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Why do i get severe anxiety and panic attack when my period is coming including vertigo attacks.

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Dr. Eric Weisman answered

Specializes in Neurology

This may be a form: of migraine (vertiginous migraine). Hormonal changes trigger a cascade of events that result in acephalgic vasospastic migraine. There are ways to diagnose this: An EEG done in this critical period may show excessive vasoreactivity during hyperventilation. Typically this responds to anticonvulsant medication (as do most types of vasospastic migraine) I also recommend avoiding DHE and triptans

Answered 5/18/2016

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