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.
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)
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