Nortriptyline for Pain User Reviews

• Skier...
• May 20, 2013

"I suffered lower back pain for 15 years and finally my 'Pain Specialist' gave me a prescription for a starter of Nortriptyline. 1 week 10mg, 1 week 20mg, 1 week 30mg, 1 week of 40mg and 1 week of 50 mg and the pain was gone. It made me very hyper, but I was out of pain and happy. I was on it for 6 months and a change in insurance forced me to taper back off. Basically the starter in reverse. As each week ended I kept wondering when the pain would come back. It was amazing because it never did come back. I had lost some weight and built up my core muscles, so that helped. After 15 years of daily pain, the kind that makes you think oh no when someone invites you anywhere, I have been pain free for over a year."

• Patsy...
• December 23, 2014

"I have unexplained nerve pain for about two years... After trying so many pills, I was at the end of my hope. All the pills either made me feel like a zombie or I gained weight. I tried 10 mg of Nortriptyline, and it has given me back my life! I have been on them for around 3 months now and hardly any pain."

• Fibro...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• June 20, 2014

"I am a 40-year-old woman, and I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia and myofascial pain syndrome around 2 years ago and had symptoms for about 3 years before that. This medication was my doctor's first choice. I am a member of one of the leading healthcare providers in CA, and she said that they have had much success prescribing this medication to patients with nerve pain disorders. This medicine made a considerable difference in my quality of life, improving my sleep, pain, stiffness, and tenderness. I take 30mg every evening before bed and make sure that I get about 8-9 hours of sleep. I can always tell the next day if I've forgotten my dose. I plan on taking it for as long as it helps."

• Karla...
• December 9, 2014

"You name it, I have every back problem known to man. I have been on this medicine for only a month. And I live a pain-free life. I do have hyperactivities, but that's disappearing. Dry mouth and no appetite, and without eating as much, my blood sugar levels have been wonderful (hypoglycemia). I love the way I feel, I have told many people, this is a miracle."

• Pain...
• December 17, 2013

"12 years of severe facial pain and misdiagnosed on numerous occasions with sinus infections. Multiple trips to the dentist, root canals, extractions, teeth fillings removed and replaced with porcelain ones. Septoplasty by ENT specialist. Numerous doses of antibiotics and tramadol for pain. I told all this to a doctor that listened and he turned to me and said 'You have trigeminal neuralgia'. I was given Gabapentin, which didn't work. Went back and was put on nortriptyline. After 12 years, I am pain-free."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• December 20, 2014

"I have been living with chronic back and hip pain for 12 years. I have had many surgeries with little to no relief of pain. After being in the pain management program at Kaiser for 2 months, the doctor prescribed nortriptyline, and within days, I felt like a new person. Even just sitting doing nothing was painful, and now I can do my daily household chores with little pain. Some things are still difficult, but my daily life has improved substantially."

• Anonymous
• February 2, 2011

Pamelor (nortriptyline) "For several years I have lived with spine and disc damage. I have been on a controlled narcotics program for quite a while. It saved my life. Chronic pain scrambles the brain. I was already on fluoxetine, but felt I was losing ground. Then my doctor put me on nortriptyline. GREAT results. I feel better mentally, and the medicine somehow 'soothes' inflamed spinal cord areas. NOT my imagination - over the years, doctors tried several medicines for this, none worked. This one helped both the depression AND nerve impulses at the discs/spinal cord."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• July 7, 2014

"I'm 21 years old and have been suffering from chronic abdominal pain and Irritable Bowel Syndrome for almost two years now. I started the nortriptyline about a year ago after countless trips to the hospital to get a grip on my pain. Since last summer, I've noticed a HUGE difference since being on the nortriptyline. There is still some pain, but the medicine really calmed everything down. The only thing that I frown upon is the fact that it makes me very tired. Even though I take it at bedtime. I take 75mg every night and I wake up feeling groggy every day. I'm not sure if anyone else has had this experience and side effect. But I'd rather be tired than in pain, good luck to everyone!"

• Joe...
• January 4, 2013

"So I read some of these experiences and was doubtful it could help my lower back pain. I tried painkillers and months of physical therapy to no avail. My primary finally sent me to a neurologist. I already had x-rays and went through that tube, in agony I may add because I could not lay flat. They quickly put me on Nortriptyline at a 10mg dose. One week, I did not feel any relief. They upped my dose to 25mg and the same thing, not much relief at all. I went to 50mg and felt better; it really dulled the shooting pains down my left leg and foot. I went to 100mg with better results. Now I'm at 125mg and life is much better. I can walk in a mall, drive my car, and get back to a normal life again. This is supposed to break my pain cycle and so far so good."

• watts
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• November 30, 2013

"I've been on Nortriptyline for about a year. I was having problems falling and staying asleep. After a week or so, I realized that it helped with my nerve pain in my back and neck. It was amazing, I was able to wean myself off of prescription Motrin (600-800 mg) several times a day for 24 years. I take 30 mg of nortriptyline before bed. For those of you who feel out of it, you must take it with the intent of getting a full night's sleep, 8 hours, and more if you're taking a high dose; otherwise, you will not feel right."

• Pain...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• June 9, 2014

"When I was 47, I was diagnosed with arthritis in my neck, which was triggering migraines and shoulder pain. Even 800 mg of Motrin didn't help. Nortriptyline was a miracle, and I am migraine-free. I tried going off of it about 4 times, and every time, I had headaches and shoulder pain the next day. I am so thankful for Nortriptyline because I can go to work and think clearly without a headache clouding my thoughts."

• Gramma...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• August 1, 2014

"I have been taking nortriptyline 10mg capsules (6 capsules for 60 mg) every night before I go to bed for over 3 months now. I was involved in a MVA collision by a drunk driver and I now suffer constant head pain. I now have Post Concussive Head Syndrome. I was taking narcotics constantly because of the head pain, I do not have migraines. I was able to be seen by a neurologist and because of the frustration and anger I had against the drunk driver, well the nortriptyline has helped considerably in my head pain and also feeling depressed. The only side effect I am experiencing is dry mouth and sleeplessness. I am now taking it 2 to 3 hours before I go to sleep. There were a couple of times I missed the doses and the pain was there again."

• Tasha
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 29, 2020

"8 months of right-sided facial pain - burning, searing, shooting in the ear, cheek, temples and jaw due to possible never damage. Paracetamol and ibuprofen did absolutely nothing for the pain, after being prescribed a raft of antibiotics and other drugs like prednisone my doctor prescribed me amitriptyline which I noticed no difference in pain levels when taking. I then was prescribed nortriptyline 20mg and my pain level went to almost zero. I have been taking it for two weeks now and it feels so good at wake up in the morning pain-free and not like I have been hit by a truck. I don't notice any side effects as of yet."

• Skaz
• December 9, 2019

"I’ve been dealing with chronic pain in my back for about 6 or 7 years. I’m 22 years old and I’ve been to lots of drs and specialist to find out what’s going on. Let’s just say nobody knows what’s causing it. I’m 22 years old and feel like I’m in my 60s can hardly get out of bed some days or even weeks. Two drs recommended this med for me and I refused to take it. My mindset is it is mainly used for depression. But at the low does they gave me it was for pain. After some research and being stuck in bed hardly able to move I reached a point of I have nothing to lose In my life. I’ve taken nortriptyline for a few days now and it has helped wonders. I stopped for a day to see if what’s happen and yep pain returned. Hope now I can just take the meds and go to the gym to lose the weight and hopefully that’ll help too. My grandma was prescribed this and it didn’t help her. But for me it has. So everyone’s body is different just remember that."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• March 26, 2014

"I have been taking nortriptyline for a little over a month now and have found it has helped in several areas of my life. I have been suffering from headaches for over 10 years due to nerve trauma from a wisdom tooth extraction. I have been on every medication under the sun and then some. Usually strong narcotics and several at a time with no real results at all. I have also suffered from chronic depression, anxiety, and panic attacks. I happened to see a doctor not my own who asked if I would be willing to try it. Why not can't hurt was my thought. I am so grateful for his suggestion. I have stopped taking the narcotics and anxiety/depression medicines. I am currently at 50mg, going to start 60mg with no side effects other than dry mouth."

• Maedie
• February 20, 2014

"Three years ago, after a hospitalization for a severe ischemic colitis episode, I had severe and unremitting nerve pain. I tried gabapentin, which did work initially. After about 6 months, the pain gradually returned. I was then put on 10 mg of nortriptyline, which was like a miracle, no more pain. I take it at night and have no residual effects the next day. I wish I had tried it sooner!"

• cover
• April 22, 2014

"Who knew that a popular non surgical procedure involving the banding of my hemorrhoids would result in neuropathic pain. The pain in my rectum was relentless and unbearable, their was no doubt that nerves were affected. Nortriptyline was prescribed and while not perfect it has taken away a majority of my pain. I would recommend to anyone suffering from nerve pain to consider taking this medication, but you have to be patient it may take a few months to work. Don't let pain run your life! Suffering is optional, you do have a choice."

• Mad...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 13, 2016

"I've never felt so angry in my life than on this drug! Terrible!!!! Frustrating because doctors won't prescribe my OxyContin I've been on for 9 years ( that completely helped my back after 3 failed surgeries) anymore because of all the irresponsible people abusing it! HOW IS THAT FAIR!? So annoyed that people who really need it have to pay the price! So I've been trying all this junk that has terrible side effects."

• Maddy
• February 11, 2013

"I had a car accident two and a half years ago. It damaged my shoulder and gave me severe back pain. Last year I eventually had an operation to resolve the problem of a chipped bone and a release but it did not help me with the constant stabbing pain which I was told was my nerve and tendons being in a knot. After numerous attempts through physiotherapy, massages, pain killers and injections, none of them worked until I was prescribed nortriptyline. What a difference, I am hardly in any pain now and feel much better."

• Anonymous
• September 6, 2011

"I have suffered with Fibromyalgia for nearly 25 years. This is the only medication that helped with my pain; helped with sleep and did not make me feel 'dopey' all day. I can't say it will work for everyone, but it has helped me. I have been on it for 20 years. I take 50mg at night about an hour before bed. When there are weather changes coming through, my pain gets worse, I take 60mg."

• Anonymous
• November 1, 2012

"I have been on this medication now for 6 months for nerve pain and tingling down my leg from a trapped nerve in my back. 10 mg at night along with other Paracetamol and Ibuprofen certainly does relieve the pain. I was told to increase the Nortriptyline as required to 20 mg at night if necessary but so far I have not had to do that. Side effects have been virtually non existent against the benefit of it."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• September 21, 2012

"After 6 months of constant agony due to four herniated discs in my neck my doctor finally got it right. The started packet started me out on one pill a night and could have gone as far as five. Happily two have done the trick. I am so relieved. I was beginning to think I'd never feel pain free again. It is a miracle."

• 16ano
• July 26, 2016

"I am currently 16 y/o & have been taking nortriptyline for about 6 years to treat migraines. I have been getting migraines since I was 8 or 9 and it eventually got to the point where migraines were a daily thing for me. After seeing a neurologist & trying out 2 or 3 other perscriptions, my neurologist prescribed nortriptyline. It worked for a while then my dosage needed to be increased, however I still take it to this day, once before bed every single night. The only time I get a migraine now is if I'm sick, skip two or more doses, or encounter a trigger, such as prolonged sun exposure, dehydration, large caffeine amounts, etc."

• Holid...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• February 23, 2017

"Been using this drug for 2 years .I used to have bad pain in lower back and numbness in my legs due to nerve damage .started with 30mg now only take 10 mg .it works for me virtually pain free .do have dry mouth and sometimes have bad dreams but I can manage that as I can walk without pain and still go to work."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• October 12, 2012

Pamelor (nortriptyline) "I have calf pain (mainly when sitting) due to small fiber neuropathy. I tried Neurontin, Lyrica, Cymbalta...without any luck. Tramadol provided limited relief, but not nearly enough. Finally I tried Pamelor and after a few weeks the calf pain started to dissipate. I take 100mg/day and the side effects have been pretty mild. The drowsiness tapered off after a few days, but the dry mouth and constipation go with the territory. I get occasional tinnitus as well."