Posted by Hamsterwheel on November 27, 2005, at 12:35:12
In reply to depression headaches - paxil, posted by korpacz on September 30, 2005, at 9:46:56
> Hi, I just wanted to know if anyone has depression headaches? The reason I ask is because I was on paxil for 8 years and went off of it last June 2004. In August 2004 I started getting these weird weird headaches. I have been to GP, ENT, Neuro and gyno with no luck. They tell me I have headaches. Duh? My MRI was fine.
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> So, a year or so later, I am still dealing with the headaches. All I do is cry and cry. Am I depressed because of the headaches or are the headaches a sign of depression? I could go round and round.
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> I just don't care anymore about anything -- friends, husband, life, work, etc. I would like nothing more than to just lay in bed. At nights I actually go into my bed at 8:00 PM and cry. I hate feeling like this. I remember what it was like 8 years ago. Do I go back on ADs? Neuro gave me elavil for headaches, but that did not work at all.
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> Been doing research on headaches and depression. It is all I think about 24/7. I can't sleep. Last night I was up at 2 AM and that was it for me. Have lost weight. Headaches have become my life.
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> If anyone has any suggestions or has gone through this, please respond??
> Please
>I've recently, like in the last year, discovered that pain was the major cause of my 25 year old depression, including my adollescence. I have found a BRAND NEW LIFE with pain management for my migraines. I have had 24 hour migraines since my early teens, (now 40). I self medicated with alcohol all that time, thinking the alcohol was the cause and the cure. I got sober and went to every kind of doctor that exists, literally!
With pain management, with methadone, I have a new sunset and sunrise full of promise and hope. God has been doing all the work.
I hope this can help somebody. I refuse to live with this pain. So with a regimented and controlled medication routine, I will carry on. Pain free and happy. The only way it should be!
Ask god, he will listen!
AMEN!
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