For those of you who get migraines, has Nuva Ring made it worse?!
Question:
For those of you who get migraines, has Nuva Ring made it worse?
I want to try Nuva Ring, but my neurologist advises against it since it has the estrogen/progesterone combo which is more likely to cause migraines.
I am on a migraine preventive medication that has almost wiped out my migraines and I'm not in a relationship right now. I think it would be a good time to experiment with different BC types because I won't be risking pregnancy and I'm not having migraine problems.
In spite of what my neurologist says, I just want to try it and see...I am curious what others have experienced with this?
Answers:
I've had migraines for as long as I can remember, all the way to my earliest childhood memories.
About 3 years ago I got my migraines 'under control' and went 10 months without one (my record) and decided to try the pill. My neurologist advised against it, as did my general health provider. Even though I was not getting my 7-10 migraines (I rate mine on a scale, 1-10, 1 being mild pressure and 10 being well, hell) I was still getting some minor ones at the onset of my period. I though taking the pill might get rid of those, and then I'd have almost none.
So they both decided it was worth trying (they agreed with my reasoning, because it was a posibility that they would be positive) and I went on the pill. After only 5 months I had to stop. Starting about 3 months in I started getting more severe migraines regularly, and they were hard to control. After stopping it took me awhile to get to the point I was at before hand.
I have spoken to a few people with migraines who take the pill just fine, but they are a minority of a minority. If I had to do it over again, even knowing the pain I went through, I'd still have tried the pill. Yes, I was very misserable when it didn't work, but if it had? If I'd gone to almost no migraines at all? I couldn't pass up that chance, that I could be almost migraine free.
If you're going to try the nuva ring or something similar, do some reasearch on the companies pages and migraine sites. Some have a lower occurance of mirgaines that others, and they don't effect everyone the same way.
Best of luck to you. I hope you find something that works on both counts!