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Re: Amitriptyline (Elavil) causing me to have insomnia » stann

Posted by tensor on December 31, 2011, at 3:16:27

In reply to Amitriptyline (Elavil) causing me to have insomnia, posted by stann on December 30, 2011, at 12:13:03

> I have been taking Amitriptyline for 11 night. Started with 5mg.At 5mg the first couple of nights I slept better and was drowsy the next day. I did not sleep as deeply after the first couple of nights. I increased the Amitripyline to 10mg after 6 night and since then I have had insomnia. I have been feeling more anxiety too. With panicy feelings aswell.I am taking this med for anxiety/Depression. I would like to get feed back from others who have used this medicine. I can not tolerate ssri's and am very sensitive to phyc meds, so I use low doses of them. I have tryed most all of them.I recently tryed Clomipramine and nortriptalene but had to stop them do to certain side effects.
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> Thanks

If you're taking ami for anxiety and depression you're on a very low dose, is there any reason for that? Usual dosing range is between 50-200mg. You must of course consult your pdoc but after almost two weeks you should have reached a target dose of, say, 75-150mg. You can increase with 25mg every three days.

Good luck.


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