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Safety of migraine medicines mixed with SSRIs?
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My question is about the safety of migraine medicines mixed with SSRIs, and more urgently, how to get my doctors to take my symptoms seriously.
I couldn’t get an appointment with my normal Dr, so I took a sooner one with a different doctor. She prescribed Imitrex for a headache I've been having for about 3 weeks now. My first red flag was when I asked about side effects and all she said was that there were a lot of them. Luckily, I did research on my own, and found ...
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