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Migraines - post surgery

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txmomof3

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Has anyone had difficulty with migraine flare ups post surgery? I almost 5 months post op and down 67 pounds. I had my migraines under pretty good control before surgery, was on a daily preventative and quarterly botox injections for them. Suddenly in the last month they are no longer under control at all. I am not sure if this is a result of my weight loss or just a general migraine issue. My neurologist is aware that I have had WLS but at the moment she's not seemed to be concerned about ti, just keeps adding more migraine medicines to the list. I thought maybe they were stress related as I was under some stress trying to wrap up summer school with a semester project and some audits at work, but as those have concluded and the migraines continue that theory has lost steam :(.
 
It could be a hormone issue. Fat cells hold estrogen, and since that’s being released with the weight loss, it might play a role. I have hormone migraines for a day or two during my cycle, but before that was diagnosed I was having 20-25 a month. This was about 6 years ago. I tried one migraine med but it didn’t help long term. When I talked to my OB about it, he suggested we switch my BC to see if that would help, and it solved the majority of my problems. Now I’m down to 1-2 migraines a month, sometimes not even that.
 
Yes mine have been more prevalent but I am not on a daily preventative anymore and they easily get triggered by stress and smells. Ibhave not landed in the ER for them post surgery which is an improvement as that usually happens a couple times a year.
 
I had hoped for less migraines after weight loss :(. Tokash I agree that stress and SMELLS are a huge trigger. My teenage daughter can't seem to get that through her head as she drowns herself in perfume and the whole house reeks at times.
Thanks everyone for the input.
 
Migraines can also be triggered by something as simple as dehydration or low blood sugar if you are not getting enough glucose. If you have had a dumping syndrome that in itself causes a low blood sugar level. It's a fine line of getting enough daily sugar for proper brain function (200g) and having it get into the lower intestine too fast and triggering your pancreas to release insulin creating low blood sugar which may be triggering the migraine. I'd suggest add a little bit of fruit that is slow to digest and try increasing your water intake a little bit to see if that decreases the frequency.
 
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