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Amitriptyline
« on: Sep 13th, 2005, 1:05pm » |
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I went to my doctor today and she wants to start me on amitriptyline since the prednisone no longer seems to be working.
Does anyone have any experience with this?
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Re: Amitriptyline
« Reply #1 on: Sep 13th, 2005, 1:23pm » |
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Tried it during my recent cluster. Helped me sleep but didn't help with the attacks. I think the highest I got was 40 mg / day which is pretty low. May be the problem.
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Re: Amitriptyline
« Reply #2 on: Sep 13th, 2005, 1:33pm » |
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Ive tryed it. It does absolutly nothing for the attacks. It will make you sleep 12 hrs and not care about anything though. I wouldnt recommend it at all.
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Hi,
Tried amytriptyline . Didn't touch the beast but it did make getting out of bed the next morning the single
greatest achievement of the day. Like lead weighrts on every appendage and I wasn't even tired! Yes, I tried to power thru the startup and stayed with it for several months (maybe more, I try to forget experiences like this).
My latest Doc says its no good.
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Re: Amitriptyline
« Reply #4 on: Sep 15th, 2005, 8:02pm » |
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Also called Elavil there have been some people that have had success with it and achieved pain free status. You won't know until you try it. I would and good luck!
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Re: Amitriptyline
« Reply #5 on: Sep 16th, 2005, 9:17am » |
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for me, it worked after taking it longer than a week, but the side effects are pretty stiff (ha) so I found it wasn't worth it.
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Side effect: shuffling around in pajama bottoms and paper slippers.
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Re: Amitriptyline
« Reply #7 on: Sep 18th, 2005, 9:30am » |
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Elavil helped with the night hits-but Melatonin does alot better. We all respond differently.
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Re: Amitriptyline
« Reply #8 on: Sep 19th, 2005, 5:53am » |
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on Sep 18th, 2005, 8:47am, don wrote:
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Side effect no. 2: Other people shuffling past your window if you do not wear a pj top with the bottoms.
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Re: Amitriptyline
« Reply #9 on: Sep 19th, 2005, 12:14pm » |
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Re: Amitriptyline
« Reply #10 on: Sep 19th, 2005, 2:04pm » |
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When I first started it (at 25mg at bedtime), it knocked me out and I was groggy half the next day. The sleep was nice. The day after sucked. Did nothing for the ch. Within about 3 days, my body adjusted to it and I was back to being awake until about 2 or 3 am. At the end of a week, doc upped it to 50mg at bedtime. Again for about 2 or 3 days, I slept well and was hard to get going in the morning. Now I am back to being awake until 2 or 3 am. Up at 6 am getting the wife and kids up and off to work/school. Still getting hit.
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