Venlafaxine and pounding headaches

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so I started on 75mg for about a month or 6 weeks. then moved onto 150mg. about two weeks after starting the original dose I suffered from terrible headaches, but they went away after about a week. about two weeks after starting this new dose I started to get terrible headaches again. it's been over two weeks now and I'm still getting them.

has anyone else had this problem? How long til they go?

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  • Posted

    I didn’t get headaches as such I’d call them head shocks or a buzzing sensation in my head. Horrible. 

  • Posted

    Have you headaches gone? How long? I’ve been on 225mgs for 5 weeks and get daily headaches. Started a week after increasing to 225mgs x
  • Posted

    I had awful headaches too. In fact I posted about it on here. It lasted about 3 weeks but then completely went and I haven't had one since. Hang in there, the side effects will pass x

    • Posted

      What were your headaches like? Mine are like tension headaches all tight and pressure in head. 
    • Posted

      That's exactly what mine were like. I spent a week in bed or laid on the sofa. Pain relief did nothing it was awful c

    • Posted

      Yes I lay in bed a lot with the headaches. Really tight and full of pressure. No pain relief works for me either 😟 not spoken to pysch yet, I’m going to ring later. 

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