rebound headaches

[cazlooks]

does anyone know how long after stopping pain meds rebound headaches last?

[louiseamos]

Hi cazlooks..I had head aces after codiane can't spell!!!!and when had a migraine for a year yep full year after my 3 rd son was born..finally took off pill got de po..laughing..only have mild one now!!!!!not good having pains in head!!!hope goes soon

[rosewine]

Unfortunately, it varies from person to person. I found mine lasted about 2 weeks when I had a constant headache and then the pain slowly subsided over a period of another couple of weeks. Hope this helps.

[earthwitch]

Its never a good idea to go cold turkey off strong pain meds as it can knock your body in other ways too, but if you have done it now, I hope it doesn't last too long for you. When I have had to suddenly stop, it seems to take two days for the worst, and another couple of days before I feel OK, but I think it can be quite variable.

[cazlooks]

hi thanks for your concern, it was my daughter that had to come off them, and we did it very slow, so she was down to 1/2 dose a day months ago, then once every other day etc. She's been completely off for a week and can't stand the pain.

[cazlooks]

thanks to all who answered, it looks as if we are ready for a long pain

[Beckygeorge]

A month is what I was told and what happened to me. Very best of luck

Becky

[n44ikita]

I was on pain meds for about 12 years and when I started getting rebound headaches my neurologist told me I would have to stop taking them and said it would be 6 months to a year before the headaches subsided. My never really went away, but I did stop getting the migraines after a while.

[cazlooks in reply to n44ikita]

fortunately my daughter has not been on these so long, so hopefully she won't have to go through what you went through, I hope you have some pain relief now

[n44ikita]

Thank you for your thoughts. Hopefully your daughter will have a much shorter wait time for the headaches to stop. I'm prone to headaches so it's probably why it would take me so much longer. I have no pain relief for what I was taking the meds for, Interstitial Cystitis, so it's been a real struggle to find something else that works. Good luck to you! Best...