I started getting migraines 2 years ago almost every time I got on my period. They were miserable and excruciating but no where near as bad or as frequent as when I got started on birth control in August 2013. I was put on it as a contraceptive but soon after the headaches got much worse and happened several times a month. I'm on it full time so I don't have periods at all (my mood swings got horrible and led to extreme behaviors and that stabilized better when I didn't have any periods).

I don't know what I should do. I don't want to get knocked up before I'm married and I also don't want my emotions to get out of control... plus I hate having periods because of the pain and the yuckiness.

I am prescribed rizatriptan for the onset of migraines but I try to zap it before hand with ibuprofen. I'm afraid that I'm getting rebound headaches from using pain killers too much though. If I get a bad tension headache, which are also frequent for me, I use my mom's prescription for her tension headaches which knocks me out and usually numbs it away.

So what I'm asking is, is what should I do about the birth control? I have an appt. with my gyn but it's still a month away. My psychiatrist says that the birth control I'm on also reduces the effectiveness of my psych meds by up to 50%. Are there other options that will help me?

Also, what are some home or school treatments that could help? I usually get migraines behind one eye and it gets tender to the touch and extends up that side of the head. Tension headaches I get my forehead and whole head and my neck feels sooo tight.

One more question, could sensitivity to light CAUSE the migraines or are the migraines causing the sensitivity to light? Everytime I walk outside, even on a cloudy day, I feel a piercing through my head and same when I'm in school taking notes from a powerpoint.

They're so miserable, I don't know what to do.