My friend developed migraines around her periods after a gynecological procedure. Prior to this she had like 1 migraine in her life (does have a family history) and after she's had pretty debilitating headaches with each cycle. Like can't function, but acupuncture seems to be helping.
Went to the first neurologist who spent maybe 10 minutes with her, blew her off and said this wasn't a thing. Basically the "you're nuts/all in your head narrative."
Saw a second neurologist who spent almost an hour with her, validated what happened, offered a range of treatment options, and came up with a plan.
It's absolutely fucking insane how different your experience can be with the US healthcare system depending on the physician you sit in front of.
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While I highly doubt the exam had anything to do with it and was clearly just coincidence I think its also obvious the migraines are real.
I cant imagine why the first doctor wouldnt treat the migraines while politely pointing out the exam is unrelated.
@freemo The onset is related to the procedure, not exam, per the 2nd neurologist.
Yep. Not sure what the procedure was, but I had a gyno procedure which gave me debilitating migraines (the stroke-mimicking ones w/slurring of words, etc.).
My experience: I had migraines early in life but they were periodic and not debilitating... but then & age 19 my gyno gave me a hormone-based shot to treat my endometriosis. Within hours, I had the most skull crushing migraine of my life. After that, all my migraines were skull-crushing and they became chronic.
Oh it wasnt just a visual exam but there was medication involved... in that case, yea, makes perfect sense.
