cycle day 24 to 26 is my window, estradiol drop shows up there on the last two bloodwork pulls. so this cycle and the two before it i started naproxen on day 23, a full day before i’d normally reach for anything, just to see if getting ahead of the drop changes anything. cycle 1: worked, no full attack, just a dull baseline bump.
cycle 2: didn’t matter, attack hit day 25 anyway, same intensity as usual. cycle 3: partial, shorter attack but still needed a nurtec on top. so one for three isn’t nothing but it’s not a pattern either.
my neuro’s read is that day 23 dosing might just be catching random luteal noise, not the actual hormone drop, since ovulation timing moves around on me by a couple days each cycle. has anyone actually nailed down their own drop day close enough that pre-dosing works more than half the time, or is this mostly luck dressed up as a protocol?