Yeah...we should have tapered from 10 to 5 but we didn't. We are four days into it and she doesn't want to "go backward" ...so here we are. We underestimated how powerful 10 mg of something can be. Warning to all future readers!!

The symptoms are not constant but they are wicked when they show up. She made it through school today.

Day four she's got less nausea, less headache, less heart palpitation, more irritability.

Funny you should mention nutritional support. She feels like she can't get enough to eat and drink today. We are focusing on high protein, low sugar, low caffeine. Thank you for lending some credibility to this symptom!

After seeing her go through this I'm wondering how many of her symptoms in the past few months have been associated with her weaning herself off the Elavil and not the concussion. Why is it that every single medication has a side effect of headche, nausea, dizzyness?

We are anxious, and hopeful, to see where her symptom level is once she is medication free (a few weeks I guess).