I second that advice!! I've had chronic sinus problems and severe chronic facial pain for years - sinuses swelled shut when I woke up in the morning - face puffy, couldn't wear my glasses (too heavy) and talk about cranky - pain 24/7 is exhausting. I don't have allergies, but I have extremely sensitive sinus tissue and exposure to various irritants used to cause major swelling (I had a turbinate reduction and adenoidectomy - FABULOUS results). That was about last Christmas, but August/Sept of '05, all my doctors were still just confused about why my face always hurt. They just were calling it atypical migraine and ended up putting me on daily nortriptyline - another one of those old fashioned tricyclic antidepressants and with one dosage adjustment - it WORKS!!!!!!!! And I hadn't realized how well it was working until the 4th of July weekend when I forgot my meds and visited my
mom... just 3 missed doses and the pain was back. I LOVE my nortriptyline!!
Phaewryn, have you had amitriptyline cause the same sweets-craving and/or dry-mouth that nortriptyline gives me?
Barb+Smoky the House Puma+El Bandito Malito"My cat the clown: paying no mind to whom he should impress. Merely living his life, doing what pleases him, and making me smile."
- Anonymous
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From: Jennifer Phaewryn O'Gwynn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 5:53:24 PM
Subject: Re: Homoepathic SCAM?? (OT - migraines)
From: Jennifer Phaewryn O'Gwynn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 5:53:24 PM
Subject: Re: Homoepathic SCAM?? (OT - migraines)
Kelly, I suffered for years with migraines. And like you I was on Imitrex. I went in
for CAT scans, MRI's etc, they never found a cause. I was about fed up with not being
able to function. I went to an OLD doctor, the oldest one at the clinic I usually go
to (I'd always seen a young and handsome DR before, and I got this guy because he was
the only one with openings). Anyways, he took my history, asked me for everything I'd
tried, then he asked "Ever tried Amitriptylin?" I was like "What's that?", and he
told me it's an old style tricyclic antidepressant, when use in high dosages (300MG
and up), but it's been shown to END chronic pain and migraines, though no testing has
ever been done to study the "hows" of it. Anyways, the dosage is 25MG once a day at
bedtime. I kid you not, I went from 2 migraines a week, to NONE in a month, and have
not had but ONE since (about 6 months ago). SO... I advise you ask your doctor about
low dose Amitriptylin.
Phaewryn
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for CAT scans, MRI's etc, they never found a cause. I was about fed up with not being
able to function. I went to an OLD doctor, the oldest one at the clinic I usually go
to (I'd always seen a young and handsome DR before, and I got this guy because he was
the only one with openings). Anyways, he took my history, asked me for everything I'd
tried, then he asked "Ever tried Amitriptylin?" I was like "What's that?", and he
told me it's an old style tricyclic antidepressant, when use in high dosages (300MG
and up), but it's been shown to END chronic pain and migraines, though no testing has
ever been done to study the "hows" of it. Anyways, the dosage is 25MG once a day at
bedtime. I kid you not, I went from 2 migraines a week, to NONE in a month, and have
not had but ONE since (about 6 months ago). SO... I advise you ask your doctor about
low dose Amitriptylin.
Phaewryn
Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html
Low cost Spay&Neuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat
owners:
http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.html
Special Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html
The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html
Find us on PETFINDER! http://petfinder.com/shelters/VT44.html
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