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How long does it take the headache from minocycline to go away after stopping it?

Hi, when my dermatologist increased my dosage to 100 mg a day i started getting really sick. Chronic headaches, mostly concentrated behind my eyes which can't break no matter what I take (Ive been prescribed 800mg of ibuprofen, 800mg of naproxen, 15mg of promethazine, 4mg of zofran, and 5mg of prednisone, Ive even tried excedrin, NOTHING HAS WORKED), nausea so bad I sit in the bathroom half the day vomiting, ringing in my ears and dizziness so bad I can't stand up. I've been in an out of the hospital and nothing they have prescribed me has worked for nausea or my headache, but then I realized this all started a day or two after I started taking 100mg of minocycilne instead of only 50mg (I took 50mg for a month and it didn't make me sick, but I didnt clear my face either). It cleaned up my face perfectly (I've been taking it for 3 weeks), within a very timely matter too, but Im so sick I cant make it out of my dorm room (Im a college student). Once I realized this all started happening after my dermatologist increased my dosage, I started doing some research online and found stuff that matched exactly to my symptoms, like literally exactly. Now its Tuesday night and I took my last minocycline pill on Saturday night before I realized that this is probably what is causing this (the hospital told me I probably have a migrane and sends me home still really sick). My mom has called our family doctor and the doctor told me that it takes 72 hours for the drug to be out of my system and thats how long its been since I took my last pill but my headache has hardly eased up, although my nausea is noticeably better today. I was just wondering, how long after stopping minocycline should my headaches stop? Im losing hope that I will ever feel normal again
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