Day 23 of cycle (August - September 09) eliminating red meat & peanut butter

Hi readers,

Apologies for not updating the blog sooner, it's been a very busy Summer with little opportunity to get online.

For those of you that read my last post, you'll remember that I was going to continue the magnesium supplements, cut out red meat and avoid peanut butter during my last cycle. Unfortunately, this did not have any effect on my menstrual migraine :(

If anything, I had a pretty tough time of it, and ended up taking more sumatriptan tablets than I have done in a very long time. So, back on the red meat & peanut butter then! :) Yay! I did miss them.

Anyhow, I have been doing a lot of reading around over the last few days, and a few ideas for new things to try to beat this darn menstrual migraine have cropped up:

• 5 HTP (click the link) - I have tried this in the past and although it didn't help me at the time, at may be due to the fact that I just took too small a dose of it to see any effect. Some websites say that for migraines & their prevention, that 400mg-600mg is ideal, however, many websites caution on taking more than 100mg in a day, and so I'll be ramping up the dose slowly, and see how I get along. During my reading up, I also noticed that 5 HTP is helpful for many other conditions, including anxiety, fibromyalgia, insomnia, mood etc. Please google it for yourself! It's very interesting. From what I can gather, the 5 HTP gets converted to Serotonin in the brain, and often, a lack of Serotonin can be a cause of migraines - especially during menstruation, as the drop in hormones can lead to a drop in Serotonin. Makes sense to me.



• This Girl's Recommendations - click the link. This girl has had considerable success after having suffered migraines for 7 years, she's come up with a supplements 'cocktail' that has resulted in her having no migraines for 3 months straight! Gotta be worth a try. Will keep you posted on the progress of these!

I'm not sure that any of this will be enough to stop this months MM, as it's due this weekend, however, I'll get started anyway, and see how we go!

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