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Posted by Jared on August 23, 2000, at 23:09:00
Has anyone experienced extreme pressure in your head, that is almost constant and doesn't go away? Does this pressure seem to coincide with using SSRI's for anyone? I have had this for months now. It goes from extreme, like my head is going to explode, or when you are upside down and all of the blood rushes to your head, to just mild or more localized in the forehead. I have seen the doctor, and we initially thought the medication I was taking- Paxil - was causing it. Or he said it could just be a tension headache. But now I am off the Paxil ( using Prozac for a week and a half to ease the withdrawl), and it's been about two weeks and the pressure is bad as ever! It feels like something worse than just a simple tension headache. If anyone has some input it would be greatly appreciated.
Posted by friedbrain on March 4, 2001, at 15:56:20
In reply to Pressure in my head, posted by Jared on August 23, 2000, at 23:09:00
This reply is a few months behind but for what it's worth, I'm experiencing almost exactly what you describe. I took 20mg of Paxil for about a week before quitting and I've had this terrible pressure in my head ever since (about 3 weeks so far). The pressure is constant but is never focused on an particular region. I feel as if I've concentrated on something totally uninteresting for far too long. I've been on and off of Zoloft for several years but I never had any withdrawl symptoms from it. A few months ago one of the night time news shows did a story on Paxil and the severe withdrawl symptoms some peolpe have from it. Apparently it leaves the body much faster than other SSRIs and that is part of what make the withdrawl so bad. I didn't realize until I read your message that Paxil withdrawl was likely causing my pain.
I went to the Paxil web site and couldn't find any information on side effects related to Paxil withdrawl so I did a search at "Mamma" http://www.mamma.com/Mamma?p1=&timeout=2&query=Paxil+withdrawl+symptoms&qtype=0&x=9&y=12
and "Google" http://www.google.com/search?q=Paxil+withdrawl
If these URL's expire you can just go to any search engine and type in "Paxil withdrawl". This must be a very common problem judging by the number of accurate results that the searches brought up.> Has anyone experienced extreme pressure in your head, that is almost constant and doesn't go away? Does this pressure seem to coincide with using SSRI's for anyone? I have had this for months now. It goes from extreme, like my head is going to explode, or when you are upside down and all of the blood rushes to your head, to just mild or more localized in the forehead. I have seen the doctor, and we initially thought the medication I was taking- Paxil - was causing it. Or he said it could just be a tension headache. But now I am off the Paxil ( using Prozac for a week and a half to ease the withdrawl), and it's been about two weeks and the pressure is bad as ever! It feels like something worse than just a simple tension headache. If anyone has some input it would be greatly appreciated.
Posted by Guinnee Pig on January 20, 2002, at 3:13:25
In reply to Re: Pressure in my head » Jared, posted by friedbrain on March 4, 2001, at 15:56:20
I have had similar pressure headaches...they were partially what caused me to stop taking serzone (I was taking serzone for about 1 year before the headaches were way too extreme to handle)
A good friend has also experienced pressure headaches after and during the use of different psychopharmica like prozac, zoloft, etc. I'm am not convinced that this is a withdrawl symptom...I think it should be researched a bit further...Keep sharing...
It is important for everyone, I feel, to be open about what drugs, even illegal, they have used and are currently using while taking these medications. I am studying a bit on that for personal reasons. I am curious about what drugs (ecstacy, cocaine, lsd, etc...) could be causing some of our need for psychopharmica....And is psychopharmica possibly curing anyone out there or mearly supressing something that will always be there. Any thoughts on this?
Thanks for Sharing...
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