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FFP 456 | Hormonal Migraines | FAMM Research Series | Lisa | Fertility Friday

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Menstrual Migraines and PMS Symptoms

In a healthy cycle progesterone would drop fairly gradually it wouldn't just drop off the cliff but for many women especially women who experience PMS symptoms and women who are experiencing menstrual migraines they may be instead of having a gradual drop in progesterone having a sharp and significant fall. And because estrogen levels tend to still be pretty decent during the luteal phase that sharp drop in progestersone can really exacerbate estrogen related symptoms. So this is something that's quite consistent that we see in women with PMS if we look at research on women who are experienced PMS much more likely to have sharp drops in their progesterone lower progesterone or just generally speaking problematic prog

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