Hormones can cause migraines and headaches and they are known as a hormone headache or hormone migraine.
When your hormone levels are too high or too low then you can suffer from migraines and headaches.
Once your hormone levels balance out then the headaches usually go away.
It's normal to get hormone headaches or hormone migraines.
Yes a lack of estrogen can cause migraines and even a high estrogen level can cause migraines.
The estrogen controls chemicals in your brain that allow the sensation of pain.
Also having high estrogen can cause migraines.
Estrogen controls the chemicals in your brain that cause pain in your head and other parts of your body so if you have high levels of estrogen it can lead to migraines.
Low levels of estrogen can also cause migraines as well as stress, anxiety etc.
Migraines that last more than a few days or migraines that get worse or don't go away can be a sign of something more serious.
Some migraines may be a sign of a brain tumor or brain cancer but not all migraines are serious or are a sign of something more serious.
Most migraines are just annoying and painful and usually go away on their own within a day or so or within a few hours.
if your migraine lasts longer than a few days or gets worse or pain medicine such as aspirin does not make it go away then go see a doctor just to be safe.
When I have a migraine I find the best medication for my migraines is some aspirin.
I take aspirin whenever I have a migraine and within 30 minutes to an hour the migraine goes away.
Any other pain medicine or headache medicine will work great for getting rid of and treating migraines and sometimes even massaging your forehead can help ease migraines too.
Another good medication for migraines is Triptans which is a prescription headache and migraine medication that can be prescribed by your doctor.
The Triptans prescription medication is also known as sumatriptan (Imitrex, Tosymra) and rizatriptan (Maxalt) which are prescription drugs that are used for migraines.
These prescription migraine and headache medications work by blocking the pain pathways in the brain and are taken as pills, shots or nasal sprays.
When taken for the migraines or headaches they can relieve many symptoms of migraines or headaches.
There's also over the counter migraine pain management medicine which is what it is called.