Headaches on PIO?

JandRVA

I started the progesterone in oil shots last Friday and for the past 2 days I've had the worst headache. Nothing I've tried seems to be helping (Tylenol, cold compresses, heating pad to the back of my neck, laying down in a dark room, etc). I sent a message to my doctor about this but I was wondering if this has happened to anyone else? Also, any suggestions on how to get rid of this headache?

K&H

I got terrible headaches when I came off the progesterone, so I'm sure they're the cause. I would google it and see what others have had success with. My only success was time.

b&kmakebabies

I'm not on progesterone, but I had a horrible headache today and no Tylenol or cold compress at work (my usual go tos). A colleague gave me peppermint oil and told me to dab on my temples. It worked!

old mama

Didn't ever used the progesterone in oil but have used suppositories...yes headaches...bad ones. You don't want to take anything because of maybe baby but some things that have helped some...dark, quiet room, cold compresses behind neck, forehead and where it hurts, hot shower running on head or even just a warm bath. My pharmacist suggested chug a lunging a coke with caffeine...something about the caffeine doing something to the blood vessels...one won't hurt you. Just warning you too that progesterone also brought on so many other pregnancy symptoms...nausea, vomiting, constipation, body aches and pains...you will swear you are pregnant.

JandRVA

After speaking with both my medication nurse and OB, we decided to try a combination of Tylenol and caffeine (in the form of 1/4 cup of coffee since that was the only caffeinated thing we had in the house). Amazingly, it worked in less than a half hour. It's kind of funny that my RE suggested removing caffeine from my diet while we were going through fertility treatment and now my OB recommends it. But at least I finally found something that works. Thanks everyone!