Women's Hormone Health

Headaches & Migraines

Some of the most common triggers of migraines are stress, food allergies, caffeine withdrawal, medications, lack of sleep, extreme weather conditions, blood sugar fluctuations, and hormone imbalances. Many migraine suffers find little or no relief in either over-the-counter or prescription medications. Even for those who do, the impact is often only temporary. It is important to learn your headache triggers. Keep a journal that tells the date, time, weather conditions, foods eaten in the last 24 hours, emotional stressors, amount of sleep, drugs taken or, if you are a female, where you are in your menstrual cycle.

Once you have eliminated the triggers, you may find that headaches tend to cluster immediately before or after your period. This can be a symptom of hormone imbalance. In fact, in women between the ages 30-55, hormonal imbalance is one of the leading causes of migraines. A range of evidence links hormone imbalance, particularly estrogen dominance, not only to migraines, but also to other brain-related issues including anxiety disorders, insomnia and decreased mental acuity. Recent research also suggests that estrogen dominance may be a contributor to Alzheimer’s disease. If you suffer from headaches, it is in your best interest to investigate the causes. Take our Hormone Quiz for Women to see if estrogen dominance could be a culprit. If so, there are safe ways to rebalance your hormones to bring about relief and to reduce recurrences. In the process, you could save yourself a lifetime of headaches, improve your sleep patterns and energy and reduce your risk of serious disease.

Dr. Randolph’s Natural Balance Cream, his signature formulation of bioidentical progesterone, can be your first step towards restoring your body’s optimum hormone balance. The progesterone molecule in this cream is encased in a unique liposomal delivery system that disperses progesterone through the skin for up to 12 hours to ensure proper absorption rather than a quick spike of progesterone. [Dr. Randolph’s Natural Balance Cream is compounded under the strict guidelines of the National Association of Compounding Pharmacies and meets the U.S. Pharmacopeia gold standards for quality and purity.