Will Amytriptiline slow down compensation?

Hello,

No it won't. It's often used in the treatment of migrainous vertigo, or patients who have uncompensted vestibular neuritis/lab who get migraine, and various other conditions. It was originally developed as an anti depressant, and is still sometimes occasionally used as such, but it's an old style tricylcic, the newer SSRI'S are much more popular now.

Who prescribed it for you and did they say why?

best,

hbep

My ENT prescribed it to me because they believe I may have been having migraines, I will not see him again until January. This medicine seems to just make me tired all the time. I do not feel that I am having migraines, just bad decompensation.

Hi,

Just had a look back at your recent posts. The blurred vision+loss of speech episode could well have been migraine. You say your post cold episode of decompensation got worse after this. If you do have migraines - which the blurred vision etc episode may have been, and could also point to ongoing 'silent' migrainous activity, then this will interfere with and slow down the compensation from your vestibular damage. A migraine drug won't hinder compensation - it could well help it.

I did take a tricyclic, notriptlyline (same family of drug) and yes it made me exceedingly tired, I stopped it for that reason. I am taking a different migraine drug, pizotifen. If you don't acclimatize to the ami, you could try a different migraine drug.

I don't think it's always possible to know if migraine is playing a part in your illness as I think it's possible to experience elements of migraine type activity without the full blown headache, I'm guessing this is what the episode you had may have been about, in which case migraine drugs are worth a try. If you do suffer from migraine with vestibular damage this can hinder compensation, which is why people who suffer from both are often advised to take a daily preventative. Furthermore, it can be that the original damage is actually caused by migraine -not a virus. Just a thought, no way of proving it, but the episode you had could be a pointer that migraine was the culprit all along for your dizziness.

best,

hbep