Posted by cmcdougall on February 26, 2002, at 10:01:06
In reply to Re: Serzone vs. Imitrex for headaches question?, posted by OldSchool on February 22, 2002, at 13:00:18
Hey Oldschool,
I suffer from frequent migraines - they were much worse while I was on Effexor. Seem to be better now that I take Celexa. My neuro is always fussing at me to take a triptan (I've got samples of them all) at the first sign of migraine. I don't do it because every triptan makes me feel like my skull is filled w/ acid. Very bad.
One neuro put me on neurontin for prophylaxis - I was going thru effexor withdrawal at the time and when I added the neurontin I had a psychotic episode. My pdoc said it wasn't caused by the neurontin but I've been afraid to try it again. I currently take celexa, adderal, and desipramine. This combo seems to work pretty well most of the time for my resistant depression.
What do you think? Any ideas why the triptans make migraines worse? I now have 2-4 migraines per month. This is really great considering while on effexor I was having 2-3 migraines per week.
Thanks,
Carly
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