# Nortriptyline seems to be working! **URL:** \ **Category:** Antidepressants\ **Tags:** side-effects, community, medication, vestibular-migraine, neuroplasticity\ **Created:** [February 1, 2014, 5:29am UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/nortriptyline-seems-to-be-working/7674 "2014-02-01T05:29:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Suffering](https://mvertigo.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@Suffering](https://mvertigo.org/u/Suffering)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 1:07am UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/nortriptyline-seems-to-be-working/7674/22 "2026-01-22T01:07:47Z")
No worries Nancy. I’m happy to hear from you when I do. Your experience helped me cope. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![turnitaround](https://mvertigo.org/user_avatar/mvertigo.org/turnitaround/32/4441_2.png) [@turnitaround](https://mvertigo.org/u/turnitaround)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 9:16am UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/nortriptyline-seems-to-be-working/7674/23 "2026-01-22T09:16:59Z")
> [@Suffering](#): > > Screen sensitivity is still a huge problem for me. It is impossible to work anymore if I had to work on a computer in a job. I wait until dark to get on the computer because during daytime it hits me hard. A switch to Amitriptyline might do the trick. Worked for me. Remind me, did you fail Ami? It is a stronger anticholinergic and therefore vestibular suppressant than Nort. 20mg sorted all my issues with video and computer screens. Oh you did, hmmm. [Amitriptyline VS Nortriptyline need advice - #9 by Suffering](https://mvertigo.org/t/amitriptyline-vs-nortriptyline-need-advice/21952/9) Btw my light issues were the same. A mix of daylight and artificial light was always the worst. It made me feel a kind of discomfort in my forehead, most strange. Evident even in cafes during the day with those lovely vintage lamps glowing ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Nancy\_W](https://mvertigo.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/e19adc/32.png) [@Nancy\_W](https://mvertigo.org/u/Nancy_W)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 9:18am UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/nortriptyline-seems-to-be-working/7674/24 "2026-01-22T09:18:08Z")
I know that feeling of not wanting to mess with something that’s working, even it’s not a 100% cure!! Best of luck to you and I hope your symptoms eventually recede further. Take care. ---
**Author:** ![Suffering](https://mvertigo.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@Suffering](https://mvertigo.org/u/Suffering)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/nortriptyline-seems-to-be-working/7674/25 "2026-01-22T14:26:35Z")
I was on Amitriptyline before the Nort. I switched at 20mg. Ami was the first med I tried and I was so grateful that it helped- the only reason I switched to Nort is because it made me feel heavy and sedated. I asked the Neuro at my last visit if I should switch back to Ami and she did not think that would do anything. I mean without Nortriptyline I cannot get out of bed or look at anything. ---
**Author:** ![Suffering](https://mvertigo.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@Suffering](https://mvertigo.org/u/Suffering)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 2:27pm UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/nortriptyline-seems-to-be-working/7674/26 "2026-01-22T14:27:18Z")
Nancy I am so grateful for your contact. Thank you so much for being there. Reading your posts gave me hope. ---
**Author:** ![turnitaround](https://mvertigo.org/user_avatar/mvertigo.org/turnitaround/32/4441_2.png) [@turnitaround](https://mvertigo.org/u/turnitaround)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 2:52pm UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/nortriptyline-seems-to-be-working/7674/27 "2026-01-22T14:52:57Z")
I think Amitriptyline might be worth a shot again tbh, especially if you struggle with screens, but yes sedation aspect is significant, especially to begun with. [Previous page](https://mvertigo.org/t/nortriptyline-seems-to-be-working/7674.md?page=1)