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Re: Advice on Elavil and effects?
From: Claudia Twisdale RN (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 22 Aug 2000 17:38:48 -0500 (CDT)
10mg of Elavil is very little, it is used often in amounts upt 150mg. I
would suggest you try it for a bit. (PS biggest side effect I have
known is increased weight gain)
At Tue, 22 Aug 2000, Emme wrote:
>
>For those doctors who have read my posts, I apologize for their
>frequency, I'm just trying to get to the bottom of my problems :(-. I
>went to my primary care doctor on Friday and after examining me and
>listening to my chronology of UTIs, ill health, fatigue, moodiness and
>feeling depressed, he concluded that I might be suffering from
>depression. He prescribed a 10mg dose of amitryptylin (to be more
>specific, a generic form of Elavil)to take at bedtime. My pharmacist
>said that a dose that low doesn't really have any effects and is out of
>your system by morning, but reading the monograph about side effects
>frightened me and I know your body can get addicted to tricyclic
>antidepressants. All I wanted to do the three days that I took the
>amitryptylin was sleep all day. I don't like the idea of body or brain
>processes being inhibited to solve problems.
>
>I think much of my depression and moodiness is due to the pill, and that
>once I go off of it things will improve significantly. As mentioned
>before, the UTI-symptoms seem to come within the first 8 days after I
>start my pill pack. Also, I really don't want to have to worry about
>time changes and drug side effects while on vacation. Bedtime here is
>different from bedtime in Europe. Do you think I can stop the Elavil (I
>took it Fri, Sat, Sun, but not last night)and then talk to my doctor
>about actually using such therapy if things don't improve after stopping
>the pill? I start the placebo part of the pill pack on Sept. 3rd (I
>will be on vacation from Aug 24- Sep. 6). Your professional advice
>would be greatly appreciated. I know I should trust my doctor, but
>sometimes I think homeopathic methods that don't tamper with your body's
>natural function are the best way to go. The two weeks I had no
>antibiotics in my system (other than the Pill), I felt better than I had
>for a while (and one of these was the placebo week!) Thanks!
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