headache journal

Friday Jan. 22
headache all day.
Relpax.
chiropractor visit - always feel better afterwards, but never lasting. I have noticed diminished nose and frontal head burning though.


Saturday Jan. 23
Woke up with headache. Progressively got worse through day. Relpax early afternoon.
Started 20 mg. amitriptyline tonight.


Sunday Jan. 24
I slept awful. Andrew, my son, threw up all night and slept in my bed. Woke up at 10 a.m. That messed me up too. Amitript. makes it hard to wake up at my normal early hour. Woke up with very mild headache. Got intense around 11a.m. Relpax.
Felt good at night.

Monday Jan. 25
Woke up feeling good. Real good day.
early evening head pain slowly coming on.
Noticed it after having my 2 or 3rd d.coke. Trigger? Splenda?
Really feeling the sleepy effects of the amitript.
Appetite is increasing already, really going to try to keep on top of this effect.
Need to join the gym.

Starting amitriptyline

Started Topamax Dec. 24th. Soon after, feeling sick. Sinus type symptoms, stuffed up, nose pain, frontal head pain, nose burning, chills, very nauseaus. Symptoms escalated as days went by. Assumed sinus infection. Took 10 dys. of omnicef. Very sick during that time. Had so many symptoms, it was hard to connect dots. Finished antibi., upped topamax dose. That day, got very sick. realized connection. Slowly, started to wean off topamax. Still, sick until finally off drug. But, still, headache pretty much constantly.

Somewhere between the end of this time frame, and 1st week of amitrip., I realized no more nose burning, or pain in nose like before. Slightly there.

Last week of topamax, I upped chiropractic visits 3x's week - 1st week

footnote : In November, chiropractor visits relieved nose burning and pain almost immediately.

Stopped Topamax January 17th. Felt much better that day. Each day flu symptoms getting much better.

2nd week of 3 chiropractic visits :

Monday Jan. 18 2010 - day 1

coming from a week of relpax about every day, not even working that well.

had bad headache from waking up, all day, until 1hr. after 1st dose of amitrip., then, it went away

felt chest pain at night, can't remember if it was before dose, or after

took amitriptyline 10 mg. at night

chiropractic visit today

Tuesday, 19th - day 2

woke up with no hangover feeling in my head. Had a great day. Felt pain in chest. Effect of amitrip.? or coincidence, heartburn...etc.

Wednesday, 20th - day 3

woke up with slight hangover in my head. Felt like it would escalate through day. It did, slowly.

Weather front came in, with rain, trigger?

Huge headache by early evening. Took ibuprofen, and amitrip. , waited to see if amitrip. would kick in, and might not have to take relpax. Worked enough to not take it.

Pain in chest again

Chiropractic visit

Thursday, 21st - day 4

woke up feeling better than yesterday, but not great.

chest pain is getting markedly better.