Anyone on Amitriptyline plus an Ssri?

[Cbpoppy]

Hi
I'm currently taking Amitriptyline for migraine at a small dose 20mg
Doctor has given me citalopram for anxiety too..
Anxious about taking but he is okay for me to take both..
Any experiences be fab to hear

I’ve taken a low dose of amitriptyline for many years and in that time been prescribed a number of different antidepressants alongside it.

@FuzzyWolf thank you.
Was it all.okay?
Im on 20mg amitriptyline & citalopram to take 10mg

Yes, I’ve been prescribed amitriptyline and an SSRI together by a psychiatrist. It’s quite a common combination.

Hello. I currently take amitriptyline at night for carpel tunnel and have been taking citalopram for 15 years. Currently on 10 mg of citalopram and have no issues. I do take my citalopram in the morning.
hope it all goes well
for you.

@FuzzyWolf thank you.
Was it all.okay?
Im on 20mg amitriptyline & citalopram to take 10mg

Yes I take both to manage chronic pain. I have done for years with no adverse affects

I spent a long time on both, yes. Sertraline for depression and amitryptiline for chronic migraine.

@mynameiscalypso
Whats youre dosing like?

@nannyvodka
Yes I've been told 10mg morning & usual Ami at night..
How much ami you taking?

Honestly, it was so long ago and I was in a very bad place so I can’t remember really. Pretty sure I was on the max dose of SSRI and a hefty dose of amitriptyline as I was going through a bad patch of insomnia/nightmares/flashbacks.

Been on escitalopram 20mg plus amitriptyline 80mg for years plus various other meds including buprenorphine 35mcg with no issues

I was on Amitriptyline for IBS and Citalopram for depression. I piled on 3 stone in less than a year. Which honestly seemed to make both conditions worse. I stopped taking them and ate better and exercised more (especially outdoors) lost the 3 stone plus some more than needed losing and have never felt better.

Hello. I take 2 x 10 mg of the amitriptyline each night. X

Yes, been on both for years. No issues.

I’ve also had both at the same mg as you. Initially I tolerated them really well and took citalopram in the morning and amitriptyline at night. After about 6 months I started feeling lousy in the mornings (really sleepy, fuzzy headed, brain fog etc). GP suggested taking the amitriptyline earlier in the evening to compensate, so I tried this for several months with no change.

I couldn’t cope with feeling lousy in the mornings, so dropped the amitriptyline. With hindsight I realise I was coming into peri-menopause at this time, the symptoms of which undoubtedly exacerbated the morning brain fog and tiredness.

Wishing you well with it all @Cbpoppy

I’m on 150mg of sertraline and 20mg of amitriptyline, only been on it for a few weeks but it is making me fall asleep easier, I have to take it about 7pm though.

I've just left hospital after 5 days of the worst headache I've ever had , literally a 10/10, I've been prescribed 10mg amitriptyline each night , I also take 150mg trazodone and 40mg propanolol.
Has anyone had success with the amitriptyline for migraine ?
I've been tracking my headaches /migraine and I'm convinced they are cyclical but I don't know what id be prescribed differently , hrt maybe ??