How to Stop Hormonal Headaches Or Menstrual Migraines

Many women are told that their hormonal symptoms are all in their head. And when it comes to migraine headaches I guess they're right. As estrogen and progesterone levels increase and decrease during a woman's cycle, they can experience many symptoms, one of which is migraine headache pain. Many doctors simply ignore hormones as a migraine trigger and offer very little hope for long-term relief. They may simply prescribe a medication for temporary pain relief or refer the women to their gynecologist.

However, there are natural treatment methods that will often give long-term relief or prevent migraine headaches altogether. Taking pain medications may give faster relief, but if you want long-term help, natural treatment is the only way to go.

Immediately before the onset of menses the level of progesterone will drop. This is when many women will develop migraine symptoms. When estrogen levels, along with other hormones, increase during ovulation, it can also cause a woman to experience a migraine attack. Another time that migraines are experienced is during the menses when estrogen and progesterone are at their lowest levels. Migraine headaches are a frequent consequence when hormone levels rise and drop.

One of the first things that should be started is a migraine headache diary. Keeping track of your cycle and when migraines occur can help you figure out how hormones are playing a part in your headaches. Once you have determined when your symptoms appear during the course of your cycle you will have a better grip on the effect of your hormones in relation to the migraine attacks.

Most hormone headaches happen when estrogen levels are not at a normal ratio when compared to progesterone levels. It doesn't mean that estrogen levels are abnormal, it's just that the ratio has changed. The imbalance of these two hormones can cause migraine headache pain and is usually a temporary problem during a normal cycle. However, on occasion this imbalance can be chronic.

The best way to conquer hormone headaches is through dietary changes. There are too many factors involved in diet to be discussed here, but a proper diet involves eliminating certain trigger foods such as refined sugars and overly processed foods. It also requires a short detoxification period that can cleanse your system of toxins that can cause unnatural hormone imbalances. And lastly, taking specific nutritional supplements can also improve the balance of natural hormone levels. Once these factors have all been put into play migraine headaches can be relieved or eliminated.