hi, i have been to my doc because i have had a real struggle recently and he has added amitriptyline to make me rattle even more

He says im not depressed but it is very good for chronic pain and should hopefully be life changing for me ( for the time being). does anyone else have experience of this
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I was put onto Amitriptyline in October when diagnosed with Fibromyalgia secondary to my Rheumatoid arthritis.
I was on 10mg for 2 weeks and then it was upped to 20mg, which I've been taking for roughly 6 weeks now. In addition to this I also already take the max dose of another anti-depressant in the same group - I hadn't realised that it was also helping with the pain!
At first I found it tough going, as the first few days I had the terrible 'hungover' feeling in the morning. However, I've worked out the best time for me is between 8.30 -9.30 depending on what I'm doing that day and the next. If I was having to get up early for work I'd need to take it much earlier in the evening. It's been a bit of trial and error till I've got used to it and worked out how to make it work for me.
I think it has started to help, mainly in that I'm getting a better type of sleep than I was before. I do still wake up, but for me it's the getting to sleep in the first place, and the getting back to sleep after I've woken that has improved.
I'd encourage you to talk things over with your GP and your pharmacist to work out the best way of taking yours - we're all different and what works for me won't necessarily work for you.
Good luck - it's got to be worth a try!
Wonky
I was on amitript for just over one year but am off it now, my choice. I was on 25mgs nightly. What dosage has your gp prescribed? This little pill is prescribed for quite a few different symptoms. It was prescribed for me for IBS D. I am fine now - a wonder pill for sorting me out, anyway!!I was told it slows the body down so I did sleep better too. I did get a dry mouth from the drug but am prone to that and dry eyes every so often. Mouth not so dry now that I no longer take them. I do not feel groggy in the mornings anymore either. Even though I took them early the evening before I still felt whoosy in the mornings but that is my reaction to them. We are all different.
Elna x
If you can lay down at night knowing in your heart that you made someone's day just a little bit better, you know you had a good day.
Good luck
Scozzie
My consultant decided o put me on Amitriptyline to help me to sleep he told me that it helps to relax the muscles around the joints to reduce the pain I dont take them every night but when I do I still wake up through out the night and still feel in pain especially when I turn over in bed the pain is that bad that I often fell like crying (but I dont).
I hope that they work better for you
Jxx
I think you may well find Amitriptyline works more effectively if taken regularly rather than as and when.
Elna x
If you can lay down at night knowing in your heart that you made someone's day just a little bit better, you know you had a good day.
25mg at night and take it no later than 8 pm. It never makes me drowsy after the first time when l took it as l got into bed and....nuffin happend. the next day l was shattered till anout 2pm!!
Elna had it for IBS and my GP said it will and l think has helped me as a migraine preventer too! Two birds one stone eh? x;)
Oh yes Elna is also right about taking it regularly
Love
Toni xx
Toni xxx
atm i am on 10mg once a night, ib 2 weeks i need to up it to two a night then a couple of weeks after that up it to three.
i was on noghts for my first dose and took it anyway, with the side effects i was too scared to take my tramadol along side it when in work, and just aswell as i was in theatre alot of the night and that alone can send you asleep sometimes lol ( i do NOT sleep in theatre btw)
i really do hope i get some good releif from them fingers crossed
Iv'e been taking Amitriptyline for about 3 years, and it is mostly used for sleeping purposes. The longer you take them, the less effect the drug has. The first time I used them, a bomb could have dropped on the house, and I wouldn't have woke up.... less so now.
In conclusion, I would use them because the possitives outweigh the negatives, good luck. Alanthemanc
I'm on Amitriptyline for pain and sleeping. I've been on it for over a year, the dose I have, 40mg is a lot smaller than if its being used as an antidepressant, but my GP said that amitiptyline is an old drug and not used much for depression any more as the new drugs are better!
Love Sue x:-?
That made me giggle but is so true.
I think we just build up a tolerance where our body is used to it then eventually it is not enough for us. For years paracetamol has been as useful as a chocolate fire guard
The others have said it all really, I take 25mg just to ease the bones in bed, and it really does help...wishing you well with it x
Barbara
Amitriptyline is used as a pain blocker to the brain, also an anti depressent and a sleeping tablet. The different doses are for the difference in reason.
Hopefully this medication helps soon for you.
xxxxxxx
I take 150 mg each and everynight... offers a little relief, but if i have a paddy and decide i hate taking all this stuff and stop taking for the night then the pains are horrendous!, hope it works for you xx