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Benzos Endep/Amitripyline - personal experiences ??

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Tyrielle

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Hey guys I hope this is the correct place for this thread, it is based on harm-reduction as for me it is used to treat ice/crystal meth cravings and induced insomnia.

I'm just wondering if anyone else has used it in the past and how much it helped? My doctor has prescribed me 25mg and advised me that it should help cravings and 'over-thinking' induced by ice. He also said it should help me sleep at night which so far has worked pretty well - I still wake up with that benzo/tranquilizer groggyness but it's not to bad. He also said it should rejuvenate the dopamine and seratonin production in my brain chemistry. This is my main question, does anyone know if this is even possible? It's not as if it puts me in a good mood and I want to stay away from anti-D's which is why he suggested this option.
 
Amitriptyline is still an anti depressant, just a different type from SSRI's.
It's classified as a tricyclic antidepressant.
I was on it but it made me suicidal so I came off of it right away.
I have no experience using it for any other reason so I can't really help you much more
 
I was on it when my docs wanted to evaluate and see if there was any other meds that could help me with my pain besides opioids, which there is not.

I started out low and staggered upwards in the doses, highest I went was 100 mgs. 25 mgs in the morning and 75 mgs in the evening, at around 18:30/19:00. It knocked me out cold and made me sleep 12-15 hours EACH NIGHT. I also woke up feeling pretty sluggish, but I don't know if that's to be attributed to the medicine or me sleeping for that long.

They figure it should help me with anxiety, that I'm also having (panic attacks). But it didn't do shit for me, pain or mental-wise.

Hope any of this can help you!

Rev
 
I started out on 25mg's and ended up on 150mg's which is the max outpatient dose. It won't help with dopamine levels as it's a serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor with strong anti-cholinergic effects basically and does not affect dopamine to any significant degree. It is a anti-depressant just a tricyclic one which aren't used today as a first line choice very often anymore thanks to big pharma. It is hands down the best drug i have ever had for sleep as i didn't build a tolerance to it's sedating effects very quickly at all and it would knock me out for a good 8 hours every night anyway.
 
Ho-Chi-Minh said:
Tricyclics aren't used anymore because there is a serious potential health risk.
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Well one of the major reasons they aren't used as much anymore is because unlike SSRI's they can be very lethal in overdose which is not a good thing when dealing with suicidally depressed people. They are also cardiotoxic with amitriptyline being one of the worst tricyclics in that regard.
 
any other thoughts on this but in regards as part of pain management? my dr was on a holiday when i was in last and the fill in dr mentioned this drug to me.

im currently on mscontin, oxynorm and valium, as a reference.

didnt want to create a new thread so went with this. mods, if you want to make it its own thread or throw it in the pain management thread go for it.
 
Tyrielle said:
Thanks for the feedback guys, I'm gonna stay on it for a bit see how it goes
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Good luck to you! Amytriplene (Elavil) was the first antidepressant I ever took, nearly thirty years ago in the pre-SSRI era. It took effect over a couple of weeks, as I noticed I was markedly less depressed for maybe the first time in my life. It was amazing.
 
No, 25mg wouldn't do jack for sleep; I take 75mg, and that's effective for me. It all comes down to metabolism, though. Before I was used to it, it would give me really gritty, nasty hangovers the next day, although now I'm fine. My mum is also prescribed this for severe anxiety, along with monthly depixol shots. (NHS docs hate to prescribe benzo's now.)
 
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