Question: ...Endep, when reduced dosage, headaches again. Masking the pain? Take forever?
Answer:
Dear Delreen:
It sounds like you are being treated by amitriptyline, which can have a
beneficial effect to suppress migraines. As far as "masking" the pain, you are
actually suppressing the migraine pattern. Don't confuse that with "hiding" a
pain as with pain medication. No telling how long you may have been predisposed
to migraines, and there is no test that can help decide this. The main item is
that the headache severity and frequency are better on the medication; you will
still have to find migraine-specific therapy for the headaches that break
through.
Good Luck,
John Claude Krusz
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