Acetaminophen / aspirin / caffeine and Lightheadedness: What Users Say
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Reviews for Acetaminophen / aspirin / caffeine
- Sue...
- Taken for 5 to 10 years
- November 4, 2019
For Migraine "I have a love/hate relationship with this medication. I've had migraines since I was a child, but I also have anxiety. This is the only medication that takes my migraines away. However, it can also cause anxiety/panic symptoms, especially lightheaded feeling and fast heartbeat. I only take one with food and a lot of water. So it's either deal with the pain or uncomfortable anxiety symptoms for a while."
- kei...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- August 18, 2016
For Migraine "I don't normally get headaches in general, but when I do, they're horrible. I took an Excedrin after I developed a really bad headache upon getting off work for the day. My headache was gone in about 30 minutes tops. However, the side effects of this pill outweighed how fast it fixed my headache. I took the pill in the car on the way home, and by the time I reached my home in 15 minutes, I began feeling woozy. I started to feel lightheaded and felt this weird feeling in my stomach. I assumed it was because I was hungry, but after forcing myself to eat food, it only made things worse. I felt so bad that I just laid down early for the night so that when I woke up, the feeling would most likely be gone. Nope! I woke up and vomited shortly."
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- kei...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- August 18, 2016
For Migraine "I don't normally get headaches in general, but when I do, they're horrible. I took an Excedrin after I developed a really bad headache upon getting off work for the day. My headache was gone in about 30 minutes tops. However, the side effects of this pill outweighed how fast it fixed my headache. I took the pill in the car on the way home, and by the time I reached my home in 15 minutes, I began feeling woozy. I started to feel lightheaded and felt this weird feeling in my stomach. I assumed it was because I was hungry, but after forcing myself to eat food, it only made things worse. I felt so bad that I just laid down early for the night so that when I woke up, the feeling would most likely be gone. Nope! I woke up and vomited shortly."
- Car...
- March 25, 2016
For Migraine "I woke up with a migraine and took this, it dulled it but never went fully away. When I was able to take my next dose, I did. Soon after, my vision started to blur, my face was flushed, I felt light-headed, dizzy, the room was spinning, my heart was racing (over 180 bpm! Well over that), and I felt like I was about to pass out. Turns out it was a reaction to the caffeine in this. I am not a caffeine-free person and had never had this experience before, but the doctor said the caffeine is a high dose in this. I now take Aleve or Maxalt for bad migraines, no issues."
- pap...
- Taken for 2 to 5 years
- June 2, 2014
For Migraine "Excedrin has always worked for me, but lately it's been giving me stomach pain and causing me to get lightheaded. The pain it causes is not worth it, especially if you have anxiety."
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For Migraine "I can no longer take this medicine because it throws me into horrible anxiety attacks that mess with my blood pressure, make me dizzy, lightheaded, and lethargic. Not to mention, an overall FEAR I am dying. These do get rid of the migraine for me, but the effects are just not worth it. I used to be able to take it with no problem, but not anymore. The anxiety, high blood pressure, and overall feeling of dying caused me to trash them so the temptation would not be there to subject myself to them anymore. I'm going to have to find another way of dealing with the headaches. Everyone is different, what their bodies can tolerate varies."