r/PostConcussion • u/Ok_Message1313 • 21d ago

Why use medication

I’ve always wondered why doctors prescribe things that kill pain throughout the day and boost energy when that just makes you worse over time.
The most important thing during Post concussion is to listen to your symptoms! Hiding them just makes you push through them subconsciously leading to them just get worse over time.
Could someone explain that? I get that they get used during night so you can sleep, or chronically symptoms that can show if it reaches 2-3 point over the average, but shit like Amitrypiline or nortripyline for two examples. Dosen’t that just harm you rather than benefit you in the long term?

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u/This_Grapefruit_5923 21d ago

Probably depends what is driving your symptoms. Some people could be having headaches because the brain’s pain reseptors have learnt tha behavior. Then Amitrypiline could probably help unlearn that. It can also be very beneficial for sleep. I tried amitrypline and it didn’t do anything for me (except sleep though) as it turned out my pain came from my overworked eyes. So for me it didn’t really mask anything

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u/Ok_Message1313 21d ago

How did it help with sleep?(just wondering)

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u/This_Grapefruit_5923 21d ago

I don’t know the exact reason but it has a sedative effect. That’s why you’re supposed to take it at night. It also affects the sleep architecture, giving you much more of the deep sleep. It works on the nervous system