# Hi, new and overwhelmingly

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**Tags:** migraine\
**Created:** [June 8, 2022, 6:07am UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/hi-new-and-overwhelmingly/21675 "2022-06-08T06:07:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/hi-new-and-overwhelmingly/21675/3 "2022-06-08T16:45:58Z")

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Hi Jasmin

You may have already been on the national Migraine Centre site and seen this information on menstrual migraine and contraception:

> **[Menstrual migraine - National Migraine Centre](https://www.nationalmigrainecentre.org.uk/understanding-migraine/factsheets-and-resources/menstrual-migraine/)**
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> Women are three times more likely to suffer migraine than men. What is menstrual migraine? Read our factsheet.

I think like Springer said you need to push your GP for a neuro-otologist or neurologist referral and in the mean time if you can possibly afford it see someone privately (and if you like them get on their NHS list If you are in the UK). Have you tried taking an abortive like triptans and/or an Nsaid like naproxen when you get menstrual VN symptoms? Your GP can prescribe these. You could also start on a preventative like pizotifen, amitriptyline or propanalol - build the dose up slowly whilst waiting to see a specialist.

I can see that a gym would be full of triggers - clanging, lights, loud music(often) lots of movement - you could try to do some more gentle classes for a while like pilates.  
There is no one definitive migraine diet - some are more prescriptive than others. They tend to be informed by the trigger foods that patients have reported to specialists. Do you think any foods are a trigger for you?

There are threads about supplements on the site and this poll:

> [@POLL: What supplements have helped you?](https://mvertigo.org/t/poll-what-supplements-have-helped-you/14929):
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> Please only select a supplement you believe helped you or is helping you and you take/have taken regularly. You can select more than one If you’ve selected ‘Other’, please feel free to state the ingredient in a reply below, but in the case of brands, be careful that the ingredient hasn’t already been included: (thanks for [everyone’s feedback](https://www.mvertigo.org/t/draft-poll-for-supplements/14615?u=turnitaround) in helping to create this poll) The most popular supplements are now included in [the mvertigo member recommended products page shopping_cart](https://www.mvertigo.org/t/member-recommended-products/14989/12)[poll](https://mvertigo.org/t/poll-what-supplements-have-helped-you/14929/1)

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