It's been almost 1 year that I began treatment for headaches by taking Pamelor. It has helped a great deal. I used to wake up just about every single day, either in the middle of the night or in the morning with a headache. Sometimes the headaches were very intense and debilitating. They usually went away after a 30-45 mins. but I went thru this almost daily.
After a few months of taking Pamelor, I began sleeping straight through some nights, waking up about 3 or 4 times a week with a much milder pain. Lately it was more of a discomfort than pain.
Sounds great doesn't it? Well, at some point along the way, I began getting headaches at the end of the work day. These headaches seem to spread to my right shoulder. So for the past few weeks I was getting a headache or feeling the discomfort daily. If not in in the early morning, then I got it at the end of the work day.
It seem to me that Pamelor has stopped helping. For about three weeks now, I've been off Pamelor. My body & brain are still adjusting to the chang. I'm a bit dizzier throughout the day, but it's easier getting up in the morning now. Pamelor made getting up in the morning very difficult.
I am trying to help the shoulder pain with topical cremes. I found this one creme that works like Ben Gay. It burns and smells like it, but has a different name (Calmadolores). I've been using this for about a couple of weeks. Well, I haven't woken up with any pain or discomfort for about 10 days now. That's a record. I'm also taking vitamins & supplements & trying different teas. So far so good.
Ill keep you posted.
Syl
