Long before my last vestibular/MAV, attack/cycle - I battled with insomnia. Among some of the questions the gynecologist asked (I went to gyn because I noticed that my sleeping patterns fell in step with my cycle) was if I was ‘weepy’. Well, of COURSE I was weepy, I hadn’t slept but an average of 1 hour per night for 6 weeks. I was tired, weepy and was experiencing mood swings.
“Depressive disorder. NEXT!”
I know myself enough to know that there was no way I was suffering form depressive disorder. My life had never been better. So I went to my GP, who listened to what I had to say, and prescribed Trazadone for sleep. This was 4 years ago.
Since the holidays, I’ve been experiencing, almost on a daily basis, migraine pain. This is a new one on me. In fact - it’s almost as if we’ve all but blocked the dizziness so damned if it ain’t gonna manifest in some other way. I was waking with migraine and going to bed with one. Bending, turning, bright lights and general house-noise was enough to make it throb.
Neuro is now wanting to take me off the trazadone and putting me on amitriptyline for sleep.