Hi
I had a really bad reaction to Amytriptiline, a lot of us do, so its good you are coming off it, have you looked on the FMA UK website?, thats pretty good for info & support, especially if you are new to it all
www.fibromyalgia-associationuk.org/community/index.php#1
% htp is a naturally occurring amino acid, that your body needs to maintain healthy nuro transmitters, its especially good for sleep, taken 1 or 2 half hour or so just before bed time helps you get a better nights sleep, & getting control of your sleep is a big step towards controlling FM more info here www.answers.com/topic/5-htp
Star flower oil is similar, but much more potent than primrose oil, though I think you'll find that all of us with FM find theres a hormonal link to flares, studies have been done & proven a link, so not sure it will help that much, but we are all different, so always worth a try.
another good supplement is Flax seed or Cod Liver oils, takes a couple of weeks for effect, but has a lot of benifits.
Nurozan is a brain boosting supplement, & I found that very good too,
Have you looked at your diet at all??..... eating a chemical free natural diet, & looking out for any food intolerances is always good, as a lot of us cant tolerate things like Wheat, or diary, or meat....nt as bad as it first sounds, as after a detox, you can usually get away with eating things now & again without too many problems, but if your system is overloaded...you feel it.
& also make sure you have been tested for ALL possible other ailments, as a lot of us eventually get an alternative or additional dx, as not everything is on the standard battery of blood tests.....things like hyperthyroidism, hughes syndrome, lymes disease, pernicious aneamia, & Scleroderma are all possible alternatives
if you had CFS at 18, then its likely you may be sensitive to a lot of the newer drugs, for some reason those of us with CFS too, find it difficult to tolerate a lot of drugs, so if you do try new ones, plan it so you can try them without it impacting on your family too much if you do have a bad reaction Personally I've given up, & stick to old favourites such as Paracetamol, Ibruprofen, Diazapm for muscle spasms, & Morphine for very bad days,