#the alternative regimen is mostly skipping the placebo pills

[tedkaczynskiofficial]

Obviously I don't know the details of your medical history, so it's still possible that the doctor made a decision they had evidence was the wrong one, but hormonal birth control for migraines is evidence-based, not just doctors throwing hormones at you and hoping it sticks. For a lot of people, hormonal birth control effectively treats their migraines.

For some people it doesn't work and can make it worse, and for some people with certain types of migraines there is concern about stroke/DVT (although this is less of a concern now that the doses in birth control are much lower), but that is the case for basically every treatment we have for every condition--it doesn't work for some people, and there are risks.

You can read this review here if you're interested, but they have a summary of hormonal treatments:

There's also an RCT going on right now that should finish sometime this year that will give additional insight into using oral contraceptives to treat migraine.

she believed in you, buddy 🫃