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SweetPea19 01/31/2008

OK so I've only taken one round of Clomid at 50 mg. and I stopped the 5 day pill last Thurs (so week now!) and I'm STILL getting headaches. I wake up every morning with one, and most of the day I have it. I think it finally goes away late afternoon but then returns later on at night! I use to suffer from migraines, but haven't had them for a while. Now I'm dealing with them again, AND to top it off have been feeling cramping since my folical study on Monday! UGHHHH...I feel so crappy and this is only my first month on fertility meds?

Any suggestions. Or do we think that it's not the Clomid giving me the headache's again, maybe it's stress brining out my migraines again?

I'm so confused. I'm trying to start my work-out regime, but can't cause of how miserable I'm feeling.

HELP!!!!

deleted_user 01/31/2008

I think it is the clomid. I have done 3 rounds (one at 50 and 2 at 100) and I have gotten headaches all three of my cycles. For me, they last until around CD 15 or so off and on. I also suffer from migraines and got a pretty bad one with cycle 2. Just keep taking that tylenol and hang in there. It should pass soon. GL to you. I hope this is it for you.

deleted_user 01/31/2008

I had the same effects with the clomid. the migraines got worse around the time of ovulation for me, but the headaches didn't stop until afer AF showed up. I was told by my DR to drink a can of coke and take ibuprofen for the headache.

deleted_user 01/31/2008

I call clomid "clomood". I hate that stuff my only side effect was the hot flashes I could not cool down. It sucked I thought I was gonna burst into flames.

deleted_user 01/31/2008

Yeah, I would think it is the Clomid, too. This is my 2nd cycle on 50mg. My symptoms seem to come and go until AF. Just when I think I'm over it I get a crazy hot flash. Hang in there!

SweetPea19 01/31/2008

Thanks girls...I can't believe how awful I feel. It gives me absoutely NO MOTIVATION...but I need to toughen up and get some!

deleted_user 01/31/2008

OMG, I could of written this exact entry. My head still hurts and I was done a week ago to! Same circumstances, 50mg, first round, ect. I keep thinking long term, long term or I would gouge my eyes out. The only thing I have found that works is sleeping. Are you only getting them in the afternoons and evenings? I am cool till about 2 oclock. So Sorry!!!!!

deleted_user 01/31/2008

I definitely think it is the clomid. I get hormonal headaches as well. I would ask the nurse or doctor if there is anything you can take. Excedrin probably works better than Tylenol, but I am not sure if you can take that on Clomid.

deleted_user 01/31/2008

I had the cramps, or actually screaming ovary pain on all 3 cycles of Clomid but I didn't get the headache until last month. Like Idahobaby mine didn't go away until AF came. Once I got the BFN I was eating excedrin migrain like gum drops. Working out my my headache worse, I couldn't do it. But, a hot bath did help along with some herbal tea. good luck.

deleted_user 01/31/2008

Can't speak about headaches but I can say I had a lot more side effects with Clomid than I currently do on Follistim. I think some people just have a bad reaction. I saw stuff, it was pretty crazy.

SweetPea19 01/31/2008

I wake up with the headaches...they kind of go away mid afternoon, then they're BACK at night time. Just in time to be home with the kids and get too frustrated cause I don't feel well.

I'm just miserable, and want to work out soooo bad, but feel awful in the mornings and awful in the evenings!

Maybe I can leave work during they day when my headache subsides to work out LOL...yeah right, I barely take time to eat lunch!

I don't really want to take excedrin either because I have cut WAY Back on caffine and am doing good with that!

deleted_user 01/31/2008

I had TONS of side effects all month long from 50 mg of clomid... daily headaches, major mood swings, bloating, and just feeling plain sick. I didn't get many work outs in either, that's for sure. But, the clomid did the trick, so it was worth it. Best of luck to you :-)

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