Specialist Protocol
Hormonal migraines follow an oestrogen withdrawal pattern. This kit gives you a prevention protocol, a 28-day calendar, a pattern log, and an acute response sequence — built around the mechanism.
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Sound familiar?
Oestrogen drops sharply in two windows each cycle — late luteal (Days 26–28) and at menstruation (Days 1–2). This drop triggers trigeminal nerve sensitisation: the neurological cascade that causes the pain. When the trigger is predictable, the intervention can be upstream of it — not reactive to it.
The mechanism
Oestrogen falls sharply in two predictable windows — late luteal (Days 26–28) and at menstruation (Days 1–2). This drop triggers trigeminal nerve sensitisation and cortical spreading depression — the neurological mechanism responsible for migraine aura and pain. When the trigger is identified as hormonal and timing-specific, it becomes preventable.
The magnesium and riboflavin prevention stack has Level A clinical evidence for migraine frequency reduction. But efficacy depends on consistent dosing that begins at Day 15 — before oestrogen begins its perimenstrual decline. Starting supplementation after pain arrives is already past the preventive window.
Hormonal migraines have a prodrome phase — visual disturbances, neck stiffness, mood changes — that typically appears 20–60 minutes before head pain. Ginger extract 250mg at first prodrome may inhibit prostaglandin synthesis acutely; one RCT found it equivalent to sumatriptan at early intervention. The 5-minute acute protocol is sequenced by speed of action from this moment.
GP appointments for hormonal migraine without documented cycle correlation rarely result in prescription-level care — sumatriptan, perimenstrual oestrogen patches, or neurology referral. Two cycles of the Migraine Pattern Log produce the format clinicians are trained to act on. The GP Prep Checklist translates that data into specific, evidence-referenced questions.
The protocol
Prevention works by working upstream of the trigger — not behind it.
The oestrogen drop that triggers your migraine begins in late luteal. Prevention starts before it. Continue through Day 5 of the next cycle to cover both perimenstrual risk windows.
During the perimenstrual window, your neurological threshold is already lowered. Triggers that are tolerable mid-cycle become significant now.
A migraine treated at first prodrome may respond far better than one treated at pain peak. The six-step protocol is sequenced by speed of action — executed at first prodrome sign, not at peak pain.
The difference
Everything included
The complete prevention, tracking, and acute management protocol. Migraine type identifier, prevention supplement stack with evidence levels, trigger avoidance table for the risk window, 5-minute acute response protocol, and prescription options reference.
Daily tick-off calendar with four risk tiers colour-coded: HIGH (Days 1–2, 27–28), RISK (Days 3–5, 26), WATCH (Days 13–15), Standard. Printable. Fillable. Three cycles of consistent use are designed to support measurable pattern tracking.
One row per migraine event: date, cycle day, onset time, pain score, duration, aura, treatment, response, trigger. After two cycles, this log becomes the clinical evidence your GP is trained to act on.
Pre-filled symptom summary and a complete question list covering catamenial migraine classification, sumatriptan, perimenstrual oestrogen patches, continuous OCP options, and referral criteria.
Eight mobile-optimised sections: Migraine Type Identifier · Prevention Stack Cards · Trigger Avoidance Table · Acute Response Protocol · Prescription Options · 28-Day Interactive Calendar · Live Pattern Log · GP Appointment Prep.
Step-by-step orientation mapping the three-stage protocol and introducing the digital tools. Set up in under 10 minutes.
Interactive web app
The interactive web app includes all eight components of the Rescue Kit in a browser-based format — including the live Migraine Pattern Log, the interactive 28-Day Calendar, and the GP Appointment Prep builder. Access on any device immediately after purchase.
Why this was built
"The mechanism for hormonal migraine is established. The prevention window is documented. The prescription pathways exist. What was missing was a tool that puts all three in one place and tells you exactly when to use each one."
As a senior commercial lawyer at ASX-listed technology companies, I spent over 15 years building evidence-first decision frameworks — and eventually applied the same precision to my own hormonal health. The research on catamenial migraine is not obscure. Level A evidence for magnesium. RCT data on riboflavin. A documented prodrome window. Prescription options most GPs underutilise.
The problem is not the evidence. It is that women who experience hormonal migraines rarely receive a structured protocol that maps prevention, risk windows, acute response, and GP escalation into a single system they can execute from Day 15 of their cycle.
This kit closes that gap. Not with wellness language. With a protocol, a calendar, a documented log, and a prescription reference that gives you the specific language clinicians respond to.
What women are saying
I had been treating the pain reactively for four years. Two cycles of the prevention stack starting Day 15 reduced my perimenstrual migraines from three per cycle to one.
Is this for you?
This kit is specifically built around catamenial (hormonal) migraine triggered by oestrogen withdrawal. It is not a general headache management resource. If you are unsure whether your headaches are hormonal, the Migraine Type Identifier in the kit may help you determine this.
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