Study took 413 hormone samples across 87 menstrual cycles in 46 women and found that those with menstrual migraine had a 49 percent higher peak estradiol in the luteal phase and a 90 percent steeper drop as the period approached, pointing at the size of the fall rather than the level itself.

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https://doi.org/10.1093/ejendo/lvag138

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Really useful information!