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-:¦:-•:*'""*:•.-:¦:-•*Welcome to MyMigraineConnection!*•-:¦:-•:*'""*:•.-:¦:-     Leshia, I'm a bit unclear about your question. In the first part, you said you're completely off your meds. In the second, you said you've taken Imitrex and Treximet.   I'm going to answer based on the premise that you were taking Treximet and Imitrex, and they're what caused the rebound cycle.   The way you stop rebound is by stopping the meds that caused it AND any other meds in the same category. Imitrex is a triptan, and Treximet containes Imitrex, so you need to avoid all triptans -- Imitrex, generic sumatriptan, Maxalt, Amerge, Relpax, Axert and Frova. Treximet also contains naproxen sodium, an NSAID. So you need to avoid all NSAIDs too -- ibuprofen, naproxen, aspirin, etc.   How long it takes to get out of the rebound cycle depends on your body, what caused the rebound, and how long you took it.   The rebound cycle is bound to be making you miserable. Your doctor might be able to suggest something you could take to give you at least some relief without extending the rebound cycle.   You can read more about rebound, aka medication overuse headache in Medication Overuse Headache: When the Remedy Backfires.   If you'd like to talk with other Migraineurs and get some additional information and support, come join our discussion forum. You'll need to register again once there because it's a separate membership database, but you can use the same member name, email address, and password that you used here. You can find our forum at http://forums.healthcentral.com/discussion/migraine/forums.   Hope this helps! Teri