I have been waiting for a diognosis concerning my side of head and neck pain(and neurological symptoms) for 18months now,suggestive of vasculitis,arteritis,M.S.After a year on this drug i tried 2weeks without it as i ran out.My seriouse head pain retuned.Since ive been taking it again the pain has reduced and i dont need to take other pain relief so often.

I took Nortriptyline for 4 weeks to ease my fibromyalgia symptoms. It kicks the depression and anxiety in the butt, but my migraines persisted and my heart kinda went wacky. I had to go off of it. Too bad because I was becoming interested in doing things again. I am now on Doxepin which is making me irritable and sleepy.

At the highest dosage, I've experienced an almost complete relief from arthritic pain and depression.

My neurologist put me on this for migraines. I have noticed a slight decrease in the frequency of my migraines. I do not think the side effects are worth it though. I feel like i'm in a fog all the time and have had suicidal thoughts. If you are not depressed do not take a depression medication. I feel as though doctors should use pain/migraine Rx for migraines. I have become very irritable and snappy with my husband and others around me. I am a very nice person that is not my personality. I have thought about suicide 3 times since starting this. It has made me crazy. Will be seeing my Dr. in a week for another option.

What's worse migraines with fibro and arthritis, or cotton mouth, constantly dizzy, stuck in a fog, and gaining 20+ pounds? I'm sorry it's almost worth dealing with the horrible natural pain than the horrible misery these pills put you in.

I have fibromyalgia withh migraines. I take this medication for the migraines but since i've taken it i've been sleeping through the night, don't have muscle pain and haven't had a migraine at all. I do feel groggy during the day but I can live with it better than the pain.

Taking for L/2 hnp, L4-5 bulges,L5-s1 slip & deg disc & possible piriformis syndrome. Pain level in butt & legs up to an 8 of 10 at times,sitting was excruciating and I couldn't even stand the bedsheet to touch my left leg/foot. I had a level of 5-6 often. At first on this drug, had heart palpitations, crazy non-stop dreaming except to jerk awake, diarrhea, nausea, eye twitches. started at 10mg a day. Side affects x 4weeks, now none! I've been on it 8 months and it doesn't even really make me sleepy (bummer). Now taking 30mg a day two pills in pm, one in am. On pain-free days I think drug is great. On bad days,not so great! But bad days now around level 4-5 w/lots of 0-2 days now. I keep up exercise, home physical therapy, ice, stretching, & rest & steroid shots though, it's a multi-pronged approach. I advise to titrate up really slowly,less of a shock that way. I'm trying to avoid having to take narcotics, and trying to avoid Neurontin; afraid I'll want to stab somebody with a salad fork on that stuff after reading it's reviews. (But,local pharmacist says Neurontin mostly just makes you sleepy and someday I may have no choice) Right now,this is helping some, not interfering with my life and I can still titrate up to 50mg a day if needed. Good luck to all of us nerve pain sufferers-many of us look & try to act quite normal, but spend a lot of time in misery.