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How Can Depression And Headaches Be Treated?

I have suffered from depression/anxiety and or at least 7 years. My doctor has me on wellbutrin for a while now. It doesn t really help. In fact, I now am experiencing headaches and more depression. I have been using the Wallace devise for 3 weeks now. So far I haven t noticed a difference. Any suggestions????
Tue, 11 Dec 2018
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Hello,

Wellbutrin is a drug that can be used for depression but if the effect is not sufficient with it there are other drugs that can be used like SSRI (citalopram or fluoxetine) and also mirtazapine. If the headache is of a problem then amitryptyline can be used but the patients generally don't tolerate well its side effects.

If this is a new headache you will need some tests to rule out important causes of the headache so a good neurological examination from your doctor is important and according to the results of the physical examination the doctor might ask for some blood tests like CBC, ERS, TSH, etc.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Antoneta Zotaj
General & Family Physician
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How Can Depression And Headaches Be Treated?

Hello, Wellbutrin is a drug that can be used for depression but if the effect is not sufficient with it there are other drugs that can be used like SSRI (citalopram or fluoxetine) and also mirtazapine. If the headache is of a problem then amitryptyline can be used but the patients generally don t tolerate well its side effects. If this is a new headache you will need some tests to rule out important causes of the headache so a good neurological examination from your doctor is important and according to the results of the physical examination the doctor might ask for some blood tests like CBC, ERS, TSH, etc. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Antoneta Zotaj General & Family Physician