To want to know your experiences of amitriptyline?

[Amitriptyline]

A bit nosy I know, I've been prescribed these tablets and pick them up tomorrow so looking for some first hand experiences from anyone who has had them.

10mg at night I believe the dosage is.

I'm a little bit apprehensive about starting them as I'm quite sensitive to meds and I can't really afford to put on any more weight which I know can be a side effect. Eeek.

They are for TMD pain but I'm hoping to get some benefit from them for my depression as I know its a multi use drug.

Thanks!

This exactly.
I was a none functioning zombie who couldn't move until 11am. They swapped them for Nortryptilyene which were marginally better but I had to come off them. I was a shell of myself.

DS was prescribed them a few months back, told him if he was going to take them do it when he's not in work the next day to see if they suited him. They floored him and he stopped taking them too.

My mum takes 60mg a day, has done for years!

I have tried a mouth guard yes and it didn't help at all unfortunately, it was the first thing I tried.

I'm pleased to read so much about helping sleep, I've been reliant on Nytol for far too long for insomnia.

I take them for same reason and tbh no side effects except for groggy in morning if I take them too late. Tbh my gp said to take them earlier in evening if they make you too groggy. I’d be lost without them.

I actually asked if I could have noritryptaline instead given that I'm sensitive to meds and really can't afford to put on much more weight. GP said try these first and if I don't get on with them we can switch. I know its a money saving thing isn't it as ami is cheaper.

I am on 10mg for anxiety and heart palpitations. I'm still a little anxious because that's just me I think but the palpitations have completely gone. Haven't noticed an effect on my appetite or sleep, I'm usually a good sleeper anyway.

Took it for headaches.
it made me like a zombie, too unsafe to drive at any time of day, constantly exhausted but couldn’t sleep and really irritable. I needed 50% extra time for university exams and I couldn’t think straight at all.

2 weeks of feeling like crap when I stopped them (after a year and a half) and I finally felt like myself again, just crippled by headaches. It only helped reduce it 2/5 days I’d say, they were still awful the other 3, I just felt worse

I'm on 30 mg for sciatica. All I've noticed is a very dry mouth and slightly sleepy in the morning. But come to think of it I do feel hungrier than normal !

It's 150mg 😂

They made me really groggy for about two weeks, but that passed and now I find them really helpful for sleep and migraines.

It is a cost thing I think. I'm shocked they did botox before meds!

I'm allergic to them as I once found out sadly.

Dh is up to 40mg for insomnia and pain, doesn't really help either unfortunately but makes him very sleepy during the day.

My old GP point blank wouldn't offer meds for it. Just said no. The new one offered straight away. Neither have offered Botox but I am going to look into it privately. TMJ ime is looked on as something and nothing and is easy to ignore. I was literally told they essentially couldn't care less as long as I could drink through a straw and talk.

I bet you sleep well!

I've been taking 20mg a night for about 8 months. Provides good relief for nerve pain and had the added bonus of helping me sleep as I'm pretty bad at that.
For a month of so I was a bit groggy in the morning. I've never gained any weight or craved any more food while taking this dose.

@girafferaffle how do you take them if you don't mind me asking? Do you take the whole dose at night? Or take two at night and one in the morning?

Surprisingly I don’t! I feel quite cheated.

I took it for depression and got horrible sleep paralysis constantly

I also feel cheated re sleep. Thought I was going to sleep like a baby. Nope!

took them years ago for depr.ession - from memory just for a short period before starting SSRIs, which take a while to kick in. As others have said, make you sleep like a log. Getting that much sleep in itself probably helped a lot.

Whole dose early evening. It’s been years and years though so the drowsiness isn’t an issue anymore in the morning. I’m not sure I’d ever agree to take it in the morning as I’ve done it by accident before (sigh) and I’m mostly useless afterwards.

I don’t blame you! I have practically lifelong insomnia… I had tried everything. Everything. Even spent nights in sleep clinics to try and get to the bottom of my sleep issues.
Then I was prescribed amitriptyline for pudendal neuralgia and now I sleep! Still not brilliant, but a million times better than before.

Other TMD sufferers who are wanting to try botox but cant afford it privately what you need if you haven't already had one is a referral to oral surgery. I'm in London so the hospital I was referred to was Guys. My dentist made the referral and I had my first appointment a few months later. Botox wasn't the first treatment but nothing else worked.

I believe it helped a bit, just not for long.

I have excruciating flare ups several times per month that last days on end and even the botox couldn't prevent that.

However I've read many an anecdote from people saying it was the gold standard for them and helped so much.

You have my sympathies. It's a horrid condition.

My GP put me on it as I found it really difficult to fall asleep.
It was a waste of time.

Oh yes I should have said that it’s still miles better than the not sleeping at all I was doing before. Can get to sleep (most of the time) just can’t stay asleep. I’ll take it over the alternative any day! Im not sure how I functioned at all tbh.