I took Gabapentin at night gave me headaches next day morning itself. My old Neurologist gave me for nerve pain(?). She tried quite a few others but nothing worked. If Elavil works some what you should be happy Seems like that is the first line of medication by many Neurologists.

Few doctors mentioned Lexapro and even they did a clinical trial at John Hopkins for TBI. I tried that too.

Now I am trying Trileptal based on my new Neurologist recommendation. Trileptal is mainly an anti-seizure med but now used for Bipolar Disorder and Trigeminal Neuralgia. All these meds for brain seems like a puzzle. Who knows what works for whom.

He thinks my pain may be due to Trigeminal Neuralgia (guess work ) Not doing much for pain but worked for my smell disorder and now my smell and taste is very good so my depression about that is gone.

I am always trying some alternative methods BTW which gives temporary relief. I also have non-vertigo dizziness and if pain and dizziness gets worse then I take little bit of Xanax which sure works. Ibuprofen works but not that good as Xanax and doctors warns about stomach bleeding if I take too much of Ibuprofen.

I am still looking something for pain................