Amnitriptaline/migranol??

[cin605]

Hello fellow headachers!
Just came from nuerologist/headach master.....he prescribed amnitryptaline & migranol any one tried these??any results??
any ba side effects??did the amnitrip. lessen anyones tinnitus??
I read the pamphlet & it aid one of the uses is for tinnitus...it also said one of the side effects could be tinnitus..
Thanks...any imput will be graciously accepted!

[JudyT]

Cindy.......to my knowledge amitryptoline is an antidepressant (my Mom was on it for depression) I take a low dose of valium for tinnitus on occasion. Sometimes it works...sometimes not. Supposedly calms vestibular nerve. I have not heard of migranol. Today I am suffering with 1/2 a head ache......yes, left half of head/face hurts and numb/burning sensation, including lips, tougue, teeth/gums. Balance.....way off and some nausea when moving about. Not a clue why? Yesterday was very good, today head/neck/shoulder pain requires meds. Go figure! Sooooo frustrating.
I hope they get you figured out soon so you get some relief........perhaps new meds will help.

Keep your chin up.......so much for my "youthful glow (tan)...... body feels very old! lol
Judy

[cin605]

I am going in Tuesday to give the nerve blocks a try...not a moment to soon as i have been feeling extremly crappy muscles spasing in head n neck...can not drive far last 2 days....going house crazy humidity is way up i think it has a negative efect on my nerves!
Now i know what people mean when they say thier on thier last nerve!

[NE Farmwife]

Your spelling of amnitriptaline is different than the medicine that I take but I am assuming that they are the same thing.  If not, you can ignore this.  I have taken amitriptyline for about 12 years.  It is a low dose--25mg tablets.  It was for what I call a "pinch in my face".  It is on the opposite side of my AN so I don't think it is related to that.  I felt a pinch in one of my teeth, on the edge of my nose and sometimes around the inside of my ear.  It was very painful at the time.  It made it very hard to function when I was in such pain.  Amitriptyline has certainly worked for that. 

I have often wondered though since I was diagnosed with my AN, if taking the amitriptyline didn't help mask some of my AN symptoms.  My AN was 2.1 cm and I really didn't have too many symptoms until my lower face started to feel numb and of course, I had lost a good part of my hearing.  For the most part, I feel fine.  So I wouldn't think that the amitriptyline would do you any harm depending on your other symptoms.  I will say this though.  I used to take it in the morning and about 10:00 I would start to feel woosey and sometime I would even go back to bed.  I thought it was just me and then my family doctor said "Oh no!  Don't take it in the morning!  We don't give it to elderly people in the morning because they will fall."  I had always taken it in the morning because I absolutely didn't want to forget taking it because it really helped with my pain.  I had been a stay-at-home mom for years and wondered how I would ever be able to have a job when my kids grew up because I would be so woosey.  Then I started to take it in the evening and I instantly felt better every day.  I had missed out on several years being woosey a good part of the day.  The neurologist that gave it to me said that it was a very low dose and I shouldn't worry about taking it.  She didn't mention that I should take it at night.  I still take it everyday in the evening and there is one benefit to it.  It makes me sleep very good!  A couple of weeks ago I didn't sleep very good and the next morning I found I had dropped the pill behind the kitchen faucet and didn't know that I hadn't take it.  I also take several over the counter products to lower my cholesterol and I usually throw the whole handfull in at once. I now always make sure that I take that pill separate. LOL  Live and learn!  I hope this helps!

[cin605]

Yes....it really is helping me get a good nights rest......better then i have slept in years.

[cin605]

Downside to this is in the past month i have gained 10 pounds n feel extremly bloated

[Alchemist]

I take Amitriptyline as well for sleep and yes, there is some weight gain. My neurologist started me @25mg, but he increased the dosage as I did not sleep well at that level. So, I'm up to 75ng. Now, I do not use it every night as I also take a muscle relaxer, so I am going to cut back to 50mg when I take it; hopefully, it will work. I do not take the relaxer & this pill together.

Migranol is a nasal spray for migraines. I've tried it, but it did not help much. I bought my first prescription, & it was $100 for my copay.

[cin605]

I ended up stopping amnitryp. due to gaining 25lbs n looking like some one blew my fce up like a balloon.
The migranol did not do a thing for my migraines just made me vomit.
I have learned not to do to much in one day or pay dearly w/ a migraine the next...it took a long time to pace myself and realize that i just could not do everything and keep a steady pace all day...that seemed to be he migraine trigger.
I have not had a bad one in acouple of months....knock on wood...i am still havin some muscle spasms n the sore head n neck
deal but not excrciating like the migraines.
I am very bored though n think i need to find a hobby for the winter...still have days when i wake up n know that i can not go public w/o staggering.Funny i went to the store just down the street last week and had a guy actually look right at my shoes to see if thats why i was walking funny.

[ppearl214]

Hey cin,

Daughter of a pharmacist here but can't speak as a doc since I'm not. I know meds such as amitryptoline, neurontin, paxil, etc, when used in low doses, are prescribed to help to "calm" nerve endings for many kinds of neuralgic pain.  Some do have side affects such as weight gain, sleeping issues (mostly make you drowsy), etc.  I've been on a number of these over the years for numerous neuralgic pains that I endure (non-AN related).  As one doc told me, they are to try to calm down the funky nerve endings when they are in overdrive. (Nice for a doc to speak laymen instead of Latin, eh? )

For headaches, I've been diagnosed with 3 different kinds of migraines.  Docs want to up my dosage of neurontin but I can't due to sensitivities to meds. My headache doc also prescribed Indomethicin but due to GI issues, I can't take it.

For me... I find you have to (fortunately, but unfortunately) play with some of the meds used for headaches to find the right combo that will work for your specific situation.  Captn Deb  has cluster headaches (from what I hear, the worst of the worst when it comes to pain) and she's been on a variety of headaches meds over time to try to help the situation (from Imitrex to Neurontin to lordy, I can't keep track.....).

I can't respond for migranol as I dont' know anything about it, but there are other meds out there that may be worth checking out. Please make sure you are in the hands of a neurologist with a specialty for headaches.  I take Tramadol on occassion, as well as Imitrex (but that makes me queezy), so like you, a tough situation for me as well.

I may be right, I may be wrong. Sometimes, I deal with the side affects (ie: weight gain, etc) if in the long run the headaches (or whatever) are better controlled by the med I take for it.  Just my 2 cents.

Hang in there.... knitting is a great hobby for those of us housebound in N. England winter's and hang in there... I'm cheering you on.

Phyl

[cin605]

Thanks Phyl!
I also take tramadol as needed for pain.This is the one med that seems to work for me.
I see the headach specialist/neaurol. at Dartmouth.
I am going to look into knitting.
I can only "Farm "on FaceBook for so long...lol