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Migraines are often missed because the worst symptoms are not head pain
For many sufferers, migraine's most disabling symptoms are fatigue, body aches, and cognitive fog rather than head pain, making the condition easy to overlook for years.
Migraines affect far more than the head. Fatigue, body aches, and mental fog can dominate the condition, causing many doctors to miss the diagnosis for years.
Hormonal shifts at menstruation and perimenopause can trigger attacks so often that some women face episodes for up to half the month. A newer drug class called gepants, including Rimegepant, is now available from GPs.
- Fatigue, body aches, cognitive fog
- Dominant symptoms
- Up to half the month
- Menstrual episodes
- Gepants (e.g., Rimegepant)
- New treatment class
- Can become daily, lasting years
- Onset in perimenopause
Why it mattersDoctors can now prescribe gepants through a GP, so asking about this drug class is worth doing if past treatments have not helped.
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