Posted by Bob on September 27, 1999, at 17:30:14
In reply to Prozac and Headaches, posted by Heidi on September 27, 1999, at 11:02:14
Tell your doctor to try those headaches on for size day in and day out, and then see if he feels happy about it. Why should a doctor say you should be happy to feel any sort of pain? Zheesh! (Sorry -- I just have a mean streak a mile wide, and some steel-toed boots to follow up with a swift kick, for insensitive doctors... grrrrrrrrrrrrr)
Once his attitude gets readjusted, you may want to give the prozac a little more time. Do any of the longer acting pain relievers work for you? That might help make it more bearable. My main point is that it takes time for this stuff to work. I wound up switching from med to med quickly at first, sometimes for truly unbearable side effects, other times for stuff I could have held out against. I had an appointment with my pdoc today, and I realized that I've been on the same meds for about nine months now, same dosage levels for the last three or four of that, and things are about as stable for me as my best times off meds. Still not much in terms of positive affect, but I have a good, solid base to do some serious psychological work from. Anyway, convince you doc to take your pains more seriously -- that is his job, afterall -- and maybe he can come up with something that can work with the prozac for the headaches and maybe some AD boost as well.
Good luck,
Bob
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