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Women & Migraines

If it seems like more women than men get migraines, it’s not in your head.

Approximately 3 out of 4 migraine sufferers are women.¹

Stress as a culprit for migraines in women

Although stress, a key migraine trigger, is a fact of life for both men and women, women are more likely to be juggling work, family, and social responsibilities during the migraine-prone ages of 20 - 45.¹ These also happen to be women’s peak reproductive years.

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Hormones as a factor in migraines and women

In fact, more than half of all migraines experienced by women happen around the time of their periods.¹ However, few women experience migraines only at "that time of month."¹

While the exact connection between menstruation and migraine remains unclear, here’s what we do know:

Levels of the female hormones estrogen and progesterone fall steeply just before a woman gets her period
This drop may trigger a migraine due to the role estrogen plays in the brain chemicals that regulate pain¹
Fortunately, for most women, a combination of lifestyle changes and migraine treatments can help aid migraine relief for women.

SOURCES
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Migraine Fact Sheet. Available at:

http://www.womenshealth.gov/publications/our-publications/fact-sheet/migraine.cfm.

Last accessed July 2011.

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