If headaches have become a regular guest rather than an occasional visitor, hormones are often quietly involved, even when nothing else about your routine has changed. In this edition of ‘Your body is trying to tell you,’ HT Lifestyle spoke to Tamanna Singh, certified menopause coach and co- founder of Menoveda, to find out the reasons behind recurring headaches and when to pay attention.
Both are extremely common during this phase, thanks to night sweats and disrupted rest, and both are well-known headache triggers entirely on their own, independent of hormones.
“Poor sleep and dehydration make things considerably worse,” highlighted Tamanna.
Tension and neck stiffness can compound things further. Many women carry stress physically, in the jaw, neck, and shoulders, and this tension often builds quietly through the day before turning into a full headache by evening. If you’re also dealing with poor posture from long hours at a desk, that combination can make hormonal headaches feel even more frequent than they otherwise would. ● Track when headaches happen, before your period, after poor sleep, or when meals are skipped. Occasional headaches happen to everyone from time to time. But frequent, patterned headaches, especially new ones appearing for the first time in your late 30s or 40s, deserve real attention rather than just another painkiller reached for out of habit.
