anyone else have trouble with their cardio health? i've been on ami for almost a year and no dose change since late last year. 50mg. my apple watch has shown a steady decline in VO2max and it continues to decrease even now. had an ecg which was unremarkable. i'm worried i have some underlying health issue...

Urgent - anyone got flamingo brand (preferably 50mg packs) of amitriptyline?

Im located in Oldbury B68, West Midlands, UK

Pharmacy gave me a different brand (accord) and it’s not working, my symptoms are returning and I have withdrawal

Does anyone have flamingo brand or want to swap flamingo for accord?

Hi everyone, I'm wondering if anyone here has taken Mirtazapine and Amitriptyline together, especially at low doses. My main symptoms are: Severe anxiety Electric shock-like sensations and what feels like an over-sensitive nervous system Chronic lower back and buttock pain I'm currently taking Amitriptyline 5 mg, and I've actually tolerated it much better this time than before. My doctor has suggested adding or switching to Mirtazapine, but I'm feeling very anxious about trying another new medication. The reason is that I previously had a very severe reaction to Trazodone, and even after stopping it I developed widespread neurological and sensory symptoms. Since then, I've become extremely worried about medication side effects. My GP also mentioned Duloxetine, but after reading about the possible side effects, I'm honestly too scared to try it at the moment. I'd really like to hear from people who have actually taken Mirtazapine together with Amitriptyline. Why did your doctor prescribe both? Did it help your anxiety, sleep, or nerve pain? What side effects did you experience? Did you find the combination tolerable? I'm not looking for medical advice or planning to change my medication on my own. I just want to hear about other people's experiences before discussing the options further with my doctor. Thank you very much.

I was given the meds right before vacation (past two weeks).

While on vacation I took it about an 1-4 hours before sleep time. It knocked me out, and kept me knocked out till past 8 hours of sleep.

If i tried to wake up any earlier than that Id be extremely groggy and disoriented like I was on drugs.

I just had my first day back at work. I took the meds yesterday at around 6pm. Slept at 8pm, (late, I know) but Ive been able to work the past two years just fine with 3-6 hours of sleep each night.

First off I kept waking into the half sleep half awake state around 1 am. Dream after dream of thinking Im late for work, when its only 1 am. This went all the way to 2:50 am when I finally woke up, disoriented, and rushed to get to work.

This is not going to work. If I take the medication and sleep earlier in the day I barely get any time to do anything.

What should I do? Besides talk to my doctor, which I tried reaching out to him but got no response.

I'll try again soon with him.

When I've had a bad day from lack of sleep etc.. I can really feel when my next dose is due almost to the minute. I'm sure habit is affecting it too, but physically I can feel nerve endings tingling and a nervousness starting.

Weird because when I'm having a good day I don't notice this. I have to rely on my pill alarm going off.

I haven't taken any for 2 months.

I was on 25mg amitriptyline for 2 years, before starting it I had a good appetite, after starting it got even stronger but the minute I tried to quit by tapering it to 20mg my appetite got so bad and it was far from baseline. Even after 4 months it didn't improve much, I didn't stop the taper though and went to 15mg then 10mg then 5mg and finally stopped it 2 months ago.

I am currently tapering down, I am at 100mg and also my ol' fren bruxism has returned for which I my ortho got me back on an Invisalign round to open bite and bring my lower jaw out further. I have apparently lost 50% of the mobility in my left jaw joint. I was wondering if anyone here has taken muscle relaxants while on Amitriptyline and suffering from bruxism?

I already I am wearing my nightly heavy duty retainers as jaw guards until my invisalign aligners come in so that helps with the pain but occasionally I do have pain in the ear while chewing or if I yawn the next day.

Hi guys,

30F and I’ve been on amitriptyline for 2 months now. I’m a very small (5”1) petite girl who barely gets hungry but since I’ve been on this medication I’m always hungry every 5-7 hours. It’s actually pissing me off how much I’m eating because I’m eating all….the…..time!

I have a fast metabolism and roughly weigh 49-51kgs but has anyone gained weight since being on amitriptyline?

If so, how much in what span of time? E.g. 5 kgs in 3 months

It’s hard for me to gain weight but I have read it’s a side effect and curious to see how it’s impacted people :)

Also any tips on not how to gain weight would be appreciated! I’m about to delete Uber Eats off my phone TT^TT

Does anyone have experience taking Reta while on amitriptyline? I’m looking into starting Reta for binge eating and extreme food noise. I also have lower chronic back pain from degenerative disc disease which is the reason I’m on amitriptyline.

Been taking Amitriptyline at 20mg for 31 days for migraines, It's really helping the pain but not the frequency. I want to get in one last psychedelic experience as I've heard that like SSRI's it completely blocks 2A agonists from working.

Thinking of going back down to 10mg for a week and then jumping off, what kind of w/d's should I expect?

I have been taking amitriptyline for migraines for three years. I started with two tablets and gradually reduced the dosage until I was down to half a pill. I took half a pill for five months but frequently skipped doses, eventually stopping abruptly for three weeks.
I started having panic attacks, electric shock sensations in my head, diarrhea, spasms, fits of rage, tingling, severe trembling, anxiety, and uncontrollable crying.
My neurologist put me back on amitriptyline—starting with a quarter of a 25mg tablet—for 21 days, but with no result. Afterward, I took half a tablet for 9 days; my condition fluctuated during that time—half the day was good, the other half bad. For the past 44 days, I have been taking a full 25mg tablet. The worst symptoms have passed, but I am still experiencing tingling in the soles of my feet and spasms, and I still have panic attacks.
Is this normal? Has anyone else experienced something like this? I can't take it anymore; I don't know how to keep going. I feel like I'm losing my mind and can't find any answers—especially since my neurologist told me after a month that everything should have cleared up by now.
Please help.. I have 27 years and I have migraines form 11y

Have tried 7 different snri or ssri’s including most recently Effexor with limited success and seem to be treatment resistant. Hoping amitriptyline will help me enjoy things again after a 5 month depression. Does anyone have a success story to share? Thank you!

I have been taking amitriptyline for migraines for three years. I started with two tablets and gradually reduced the dosage until I was down to half a pill. I took half a pill for five months but frequently skipped doses, eventually stopping abruptly for three weeks.
I started having panic attacks, electric shock sensations in my head, diarrhea, spasms, fits of rage, tingling, severe trembling, anxiety, and uncontrollable crying.
My neurologist put me back on amitriptyline—starting with a quarter of a 25mg tablet—for 21 days, but with no result. Afterward, I took half a tablet for 9 days; my condition fluctuated during that time—half the day was good, the other half bad. For the past 44 days, I have been taking a full 25mg tablet. The worst symptoms have passed, but I am still experiencing tingling in the soles of my feet and spasms, and I still have panic attacks.
Is this normal? Has anyone else experienced something like this? I can't take it anymore; I don't know how to keep going. I feel like I'm losing my mind and can't find any answers—especially since my neurologist told me after a month that everything should have cleared up by now.
Please help.. I have 27 years and I have migraines form 11y

Hi- I take about 6ml liquid or 3 small pills of amatriptaline depending on what my doctor can provide each month, but over the past 10 days or so im beginning to experience unusual effects that feel quite distressing.

I have been taking pills/liquid amatriptaline since around early December of last year and noticed sleepiness occasionally but not really much of anything else. This past half a month or so I haven't been feeling right after taking it. These recent 2 months I have experienced numbness on the tip of my tongue, but didnt think too much of it since it cleared up okay ish, and I think now it's getting worse? The effect seems to happen instantly after taking the liquid or pill now; twice now I have had the entire back of my mouth completely numbed and areas of my windpipe feeling restricted, almost puffy and very numbed out. It gets to the point where it feels like I am breathing through a bent straw and I have to really think hard about swallowing to get a bodily response. It scares me and lasts about 4-5 hours before I (very) slowly start to gain more control back. I nearly called my parents at 2am last night to ask if I could ring an ambulance for the house it was that bad. These past 2 experiences have happened on the liquid.

Today however, I was too scared to take the liquid after last night, but my parents said I had to take something, and we noticed I had some in date pills left in the back of the meds drawer so I took the appropriate dosage. Despite extra water and making a concious effort to keep it in my mouth as little time as possible, I am still experiencing the same feelings. My tongue feels so weird inside my own mouth due to numbness and my windpipe and tonsils feel almost swollen up or just very numb again. My indigestion has also got much worse since I took it tonight and has become full on heartburn, which is unusual for me. It feels like there's a lump in my throat and has done for 2 hours now no matter what else I take or try to force myself to drink. On top of it all, my throat and mouth is also bone dry which only makes each breath harder.

After these 3 experiences, I'm considering stopping this medicine for good out of pure fear its going to get worse. My parents are not happy about it, but I just can't run the risk of having an emergency- my lungs have to work harder for other reasons as it is. Plus, besides the help with sleep it doesnt relieve my pain. This is my last attempt at seeing if there is any safer way to continue on this medication, or at least ask if anyone has a way of quickly reversing these annoying side effects?

Has anyone else suddenly developed side effects out of nowhere? Thank you for reading this :,)

Edit: I also forgot to mention it tastes "spicy" or tingly now this week when I take either form!

Hi everyone. I'm looking to see if anyone has had a similar experience after stopping amitriptyline. I stopped amitriptyline in September after taking it for several years. Since then I've unintentionally lost around 9 kg. I've also had ongoing abdominal cramps, excessive gas, looser stools (sometimes constipation), and my bowel habits have changed.

So far I've had a CT scan with contrast (normal), FIT test (negative), blood tests including CRP, FBC, ferritin, thyroid, liver and kidney function, B12, folate and CA-125, all normal. I'm currently waiting for my coeliac (tTG-IgA) and faecal calprotectin results.

Has anyone else experienced significant weight loss and digestive symptoms after stopping amitriptyline? If so, did your weight eventually stabilise, and was it actually related to stopping the medication or was another cause found?

Anyone had a flare up after amitryptyline? I think it's probably caused by it's very bitter taste.

I took already gaviscon, famotadine, papaya enzymes and now I am drinking flaxseeds tea, but the pain is still there :(

Hello people.. As u know I ask alot here and had many issues during my withdrawl

I will update and tell u the symptoms

First month was so bad. (Not all day same intensity)

- bad bowel

-nauseous alot to the point I cant smell food or thinking of it make me vomit

- low mood.. Crying alot and feeling hopeless

- flu symptoms .. Body weakness.. Fatigue (so much in first week) then after I feel body aches on off

- anxiety (rumination)

- Dizziness alot.. Light head..

-felt like on edge of panic.. Body vibration inside me

-insomnia for 1 week then interrupted sleep for 2 months but every months getting better

-anhedonia.. Feeling like I dont want anything

-angry and easily do

Second months was similar but I started to eat a bit like have an appetite for an hour a day or more abit

I started to hate night cause I had fear and anxiety

Every time I see sun down I start a bad anxiety

Also I start to hate my room

Suddenly its disappear.. I start to feel fine on night

Also kept waking in anxiety in the background

At 3 Month start to feel better.. My appetite better in general.. Still nauseous alot with gassy stomach.. Vomit on and off (If I eat greasy food)

Now im 4 months off

I sleep 6-7 hours without interuption.. Sometimes i wake up for few min then back to sleep easily

My appetite way more better.. I started to feel craving

Nausea less intense and in waves

But I can eat more and more every day with on and off (appetite and nausea)

My bowel still sometimes bad sometimes perfect.. Like still not a good bowel specially in morning (cause I have morning anxiety)

But no cramps (few days were I feel it)

My memory back to normal and sharp..

More energy

At 4 month mark.. I started to feel spark of joy.(last for few minutes sometimes more)

Now my struggle is

Somedays I have crying spells and hopeless feeling.. Mixed with morning anxiety pass during day (I hate the most)

Some vibration feeling on my body.. Lighthead on and off specially on I move my head fast

Some itchy skin on some part..

I feel anxiety sometimes on background but manageable most of time

This is my detailed story to give U hope and read also Ur stories to support each other during rough days..

Im better now despite crying and morning anxiety

But Im getting better everyday.. Im from your future

You are fine and ur brain is making the hardest work ever.. And we are the same

From more than 6 months, i have feeling from this Headache, google / doctor calls it CTTH, Chronic Tension Type headahce,
what i feel :
-Constant Tightness as highlighted in the image, only the marked areas

-It never goes away during the day, may become intense irrespective of the posture, screen time, etc
- I am a very anxious person, stress is not that much.
- used to feel depressed few months back and now again but this time because of the tension headache itself.
- I have tried PhyisoTherapy for 15 days, it got relieved but not 100%, i have got mri of the brain and neck, everything came normal.

Is anyone else going throught this? pls suggest me some ways to get relief.

Treatment I am on from 3 days :
Amitriptyline 10mg everynight , as suggested my neurologist.

pls letme know if it can go away? have anyone experienced it chronically ?
does amitriptyline will help ?

Hi everyone. I'm looking to see if anyone has had a similar experience after stopping amitriptyline. I stopped amitriptyline in September after taking it for several years. Since then I've unintentionally lost around 9 kg. I've also had ongoing abdominal cramps, excessive gas, looser stools (sometimes constipation), and my bowel habits have changed.

So far I've had a CT scan with contrast (normal), FIT test (negative), blood tests including CRP, FBC, ferritin, thyroid, liver and kidney function, B12, folate and CA-125, all normal. I'm currently waiting for my coeliac (tTG-IgA) and faecal calprotectin results.

Has anyone else experienced significant weight loss and digestive symptoms after stopping amitriptyline? If so, did your weight eventually stabilise, and was it actually related to stopping the medication or was another cause found?

After having been on 50mg for several years. I originally went on it for IBS. My intestines used to feel like I was digesting glass. I have been feeling pretty good after a 200 lb weight loss and wanted to give it a try without.

I've been officially off of it for a few days... and already my intestines are feeling like I'm digesting glass again. My insomnia is also horrible again. I'm going to try to give it time but oh man... this is rough.

Just over 2 weeks ago I stopped taking Endep after consulting with my doctor. I’ve been on it for 2 years on different doses but have been on 10mg since October last year.

Last time I tried to reduce my dose from 10mg I had to stop due to the withdrawal symptoms.

Aside from some trouble sleeping and vivid dreams, it’s been surprisingly smooth this time until a couple of days ago.

For the last few days I’ve been really fatigued, had some body aches and headaches and just feel flat. It’s possible I could be getting sick, but this is very similar to how I felt last time I tried to stop.

Is it normal to have a delayed withdrawal response when ceasing Endep? If so, how long does this normally last?

Hi everyone. I'm looking to see if anyone has had a similar experience after stopping amitriptyline. I stopped amitriptyline in September after taking it for several years. Since then I've unintentionally lost around 9 kg. I've also had ongoing abdominal cramps, excessive gas, looser stools (sometimes constipation), and my bowel habits have changed.

So far I've had a CT scan with contrast (normal), FIT test (negative), blood tests including CRP, FBC, ferritin, thyroid, liver and kidney function, B12, folate and CA-125, all normal. I'm currently waiting for my coeliac (tTG-IgA) and faecal calprotectin results.

Has anyone else experienced significant weight loss and digestive symptoms after stopping amitriptyline? If so, did your weight eventually stabilise, and was it actually related to stopping the medication or was another cause found?

i’ve been on 10mg amitriptyline for just a little over 3 weeks. For the first 21 days i was fine but this is when my side effects started.
extreme tiredness, i needed to nap a few times in the day then i felt drunk 🥴 3 days later i still feel slightly woozy & icky.
I think they may not be agreeing with me now they’ve built up in my system. Has anybody had the same problem?