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Any Suggestion For Migraine And Headaches After Taking Suboxone?
I recently have been taken off pain meds of OxyContin 60 mg 3 times a day and oxycodone 5 mg 2 every 4 hrs I am recently taking suboxone and been having bad migraine headaches I am also taking depression meds and topamax and imitrex for the migraines it helps for a little while but the migraine is back in about 5 hours. I am also having a hard time remembering things, conversations, directions, I struggle with anxiety and am afraid to go out in crowds is this common or is something wrong?
Thu, 13 Feb 2014
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From my clinical experince I can say that the symptoms of anxeity and fear are related to depression. So, possibly your medicine is not working properly.
I think you should shift to some other antidepressant which can control anxiety as well., like venalafaxine, or prothiaden, etc. these are also equally good for migraines too. ( so, with them you can get benefit in both issues).
For acute migraines, you can take : rizatryptan or sumatriptan , your doctor would know about them.
The memory problem is most possibly related to depression and anxiety, and hopefully will recover completely when you will get better. So, nothing needs to be done right now for them.
please see the doctor and discuss the above points.
Hope the reply is useful.
Feel free to ask more questions
Dr. Manisha Gopal
MD Psychiatry
From my clinical experince I can say that the symptoms of anxeity and fear are related to depression. So, possibly your medicine is not working properly.
I think you should shift to some other antidepressant which can control anxiety as well., like venalafaxine, or prothiaden, etc. these are also equally good for migraines too. ( so, with them you can get benefit in both issues).
For acute migraines, you can take : rizatryptan or sumatriptan , your doctor would know about them.
The memory problem is most possibly related to depression and anxiety, and hopefully will recover completely when you will get better. So, nothing needs to be done right now for them.
please see the doctor and discuss the above points.
Hope the reply is useful.
Feel free to ask more questions
Dr. Manisha Gopal
MD Psychiatry
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