Re: Anyone have experience with this pain med?????
From: Candace (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon Oct 15 23:44:00 2007
I have taken Amitriptyline and Nortriptyline both did nothing for my
pain. To make matters worse, I am bi-polar (unmedicated) and it made me
go into a manic state... Yeah.. that stuff was a blast... They also,
told me it would help me with my insomnia... No such luck. I told my
doctor it wasn't working and stopped taking it. I've also taken
Neurontin... That didn't help.
At Mon, 15 Oct 2007, anonymous wrote:
>
>My doctor prescribed nortriptylene to try to help with the chronic pain
>i've been having (i also take vicodin as needed and salsalate which is
>like naproxen)...I have taken it for almost a month and am feeling
>horrible...I am willing to try anything at this point and wonder if
>anyone has ever had success with this medicine...
>I guess I am looking to see if the side effects are worth it and if I
>need to be patient...I am supposed to increase the dose by 10 mg each
>week and when I hit 30 mg, I started to feel nauseous, ears ringing,
>slurring and really weird mentally such as bad dreams and feeling really
>agitated...I am usually really calm and easy going and now I am really
>short tempered...the doctor put me back down to 20 mg, but I still feel
>gross....
>Is this medicine worth it? Has it helped anyone? If yes, how long did it
>take to see the result...Any info is greatly appreciated...thanks so
>much for listening...i'm so sick of this pain...I think the point was to
>give me a non-narcotic alternative, but this med has WAY more bad
>effects than taking a few vicodin each day...
--
Candace
Wishing for pain free days for all!
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