r/endometriosis • u/mountwhateverest90 • 4h ago
Medications and pain management Migraine escalated since Slinda pill
I have migraines and have been receiving Aimovig 140 mg for over a year as a preventive treatment, as well as sumatriptan as acute medication. I now have a suspected diagnosis of endometriosis and was prescribed the contraceptive pill Slinda by my gynecologist. The first three weeks of the first pack were unremarkable. However, during the last week of the first pack, I started experiencing a severe worsening. More frequent attacks, significantly more intense attacks (10/10 – I had not even experienced this before starting preventive treatment), and increasingly shorter intervals between them.
I skipped the placebo pills and have now started the first week of the second pack. Everyone, I am having a migraine every evening and night at 10/10 intensity, and my use of acute medication is already at its limit. Everything that normally helps no longer provides relief. I am on the verge of despair!
Yesterday I then—warning, possibly too much information—passed my entire uterine lining at once. Last night I had another migraine again. I knew that an initial worsening could occur with Slinda, but this severe? I cannot go on like this! Has anyone had similar experiences? Or knows anything about this? I need help!
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u/Sunsetseeker007 55m ago
Hopefully you are taking the bc everyday at the same time, that's really important so your body can adjust to it. Sounds like migraine with aura which this med is supposed to be for people who suffer from that but then under side effect states migraines as one.. hmmm. Slinda is the same as Slynd, a progestin only bc that is for people that have estrogen sensitivity or cannot tolerate oestrogens & has a history of blood clots. I wonder if that will go away in a couple days or weeks after your body adjusts? Hopefully someone can chime in or call your doc and ask if you should stop. Hope you find something that works for you
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u/Miscdrawer 1h ago
In the box with your medication there should have a paper with a "side effects" section. Check that.