amitriptelene(sp) for nerve pain?

I'm being referred to a pain doctor - and the doc I saw today said she couldn't do lyrica for some reason. who knows

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"When we come to the edge of the light we know, and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown, of one thing we can be sure; either God will provide something solid to stand on... or we will be taught to fly.'"

"Cause when push comes to shove You taste what you're made of, You might bend, till you break Cause its all you can take; On your knees you look up Decide you've had enough, You get mad you get strong Wipe your hands shake it off, Then you Stand" From "Stand" by Rascal Flatts
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Dx.: Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, Ulcerlative Colitis, Chronic Inflammation of the Colon, Ruptured & Fused L4-L5-S1 w/pinched nerves, Degenerative Disc Disease, Chronic Costochondritis, Back Muscle Spasms, Asthma, Benign Tremmors (hands)

Hi,

I have not been around in a long time, i still come by and read everyones posts. I wanted to tell you my experience with Amitryptlian (sp). I was on it for about 2 and half months, and it did not help me at all. Now i now we are all different. The reason I wanted to stop was the extreme weight gain, in that span of time i gained 25 pounds. Doctor told me this was normal for that drug, well not normal for me, lol. Just research it some more. I take gapentin- Neurotin for my nerve pain and it works great. I just dont use it everyday because then when i do my body becomes so use to it, when i really need it to work it does not. I take it when the nerve pain is bad and it helps me a lot. I tried lyrica and it gave me horrible nightmares and i could not sleep on it.

Good Luck.

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Jess :)

 

DX-

Fibromyalgia

Chronic Pain Syndrome

Myofascial Pain Syndrome

Bone Spur(osteophytes) in neck

possible osteoarthritis and/or DDD Degenerative Disc Disease (waiting on MRI report)

Meds-

Paxil 20mg (1 a day)

Neurotin 300mg (1 pill 3x a day- increasing to 2 pills 3x a day)

Elavil 10mg (1 a day- increasing to 3 a day)

Hydrocodone 5/500mg (2 pills 4x a day)

 

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." 
Eleanor Roosevelt

well, to be honest, weight gain wont be an issue - I'm already overweight and am looking at having gastric bypass by the end of the year - also the last time they told me I was going to gain weight from something (steroid shots and pills) I lost 20lbs so we'll see.

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"When we come to the edge of the light we know, and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown, of one thing we can be sure; either God will provide something solid to stand on... or we will be taught to fly.'"

"Cause when push comes to shove You taste what you're made of, You might bend, till you break Cause its all you can take; On your knees you look up Decide you've had enough, You get mad you get strong Wipe your hands shake it off, Then you Stand" From "Stand" by Rascal Flatts
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Dx.: Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, Ulcerlative Colitis, Chronic Inflammation of the Colon, Ruptured & Fused L4-L5-S1 w/pinched nerves, Degenerative Disc Disease, Chronic Costochondritis, Back Muscle Spasms, Asthma, Benign Tremmors (hands)

hi im rachel im 19 and from the uk. i suffer from chronic pain in the abdo from a iliostemy reversal when i was a baby, iam on mst, oramorph and amitriptyline it is used to treat depression but it helps with nerve ending pain. what dose are you on and what time of day do you have to take it??? if at night it will ease the pain but it will make you drowsy but your body will relax. if i can be of any help email me at r_lafferty_2005@hotmail.co.uk.

hope its helped rachel

iv been on them for 6 months and i take them about a hour before i go to bed so i can sleep straight away. i started on 25mg now im on 150mg at night. they usually have a effect straight away and if your feeling down about the pain your in they help with that. hope it all goes well and as i said before if i can help at all reply to this message and il get a email telling me youv replied.

take care and good luck. let me know how it goes.

rachel

Amitriptyline, or the other name it's known by is Elavil, is an old med but very good for chronic pain and taking the edge of mild depression caused by chronic pain. I know my mom used it for 15 yrs from a surgery in which a nerve didn't heal correctly (abdominal vertical incision for major bowel reduction from diverticulitis). The surgery was huge success but she had little tingley pain prickly nerves along the incision that wouldn't quit... but the Elavil took the edge off.

It's worth a try IMO. Just don't cold turkey quit after any length of time or there could be drastic problems with the withdrawal stage for a bit.

hi all sorry havent been online havent been well so been resting.

 in reply to the question of how much weight iv gained the answer is none.

  hope all are ok.

   take rach.

Seeing as how this topic popped back up - I figured I would add an update.

I am currently on 100mg's of amitriptelyne. I started it about 2 months ago. I noticed no side effects (good or bad) from the 25 or 50 mg doses. However since being up to the 100 I've noticed a dramatic improvement in the nerve pain down my legs. Don't get me wrong it's still there, and mean. However, I can get a little more done before it gets nasty.

As far as negative side effects - I have noticed any. I didn't gain any weight from the medication the first month, and since my gastric bypass on the sixth I'm down 35 pounds. I haven't had any mood swings or anything close to that. The only problem that I am having is dry mouth - but that can also be from the surgery I had, and my constant fight to struggle with dehydration having a stomach the size of a medicine cup.

I am going to see my pain doctor on the 21st of January for the first visit with this one... and figure the medications that I'm on will come up and we'll see where to go from there.

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"When we come to the edge of the light we know, and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown, of one thing we can be sure; either God will provide something solid to stand on... or we will be taught to fly.'"

"Cause when push comes to shove You taste what you're made of, You might bend, till you break Cause its all you can take; On your knees you look up Decide you've had enough, You get mad you get strong Wipe your hands shake it off, Then you Stand" From "Stand" by Rascal Flatts
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Dx.: Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, Ulcerlative Colitis, Chronic Inflammation of the Colon, Ruptured & Fused L4-L5-S1 w/pinched nerves, Degenerative Disc Disease, Chronic Costochondritis, Back Muscle Spasms, Asthma, Benign Tremmors (hands)

amitrypteline/ametripteline which spelling is correct?

I have taken ametripteline since Oct 2000, for burning feet pain and deep tissue pain in feet and hands, due to a diagnosis termed Erithromelalgia which descirbes my condition as I experienced. The only relief for the burning and pain was to soak my feet and hands in Ice Water till the Pain subbsided.
I have taken ametripteline with great success in controlling the pain and having improved mobility walking and working, though not as much as before aquiring the conditon. It has allowed me to sleep normally without being awaken with burning feet 2 to 3 times a night.
I began my prescribed dosage at 25mg 4 times day and gradually progressed to 75mg 4 times day over a period of 6 months, under close observation of my PPC. I was monitored through blood work, and vital sign examinations every 39 days.
Ametipteline side effects I experienced are dry mouth and throat, with no other symtoms as observed or attributed to the Ametripteline.
I would recomend trying the Drug with your Physicians recommendation, approval, monitoring. The drug does contain cautions for liver disfunction as well as some side effects.

It has sure helped me control the severe bouts of pain, and given me mobility, Good luck to anyone in the same or similar situation