 [ Symptoms ] any advice for migraines during menstruation  i have recently 3 or 4 years been having trouble with migraines during menstruation taking iron helps but i have to take a lot 365 dv or more it only worries me because the doctors i have told about it are confused as to why iron would work but they said that if it does i should just keep taking it but the migraines are starting earlier several days before my period and staying longer and need more iron to get rid of them is there something else that could be causing this [ Disease ] attacks of migraine occur more frequently during peri menstrual time periods we advise to start ginger powder with honey before menstruation commences this will help to reduce the frequency severity and duration of migraine attack regular use of ginger may also abort the migraine attacks