Amitriptyline

[BettySwollocksandaCrustyRack]

I have just been prescribed this as I am suffering anxiety and insomnia after marriage split and DS making my life a living hell.

Has anyone taken this - did it work? Any nasty side effects?

Thanks.

[WrappedInABlankie]

I took it for pain and not sleeping think it was about 5mg and it made me feel hungover the next day and didn't help at all, same with the noratryptaline

[BettySwollocksandaCrustyRack]

I'm to take 50mg just before bed.

[fattymammy]

I'm on 75 mg at night mine is for pain relief it does take a bit of getting used to I felt .

[TheySayIamparanoid]

I take this and I have for years.
It works for me because I get a good nights sleep and I'm generally just in a better mood.
I take 20mg at night which I recently tried to cut back on but found that I started to feel empty and that nothing made me happy.
But now that I'm back to the 20mg I feel genuinely happy playing with my DGD and just not as miserable any more- so, yes, it works for me!

[BettySwollocksandaCrustyRack]

I feel anxious all the time, like I have a massive knot in my stomach. I am ok if things tick along nicely but as soon as something goes remotely wrong I just can't deal with it.

I do drink a fair bit at the moment too......that doesn't help i'm sure but I'm def not in the right place at the moment to be tee total.

Theysay - that's it, I feel empty and sad all the time.

[weegiemum]

I'm on it for pain, 150mg at night. It takes some getting used to but I sleep very well on it now, and I'm not too sleepy in the morning.

My main side effect is dry eyes/mouth (I've had to stop wearing contact lenses apart from on special occasions!) but I just carry a bottle of water around with me now.

It's a great painkiller for neurological pain and it's sorted out my crazy insomnia as well. Definitely worth giving it a go.

[CaffeineDeficit]

Works brilliantly for me. I take 150mg. I had depression with lots of anxious/insomniac symptoms and it calms all those down.

I find the side effects are worse at the start of taking it, and then seem to wear off a bit.

Having taken it long term (4 years now), I'd say the worse problems I have in turns of side effects are that it slows down your digestion (not a big problem - just eat more fibre) and makes your mouth dry. The latter can make you want to eat all the time, and so lead to weight gain - lots of glasses of water, and sugar free gum seems to help, though.

Hope it works for you.

[TheySayIamparanoid]

The drinking didn't do me any good. It helped me forget the despair for a while but then I realised booze made it worse.

The only side effect I've had may seem petty to some but I can't remember my dreams

[BettySwollocksandaCrustyRack]

Well I took it last night and I had the best night sleep.....whether it was the tablets or the bacardi I had to wash it down is anyones guess.

I feel a bit odd this morning though, like i'm here but not here if that makes sense.

[CaffeineDeficit]

Ah, yeah, I remember that one. I think it's a sign that the drug's starting to work, and you're not so hyperalert, but haven't quite hit a new equilibrium yet. That feeling did seem to gradually go away for me, though.

Hope you have another good night tonight

[BettySwollocksandaCrustyRack]

I've taken them for 2 nights now. The plus side is I am sleeping well but on the down side, I feel odd during the day (tired and spaced out) and my speech is slightly slurred, think I sound like am a bit drunk.

Just wondering how long this lasts for.

[fattymammy]

I was like that ask Dr to give you small script with lower dose so you can take morn and night for your body to adjust . Mouth is dry all the time sorry that doesn't seem to ease .