achieve quite a lot.  I'm on day 2 of my new pack of HRT, even though I've been taking it every day since my last attack.  (Trouble is I hate to waste medication, so I finished the last pack without taking the progesterone tiny tablet.) 

I have ZERO pain at this time.  I know this because as I lift heavy items, my head is not pounding.  

Last Note

I would welcome any comments you might have?