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Tension headache
I was doing repetitive movements inside head which caused stress in muscles of head like when we workout the muscles in body hurt but this pain is very hard and rigid in head.My doctor has prescribed me fluvoxamine 100(4 times) ,arip Mt 5(1-0-1) .It has reduced my headache but I heard at high doses it acts as pain relief medicines.I know this clear case of tension headache as I did trail and error and took amitriptyline 50 and I feel relief 96% .but my doctor is not convinced and he said to lose weight from 116kg to 80 and all pains well be gone.
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All the medicines act in different ways. But fluvoxamine is primarily used for OCD and Arip for mood and psychotic symptoms. Amitryptiline is a very old antidepressant not used as first line treatment these days. If you have doubt get a second opinion from an astute psychiatrist. Good luck
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