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The Menstrual Migraine Check: 6 questions, about 2 minutes

Based on a widely used migraine screening tool, with a plain-language guide to what the answers can mean. Not a diagnosis, but a clear starting point for a conversation with a doctor.

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A Free Resource from Migraine World Summit

Menstrual Migraine Check

Important FramingThis is not a diagnosis. It is a quick, private check to see whether what you experience looks like migraine. Whatever your result, the next step is the same: a conversation with a doctor.

Self-Assessment Questions

#	Question	Options
1	Do your headaches tend to come in the days just before or during your period?	Yes, most months / Sometimes / No
2	In the last 3 months, with these headaches, have you felt sick to your stomach or nauseated?	Yes / No
3	In the last 3 months, has light bothered you much more than usual when you had one?	Yes / No
4	In the last 3 months, have these headaches limited what you could do for a day or more?	Yes / No
5	Is the pain often throbbing or pulsing, or focused on one side of your head?	Yes / No
6	Before the pain starts, do you ever notice things like flashing lights, zigzag lines, or blind spots?	Yes / No

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What's inside the check

Six quick questions you can answer privately, in about 2 minutes
Questions based on a widely used migraine screening tool
A plain-language guide to what each answer can mean, including signs worth raising before starting some treatments
A clear next step to take to a doctor, whatever the result

This check is not a diagnosis. Only a qualified healthcare professional can diagnose migraine.

3 in 4

women with period-linked migraine attacks in our National Women's Migraine Survey had no menstrual migraine diagnosis. (225 US women, 2026)

“My symptoms were dismissed for years. I was told it was all in my head, or just part of normal periods. It is real.”Survey respondent

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