(Untitled)

[_bitterglitter_]

Did you know that the use of oral contraceptives in women who have aura-type migraines greatly increases the risk of stroke?

Just thought you might like to know-I had never heard that before.

Comments

[_bitterglitter_]

I couldn't take them anyway-they mess with me too much. Yugg. But I know a lot of people really like them. There's the smoking thing too, though.

[colombenoire]

Sadly, I found this out when I was a teenager and snuck out to get the pill. I'd already had aura migraines, but during the five months I was on the pill, I had a migraine on the same day every month. When I told Planned Parenthood about my clockwork headaches, they took me off the pill and recommended that I find another birth control method, because of the risk.

Stupid hormones. I really hated condoms.

[_bitterglitter_]

Yeah, condoms are not so good. Good for teenagers who aren't necessarily in LTRs though.

When I went on BCPs they never asked about my headache history...

[littlravn]

They didn't ask me either.
I took BCPs for years before they started to aggravate my migraines.

[_bitterglitter_]

Well, thank gods you didn't have a stroke!

[ladder7]

I did know that, but many people do not.

It is one of the reasons why I cannot take hormones of any kind and even avoid them in meat.

Scary stuff!

[_bitterglitter_]

There is so much scary stuff about the way we live now. Eep!
However, yay for modern medicine.