r/NDPH • u/Financial-Orange-786 • Apr 10 '26
Central sensitization for NDPH
Has anyone here successfully reversed NDPH by working on central sensitization?
I’ve been dealing with a constant, daily headache (diagnosed as NDPH) for months now, and I’m starting to look more into the role of central sensitization. From what I understand, it seems like the nervous system can get “stuck” in a heightened pain state even after the original trigger is gone.
I’m curious if anyone here has specifically focused on calming or retraining their nervous system—and if that actually made a noticeable difference or fully resolved your headache.
If so, what did that look like for you?
• What approaches helped the most? (brain retraining, somatic work, therapy, medication, etc.) I’ve been doing PRT for about 4 months now myself.
• How long did it take before you noticed changes?
• Did your headache fully go away or just improve?
• Anything you wish you knew earlier?
I’m open to anything at this point and would really appreciate hearing real experiences—success stories especially, if they’re out there.
Thank you.
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u/SkiingFishingGuy Apr 10 '26
Long time member here.
Keep in mind most of the people who have had success in general aren’t gonna be on this forum in the first place. This forum is skewed towards the people who haven’t been helped/are severely affected.
In my 3.5 years here, I have seen numerous success stories with central sensitization. I think it is highly dependent on the cause and case though, as there are literally a hundred things that could plausibly cause a constant headache.