Re: Correlation between hormones/migraines/MELAS/Mito

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Caroline

I use to have the migraines related to my periods. This is very common in

woman.

I felt great during pregnancy, but had to have C-sections due to lack of

dialation. After 73 hours I was only dialated to 5 cm. The long labor and

surgery really caused progression. My second son was an emergency C-section

due to partial tearing away of the placenta.

laurie

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> Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 21:51:39 -0500

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> Subject: Correlation between hormones/migraines/MELAS/Mito

>

> I was wondering if anyone else has this combo. MELAS runs in my family. It

> is up in the air whether I have it or not. I tested @ 0%, but that doesn't

> mean I don't have it...it's just not high in my blood. My symptoms include

> Bipolar and hormonally related migraines, which are both symptoms that run

> heavily in my family who have a definite dx of MELAS -- not to mention other

> bad manifestations (dilated cardiomyopathy, stroke-like episodes, hearing

> loss, grand mal seizures, low muscle mass, failure to thrive, etc). Also,

> we have both child onset and adult onset. BUT I'm curious if their is

> anyone out there with the hormone/migraine combo. Also, with both of my

> pregnancies, I did not dialate (had c-sects), and I had migraines every day

> at the same time after the each birth. Currently, I have 1-2 migraines per

> month usually around my time of the month. I experience aura (visual

> disturbances - I lose partial vision) before the actual headache. I also

> experience the after affects -- migraine hangover. Similar to what my

> brother experienced when he had seizures. Anyway, I was just wondering...

>

> Caroline

> Re: Questions on estrogen/hormones.....

>

>

>> I'm sorry to hear about your health and problems at home. I think

>> we can all relate to family or friends not completely understanding

>> what we're going through. I'll send you a cyber hug and hope it

>> helps a little. As far as hormones are concerned, I've tried both

>> estrogen and progesterone and both made me flare. I have had

>> horrible periods for years (very heavy, painful and inconsistent).

>> Oddly enough, when I started the mito cocktail I had normal periods

>> after that. The problem was that I had to dc the cocktail because

>> of GI problems...so, I'm back to horrible periods again. I just

>> spent the past week going through exactly what you

>> described...extreme fatigue, back pain, depression etc... Wish

>> there was a simple answer. Best of luck !

>>

>> bug

>>

>>

>>

>>

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Caroline,

Yup I had them as well. My neuro used to call them Estrogen

Migraines.

Then I had a hysterectomy (including ovaries) and I no longer have

migraines.

> I was wondering if anyone else has this combo. MELAS runs in my

family. It

> is up in the air whether I have it or not. I tested @ 0%, but

that doesn't

> mean I don't have it...it's just not high in my blood. My

symptoms include

> Bipolar and hormonally related migraines, which are both symptoms

that run

> heavily in my family who have a definite dx of MELAS -- not to

mention other

> bad manifestations (dilated cardiomyopathy, stroke-like episodes,

hearing

> loss, grand mal seizures, low muscle mass, failure to thrive,

etc). Also,

> we have both child onset and adult onset. BUT I'm curious if

their is

> anyone out there with the hormone/migraine combo. Also, with both

of my

> pregnancies, I did not dialate (had c-sects), and I had migraines

every day

> at the same time after the each birth. Currently, I have 1-2

migraines per

> month usually around my time of the month. I experience aura

(visual

> disturbances - I lose partial vision) before the actual headache.

I also

> experience the after affects -- migraine hangover. Similar to

what my

> brother experienced when he had seizures. Anyway, I was just

wondering...

>

> Caroline

> Re: Questions on estrogen/hormones.....

>

>

> > I'm sorry to hear about your health and problems at home. I

think

> > we can all relate to family or friends not completely

understanding

> > what we're going through. I'll send you a cyber hug and hope it

> > helps a little. As far as hormones are concerned, I've tried

both

> > estrogen and progesterone and both made me flare. I have had

> > horrible periods for years (very heavy, painful and

inconsistent).

> > Oddly enough, when I started the mito cocktail I had normal

periods

> > after that. The problem was that I had to dc the cocktail

because

> > of GI problems...so, I'm back to horrible periods again. I just

> > spent the past week going through exactly what you

> > described...extreme fatigue, back pain, depression etc... Wish

> > there was a simple answer. Best of luck !

> >

> > bug

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > Medical advice, information, opinions, data and statements

contained

> herein are not necessarily those of the list moderators. The

author of this

> e mail is entirely responsible for its content. List members are

reminded of

> their responsibility to evaluate the content of the postings and

consult

> with their physicians regarding changes in their own treatment.

> >

> > Personal attacks are not permitted on the list and anyone who

sends one is

> automatically moderated or removed depending on the severity of

the attack.

> >

> >