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FFP 611 | Why Are Migraines Worse Around Your Period? | Dr. Meg Mill

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Alternative Health, Sexuality, Health & Fitness

4.8869 Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Lisa speaks with Dr. Meg Mill, functional medicine practitioner and author, about the connection between hormonal shifts and migraines. They explore how cyclical changes in estrogen and progesterone can contribute to migraines—particularly around ovulation and menstruation—and why many women don't realize their headaches follow a hormonal pattern.

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0:00.0

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0:43.9

That's fertility friday.com slash chart. This is the fertility Friday podcast episode number

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611.

1:03.3

In today's episode, we are diving into a very important and very common issue. We are talking about migraines and their connection to the menstrual cycle. And we are featuring Dr. Meg Mill,

1:09.6

a functional practitioner who specializes in eliminating

1:13.0

migraines naturally. I feel like this episode is going to blow your mind. And so before I jump in,

1:20.0

let me tell you a little bit about Dr. Meg Mill. Dr. Mill is a functional medicine practitioner,

1:25.8

bestselling author, podcast host, and speaker. and in her functional medicine practice, she works with patients worldwide to heal the root cause of their health struggles through advanced diagnostic testing and personalized support.

1:38.4

With her two decades of clinical experience in conventional and functional medicine, she helps clients improve their health

1:44.6

naturally while still understanding and respecting conventional practice protocols. Meg is

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particularly passionate about helping people end headaches and migraines, increase energy,

1:55.6

and restore mental clarity without drugs or overwhelming protocols with her proven eat method. So without further ado,

2:02.8

let's go ahead and jump into today's episode with Meg. I'm really excited to be here today with

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Dr. Meg Mill. Welcome to the show, Dr. Mill. Hi. Thank you for having me. Well, thank you for being here.

2:19.4

I was telling you in the pre-chat that I'm really excited to talk about migraines.

2:23.6

And as you were kind of getting at, it's one of those things where people don't necessarily

2:28.5

talk about a whole bunch these days.

2:30.5

There's a whole bunch of topics that are really kind of on the top of everyone's mind. But ironically, I would assume that one of the reasons it's not talked about is because it's so common that many people might just think it's normal or they just have to deal with it or whatever, or they've tried to deal with it and they haven't had success. So I would imagine that there's a whole bunch of reasons why we're not talking about it.

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