Amitriptyline wearing off after only 6 wks....?
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 10:13 am
Hi all
had a nasty relapse about 7 weeks ago. Severe fatigue for 3 weeks, and a huge increase in neurological pain - you know the crawling, itching, pricking, nagging, gnawing horrible pain. It was all down my right side - just my right side - and I had twitching too so I wasn't sleeping.
The neurology clinic's nurse sent me a script for very low dose Amitriptyline (I think it's called Elavil in some parts of the world). It worked an absolute treat. All the pain and twitching went after about 3 days on it. It was just heaven to get a break from that awful pain. I was more dopey in the mornings and a bit of constipation but a small price to pay.
Now the pain and twitching is starting to creep back again even though I haven't stopped or changed the dose (25mg).
Has anyone else had this experience? Does Amitriptyline wear off? Do you become immune to each dose over time?
had a nasty relapse about 7 weeks ago. Severe fatigue for 3 weeks, and a huge increase in neurological pain - you know the crawling, itching, pricking, nagging, gnawing horrible pain. It was all down my right side - just my right side - and I had twitching too so I wasn't sleeping.
The neurology clinic's nurse sent me a script for very low dose Amitriptyline (I think it's called Elavil in some parts of the world). It worked an absolute treat. All the pain and twitching went after about 3 days on it. It was just heaven to get a break from that awful pain. I was more dopey in the mornings and a bit of constipation but a small price to pay.
Now the pain and twitching is starting to creep back again even though I haven't stopped or changed the dose (25mg).
Has anyone else had this experience? Does Amitriptyline wear off? Do you become immune to each dose over time?