Thread: Major headaches-dr wants me off the pill!HELP!

Hi
im glad im not the only one getting these migraines and i sympathize with anyone who does as i know how it can be, but can you tell me did anyone not have a problem with them before, while they were taking the pill, ive been on the combine pill since i was 16 and im now 33 and ive never had any kind of migraine, my doctor has changed my pill 3 times and the latest one is the mini pill as its the progestogen only pill to see if that stops my migraines, my other half said that i should come off the pill for a month or 2 to see how it goes,
any ideas would be a great help

I am surprised to hear that your doctor suggested Nurva Ring. I was told no when I aksed about it and my migraines because I was told it still containd the estrogen which was supposedly causing my migraines and it was just a different means of getting it into my body. I was on Yasmin for almost three years and thought it was perfect until I had my first migraine. Ouch I had never had one before and they just came on one day and then I had three of them in one month, all with visual disturbances. I had two physicians both inform me of the health risks of stroke associated with estrogen containing birth control and migraines, especially those with aura. She immediately took me off the Yasmin and put me on progestrin only which took away the headaches instantly, but caused so many other side effects (extreme bloating to where my clothes would not fit, gas, spotting, extreme dizziness, crying spells and the feeling like I had to urinate all of the time which was probably due to the bloating) that after two and a half months I could not take it anymore. She was extremely cautious about putting me on anything with Estrogen since she was concerned that the headaches would come right back but I finally convinced her to try me on Loestrin 24 which has even less estrogen than the Yasmin. I did have one migraine about two weeks into the first past but that was about three months ago and I have not had one since. With the lower dose of estrogen though there is still some uncomfortable bloating and the feeling to urinate still but it is nowhere near what it was on the progrestrin only. I am going to try to work through it and hopefullly it will settle down some in the next few months. Otherwise I'll have to try I don't know what! Good luck if you get the Nuva Ring. I hope it works out for you, I know how frustrating it can be when options are limited and you don't feel well.