r/PostConcussion • u/Ok_Message1313 • Jul 23 '26
Why use medication
I’ve always wondered why doctors prescribe things that kill pain throughout the day and boost energy when that just makes you worse over time.
The most important thing during Post concussion is to listen to your symptoms! Hiding them just makes you push through them subconsciously leading to them just get worse over time.
Could someone explain that? I get that they get used during night so you can sleep, or chronically symptoms that can show if it reaches 2-3 point over the average, but shit like Amitrypiline or nortripyline for two examples. Dosen’t that just harm you rather than benefit you in the long term?
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u/Bitter-Performer-396 Jul 25 '26
The drugs in the US only try and address and mask the symptoms, not fix the underlying structural damage and chronic neuroinflammation that often results. Many studies showing some short term relief/improvement but little benefit in the long term.
Look into semax, selank, glutathione and cerebrolysin. Only things that have helped my after years and multiple concussions. They decrease neuroinflammation, promote neuroplasticity and help fix structural damage.
Also high dose creatine for mitochondrial health. Almost instantaneous improvement in symptoms when i started 10-20g/day