Stopping progesterone and headaches

[Timetotry]

Hi ladies,
Did any of you develop a headache after stopping your progesterone?
My last dose was yesterday morning and today I have woken up with a brutal headache, almost a migraine.
Is this common??

 

[spiritbear]

That sounds awful. I haven't been on progesterone but I'm guessing it's very likely that you could get headaches with any hormonal shifts. You should probably check with your doctor. Hormonal headaches are the worst. Good luck

 

[bunyhuny]

It's PMS, that's all. Any symptom you have when you're about to start your period naturally, you should also expect when stopping progesterone to start AF medically.

If you get put on progesterone during pregnancy, they generally wean you off slowly so you shouldn't have symptoms in that case. From what I understand, getting symptoms of PMS at that point is bad because it can mean your hormones are dropping too fast. Of course, a good OB would be bringing you in for progesterone draws to make sure the drop was controlled correctly.

 

[Timetotry]

Not a PMS symptom for me. I never get headache from starting my period.
In total it lasted 3 days. And it was not typical of my normal headaches or migraines.
If my next iui fails and I have to stop progesterone again, then I'll know for sure if I get another headache like this one.

 

[cutieq]

Time, I took progrsterone for 12 weeks with this pregnancy and had horrible headaches coming off. My doctor didn't ween me off, I was told to stop as a lot of women are but I think the headaches are pretty common, unfortunately.

 

[Timetotry]

From the sounds of it, I won't be weened off either (once we get to that point!)
My clinic said that I would have to take it until 11 weeks, that's when the placenta takes over the progesterone production.

Hopefully the next iui works and I don't have to stop the progesterone again for a while!

The end of first trimester would be amazing, no more progesterone suppositories and stopping metformin!

 

[cutieq]

Yep. They told me to stop at 12 and I specifially asked about a slow process getting off. I was so thankful for how it helped me grow my baby but sooooo glad to be done with it! Best of luck to you!