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Elavil
« on: Jun 25th, 2003, 1:06pm »
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During my recent 3rd episode of cluster headaches I went to my doctor and he diagnosed me for the first time as a clusterhead. As a preventative medication he prescribed Elavil.  
 
I have been taking Elavil for about 3 weeks now and in the last few days I have had the early symptoms of a headache about 4 times. I took excedrin as a I normally do and in every instance the headache never appeared. Normally I get the symptoms, take excedrin and the headache comes on real strong and lasts 2-3 hours during which time I am in the scary place that you all know so well.
 
Has anyone else heard of this happening with elavil? The elavil cause somes side effects (excessive drowsiness etc) that make me not want to take it, but if it helps prevent the headaches than I will stick with it.  
 
I am fairly new to all this and am a little confused so any insights you can provide would be much appreciated.
 
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« Reply #1 on: Jun 26th, 2003, 7:36am »
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I have read other people posting about sucess with elavil.  I have not tried it but it is on my list to talk to my dr. about.  Can I ask what dose you are taking it at?
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