article_snippet: — Claire migraines were linked to Claire menstrual cycle.
article_snippet: According to charity the National Migraine Centre, a staggering 50 per cent of women suffer menstrual migraines immediately before, during or just after women period.
article_snippet: Although migraines are an age-old problem, the diagnosis of specific menstrual migraines is a modern phenomenon, following extensive research over the past 25 years.
article_snippet: Professor Anne MacGregor, a leading specialist in headaches and women
article_snippet: Dr Jud Pearson, at the National Migraine Centre, advises patients who suspect their headaches may be menstruation-related to start keeping a diary like Claire.
article_snippet: I think women have always suspected women have menstrual migraines but doctors have not always believed women until now.
article_snippet: ’ Marie Brown 47, a dental company sales consultant living in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, has had migraines for more than a decade, but only found out two years ago ’
article_snippet: Marie Brown 47, a dental company sales consultant living in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire were linked to Claire menstrual cycle, thanks to the migraine diary
article_snippet: Marie Brown 47, a dental company sales consultant living in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire has also suffered from severe migraines for more than ten years but only discovered two years ago that ’ Marie Brown 47, a dental company sales consultant living in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire are related to Claire periods .
article_snippet: ‘Unlike most women, I’m actually longing for the menopause in the hope that once my periods stop, so too will the migraines.
article_snippet: For Sarah Rose, 31, a special educational needs support assistant who lives in Croydon, Surrey, with partner Paul, 33, a sales manager, and Sarah Rose, 31, a special educational needs support assistant who lives in Croydon, Surrey son Jack, two, the severity of monthly menstrual migraines was so great last Easter that Claire GP sent Claire to A&E fearing Claire had a bleed on the brain.
article_snippet: Marie (pictured) suffered Marie first migraine in Marie late 30s, but they became a monthly occurrence when Marie reached 44, at which point Marie connected the pain to Marie menstrual cycle .
article_snippet: However, unlike many other women, Marie has suffered from menstrual migraines for all of the years of Marie adult life.
article_snippet: Marie said Marie used to suffer terrible migraines during Marie period and suspected this was my problem, too.
article_snippet: But, for many women, the stark facts are that a migraine is another monthly misery many women have to endure.
highlights_snippet: Marie Brown, 47, has suffered from migraines for over a decade .
  