http://www.medicine-in-motion.com/Patient_Education.htm

Hi Copper, check out above website for some good info on headaches and dizziness. The slideshow is good for those with occipital headaches. I also want to urge you to to see a physical therapist or a chiropractor who has experience with whiplash and cervical strain.

I - and my GP and Neurologist - didn't think I had anything wrong with my neck because I didn't have the typical neck pain and stiffness after my accident. But, as I learned almost a year later, pain can be referred to the head. In my case it was mostly the back of my head where many muscles attach to bone and the cervical spine. My chiropractor explained to me that those muscles healed in a shortened state and where trapping nerves, causing dizziness or what I call feeling whoozy. Several months of therapy have helped me a lot and I feel almost back to normal after a year and a halve. I am still taking about 15 mg of the Elavil at night as it helps me to relax.

Hope this helps. I don't have any answer about the meds., but hopefully you will be able to reduce some of them with a therapist. I would also try to do some regular exercises like riding a stationary bike. Just start out very slowly and increase in tiny increments and don't get discouraged if you feel worse at first, it all takes time and effort. Also, a warm bath before exercise and stretches and ice afterwards helps.

I think I could have recovered faster if I had known all this earlier. My concussion symtoms like memory problems, anxiety, noise sensitivity, etc. improved within a few months after my crash, but headaches, head sensitivity, and dizziness lingered for a long time.

You might research whiplash on the net - I found that it causes a lot of the same symtoms as PCS.