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Hi readers,

Just a little update, to let you know that for this month, I am continuing to take the magnesium citrate tablets and am going to see how that goes.

I haven't had any migraines since the one at the start of this cycle, so fingers crossed!

Lou

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Hi Readers,

It's day 4 of my cycle, and I have continued to take the Magnesium Citrate tablets (100mg, 3 times per day).

Unfortunately, I have had a migraine today, although it hasn't been as bad as it normally would be, and it does seem to be clearing up now too. I managed to get through it without resorting to taking a Sumatriptan tablet (which is a bonus, as I really don't like the side effects from those).

Will continue to post the progress with these (yesterday I felt amazing! had tons of energy, it was fab!!) Hopefully todays migraine has been just a blip, but we shall see.

Lou

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Hi readers,

It's day 2 of my cycle, and I have continued to take the Magnesium Citrate tablets (100mg, 3 times per day) that I purchased on Saturday, and it really seems to have done the business! I felt absolutely fine when I woke up this morning, and have been out and about with my son all morning and had no problems.

Usually, day 2 of my cycle would be pretty awful for me, as I'd usually have either a menstrual migraine, or be feeling that awful 'migraine hangover' feeling. As I have mentioned in previous posts, it is not uncommon for me to have a migraine for the whole week, so this is progress indeed!

Feeling very happy and optimistic about this, but trying not to get too excited, just in case...

I included some links in yesterday's post for those that are interested in taking the magnesium (it's important to get the right ones) so please have at look as they are very informative articles.

Lou

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Hi readers,

Well today is day 1 of my cycle, and amazingly enough, I don't have a menstrual migraine today!!!

This is unheard of!

If you read my last post you'll see that I posted a videoclip where they were talking about Magnesium supplements, and so I thought what the heck, what do I have to lose, and so I went to the healthfood store yesterday afternoon and bought some 'Magnesium Citrate' tablets and started taking them once I got home. I had felt a little bit as though a migraine could be on the cards, but it did seem to disappear once I had taken a dose of these.

I carried on taking them today (this would normally be my worst day of suffering with a menstrual migraine) and I appear to be absolutely fine! I even managed to go out bowling, and to a birthday party! The only thing that has bothered me has been the period cramps, but I took some Ibuprofen and they soon went.

I will continue to use these Magnesium Citrate Tablets over the course of this cycle and will post my progress as I go along.

I will also continue to use the progesterone drops next month, as although they didn't prevent me from getting a migraine, they did seem to help with general PMS symptoms which is great (see post below).

Listed here are some very informative links regarding the Magnesium Citrate for Migraines, hope you find them helpful:

Hi all,

those of you that are following my progress might be interested to know how I've been getting on with the Progesterone Drops.......


I unfortunately had the tell tale signs of a migraine yesterday when I woke up (my period is due tomorrow). I ended up taking a Sumatriptan tablet.
I feel fine today though.

On a more positive note:

• I'm not as bloated as usual (a great bonus as far as I'm concerned)
• I haven't had any hot flushes yet! (great)
• I haven't been moody (well I don't think so, ask my husband!)
• I haven't had a short fuse like I normally do at this time.
• I don't feel remotely pre-menstrual (quite unusual for me, so thumbs up!!)
  
  Will keep you posted as to how it goes during the rest of my cycle.

I've been reading around online and have found an interesting video which you may be interested in (I may well give this a try for next month's experiment!):

Lou.

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Hi all,

I've been using the Sublingual Progesterone drops since Thursday, and so far so good - they're more user friendly than the progesterone cream in my opinion.

Will post again as this cycle draws to a close (I'm due on on Sunday 7th June) to let you know if they helped with my menstrual migraines!

See ya
Lou.

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