# Nortriptyline seems to be working!

**URL:** <https://mvertigo.org/t/nortriptyline-seems-to-be-working/7674>\
**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")\
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**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")

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> [@Suffering](#):
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> 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 ☹

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