I've been diagnosed with migraine this week, GP prescribed sumatriptan.
I had what I believe was a migraine 12 years ago. I had a few really bad headaches over the years but nothing like the migraine. Then, in October last year I had just finished my period and was out quite late, didn't get home til almost midnight, which is super late for me nowadays. Anyway, I woke at 7am with a bad headache which just got worse as the morning went on. I rang my boss and told her I was too sick to carry on working. I'd taken some co-codamol but it didn't touch it. I went to bed at 10.30am. I rested but didn't sleep. At about 12.30 I threw up. That eased the headache considerably. I read a little about migraines and I ordered 5HTP and magnesium and started taking them both when arrived. I thought they were working really well until late December, also the last day of my period. I'd been out all day the day before and then woke up with another migraine, felt awful until I threw up again. Same as last time I felt awful for a few days after. Then last week, in the middle of my period I was out until late the night before, woke up in the morning feeling awful. I went to a pharmacy to get something for it as my partner was concerned, they gave me migraleve even though I hadn't, at that point been officially diagnosed. It was fab as it immediately eased the nausea, if not the headache.
Anyway, sorry for the essay, just wanted to write it all down. I think for me, no more late nights when I'm on my period. I have PCOS, which is linked to migraine but also means I don't have a regular cycle so I can't plan to stay in when I'm on.