Migraine overview
A migraine is a headache that can purpose intense throbbing suffering or a pulsing sensation, typically on one facet of the head. It's often accompanied with the aid of nausea, vomiting, and excessive sensitivity to mild and sound. Migraine assaults can closing for hours to days, and the discomfort can be so excessive that it interferes with your each day activities. For some people, a warning symptom viewed as an air of secrecy takes location until now than or with the headache. An air of secrecy can consist of visible disturbances, such as flashes of mild or blind spots, or different disturbances, such as tingling on one thing of the face or in an arm or leg and concern speaking.
My experience-OBGYN recommended I get an MRI for my migraines, does this make sense?
Not sure if this is the right place to post this but I recently went to my OBGYN for a pap smear and to talk about birth control. The last time I saw her (2018) she had asked if I get migraines which I said that I do but pretty infrequently (about once every other year), I mentioned I get them a bit more often now (every 3 to 4 months), and she recommended that I see a neurologist and get an MRI to make sure everything is fine.
It was somewhat relevant to the birth control discussion we were having because she didn't want to recommend the combination birth control to me since having migraines with auras (which is what I have) is associated with a higher likelihood of having a stroke and so is combination birth control. So I understand why she was asking about it, but I don't know if it makes sense to spend thousands of dollars on a neurologist and MRI (I live in the U.S. unfortunately) for still pretty infrequent migraines.
I feel like I will go to the neurologist and they will just be like "why are you even here?". Obviously I don't like having migraines but it's not that big of deal to me because it's so infrequent. The only real way I can justify going is because the migraines have gotten more frequent over the last few years and maybe that indicates some issue with my brain (my OBGYN even mentioned the possibility of a brain tumor which is scary). But I'm so hesitant because they're still very infrequent especially compared to people that get migraines everyday or week like I've seen in this subreddit.
What do you think I should do? Does anyone else get migraines infrequently but it ended up being a serious issue? Is my OBGYN just trying to get her neurologist friend more money?
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