I hope everyone is on their way to healing. I dealt with a migraine about a month ago. Couldn't get rid of it until I got the shots from my general practitioner. Felt great for 3 days and then began to have a horrible "tension" headache. The only thing that cured it was more Excedrin. I did that for a couple of weeks with no real end in sight. Saw my doctor again and she prescribed Topamax. I took one 50mg dose and had the horrible side effects without any headache relief. Couldn't stay awake, zoned out, irritability and very listless. Started doing research and found out about medication overuse headache or rebound headaches.
I only ever have occasional headaches and Excedrin has always worked amazingly. In the months of October and November I think was when I really became dependent on them. Never realized I could get myself into such a mess.
Decided to go cold turkey. Worst few days of my life. I'm not out of the woods yet (day 3) but so far day 1 and 2 were crazy miserable. After I come out on top, I will make sure to never purchase this drug again!
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I hope everyone is on their way to healing. I dealt with a migraine about a month ago. Couldn't get rid of it until I got the shots from my general practitioner. Felt great for 3 days and then began to have a horrible "tension" headache. The only thing that cured it was more Excedrin. I did that for a couple of weeks with no real end in sight. Saw my doctor again and she prescribed Topamax. I took one 50mg dose and had the horrible side effects without any headache relief. Couldn't stay awake, zoned out, irritability and very listless. Started doing research and found out about medication overuse headache or rebound headaches.
December 6, 2017 - 8:45pmI only ever have occasional headaches and Excedrin has always worked amazingly. In the months of October and November I think was when I really became dependent on them. Never realized I could get myself into such a mess.
Decided to go cold turkey. Worst few days of my life. I'm not out of the woods yet (day 3) but so far day 1 and 2 were crazy miserable. After I come out on top, I will make sure to never purchase this drug again!
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