AMITRIPTYLINE HCL Reviews (AMITRIPTYLINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.0 (64 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare AMITRIPTYLINE HCL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR AMITRIPTYLINE H | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Headaches, eye pain, insomnia | Fast weight gain, pruney skin on fingers, dizziness, drowsiness, makes it difficult to get out of bed, gotta sleep it off, unable to function and get about the day when always dizzy and drowsy from this medication. | Helped somewhat with headaches, eye pain, and insomnia. But side effects were not worth it. | F | 45 | 1X day | 8/2/2023 | 1 | Pain | Audio hallucinations. Extremely drowsy, easily angered. | This is a horrible drug in American healthcare is substandard the best. | M | 59 | 0 days 1X day | 2/23/2023 | 1 | fibromyalgia | severe urinary retention, could not urinate....stopped cold turkey and immediately the retention problem ceased. I refuse to take a drug to stop another drugs side effects.... | How can FDA stop elavil due to side effect problem but then release it under generic name (amitriptylilne) with the same side effects??? | F | 81 | 60 days 20 1X O | 1/16/2022 | 1 | Nerve pain | I was like a zombie during the day, made me moody and psychotic, caused anxiety and made my pain worse. I was only taking it for approximately 3 weeks and I still had side effects after a week | F | 41 | 3 weeks 5mg 1X day | 9/19/2020 | 1 | IBS | Prescribed for IBS-d as a neuromodulator to stop diarrhea. WORSENED the diarrhea and cramping. | More MD's need to know the paradoxical effects of these drugs -- look at the studies - half the subjects drop out. | F | 69 | 3 days 10 mg 1X day | 9/11/2020 | 1 | Chronic intractable migraine | I have suffered from severe migraine for 28 years and have been on just about every med out there. When my neurologist prescribed this I had an extremely dry mouth and was very forgetful. I asked about it and he said it should go away. It was so bad I felt like I could hardly function. I would forget what I was talking about mid sentence . Then it finally did get better. Not all the way better, but better. However my biggest issue was weight gain. I have been within 5 pounds of the same weight for 20+ years. Even after having a child, I returned to the same weight. This caused me to go from 120 to 143!!!!! My eating was really no different. My neurologist told me it can totally slow your metabolism. What?!?! I should have been told that!! I told him I was done and he weaned me off it. It's been 1.5 years now and I am still struggling to get that weight off and waiting for my metabolism to go back to "normal." I am just furious about it as I didn't "earn" my weight gain. As if 28 years with debilitating migraine want bad enough....now I gained a good amount of weight. UGH!!! My advice? DON'T take this! Too many other meds out there! | F | 43 | 6 months 100mg | 1/11/2017 | 1 | Migraines/Chronic Headaches | Increased anxiety, Increased hunger, Drowsiness throughout entire day. | I'm going to try to get off this medication asap, I can not work in school due to hunger, drowsiness, and extreme anxiety. I now have headaches more often, just not as bad. | M | 15 | 6 days 25mg 1X day | 9/28/2016 | 1 | Pain | Dizzy/Vertigo Loss of interest. Urine retention. | Am I not taking enough or too much? Side effects are still symptomatic after 2 months use. | F | 2 months 10 mg | 9/1/2016 | 1 | Depression | The primary concern for me was inanillity to get and or main tain an erection and a total lost interest in sex no interest at all it brought on another condition called ISD or ISDD (look it up ) not good when followed on all meds I was taking I had diagnos my self my pharmacist nor my doctor would render a clue as to what was wrong with but I know my body I totally blame my self I did not check these people I did not research these meds I thought they were under some kind oath to look out for they,re patients expecislly the doctor I mean how do you put a person on this type of dangerous drug and not even look back never check for toxic build up never tell the patient anything about this, four straight years I took this medicine if I was seemly on mild depression this drug could have made me commit suicide a no one would have been the wider o say never again and I'm consulting an attorney. | Take control of your life your meds flak are all taking f-ing pay from the pharmcutical industry. | M | 53 | 4 years 75 | 8/26/2016 | 1 | Migraines, insomnia, anxiety | Increased hunger, more frequent headaches, more frequent anxiety attacks. Next day fatigue. | I have never been so hungry in my life than on this medication. I constantly eat and once I'm done almost immediately feel hungry again. Gained weight in very short amount of time. It doesn't necessarily make me sleep better or longer but the next day o cannot seem to wake up and feel exhausted all day long. Also I have noticed my anxiety is heightened and I'm in a constant state of fear. and since taking it I've had a headache every single day. Not as bad as a migraine so I guess that's a plus but pretty annoying headaches that still disrupt my day to day. Will be working to wean off this med. No relief at all . | F | 24 | 2 weeks 10mg. | 8/3/2016 | 1 | Headaches | Dizziness, lethargy, and almost blacking out. | I was given this medication to help headaches, but instead I slept for 14 hours straight after taking the first dose. Felt very lethargic after waking up and almost blacked out while standing. | F | 2 days 1X day | 7/13/2015 | 1 | migraines | It seemed to be the ONLY med that helped my migraines however i was not informed of the weight gain. Had convinced myself i was having a baby due to all the weight gained and cravings. the only time i had ever felt that way was 11yrs ago with my son. After not missing my cycle and not having a pos test i started thinking of what was knew in my life started looking around i went from 123lbs to 140lbs in less then 2 mnths. I will no longer take it as of today and see if my weight and appetite goes back to normal | Its sad that i had this effect. it has been the best thing ive found in yrs that helped my chronic migraines | F | 32 | 7 months 75mg 1X day | 5/16/2015 | 1 | It made me feel like I was crazy, I would get sporadic wiggling sensations in my left eye, making me feel as if a worm was in there. I would just sit there with a mirror trying to find a fictional worm in my eye. | Needless to say I've stopped taking this drug. For Insomnia it work extremely well. But the side effect was a deal breaker. | F | 19 | 4 days 25 MG 2X AN | 4/3/2015 | 1 | Chronic Migraines/ Anxiety | Rapid Weight Gain, Uncontrollable Hunger, Nausea, Thirst, Sleeplessness | When I started taking this medication, I was hoping to help my migraines. It didn't even TOUCH them. All I experienced from it was the side effects. I gained almost 10 pounds in 1 MONTH! I was starving all the time!! Seriously, I ate everything in sight and I had cravings for things I don't normally eat. On top of the hunger, I was nauseous. So strange. I was thirsty all the time, it would wake me up after i fought so hard to fall asleep. I was miserable to be around, per my husband. I do not recommend this medication. | F | 27 | 2 months 30 1X day | 3/17/2015 | 1 | headaches/migraines/depression | I developed a horrible temper/attitude, I started feeling extremely violent & moody. | This drug from what I've experienced and heard from friends and my fiance that have also taken it have all experienced the same side effect I have, I don't think I could recommend this drug to anybody just because I wouldn't want to risk anyone having the same side effects. | 19 | 7 days | 10/21/2009 | 1 | adjunct to pain treatment | Seizures that caused me to bite holes in my tongue and break three teeth. Took one 50 mg. at bedtime. | M | 68 | 3 days | 4/13/2008 | 2 | Pain, Anxiety, Antihistamine | Pure exhaustion, blurred vision, brain fog, irritability. | While this medication was helpful for my anxiety, pain somewhat and histamine issues, I had to give it up. Sleeping 12-14 hours a night and still exhausted during the day. My anxiety eased up some but it's hard to say if that's because the drug was effective or because I was SO tired I just didn't care much about anything. I lean strongly on the natural side of dealing with health issues and this was one of my first tries at using a pharmaceutical. I have a natural stack that I've been using for years but decided to try this route cause it's dirt cheap compared to what I spend. I'll be going back to using Inositol, Quercetin, l-theanine, CBD, and B12. More effective and zero side effects. | M | 46 | 3 months 10 MG 1X day | 4/5/2022 | 2 | Sciatica, back pain and leg pain | When I first started taking amitryptaline it would immediately put me into a deep sleep after about 30 minutes of taking it, I would be in the deepest sleep and be a complete zombie the day after. It gave me an incredibly dry mouth and very dry eyes. These side effects disappeared after a couple of months and I actually started to enjoy getting a good nights sleep! The most noticable physical side effect I still have is that I can no longer drive at night as it has effected my sight quite badly - the lights all blur into one and I can't see anything, this has never been a problem for me before. In honesty I'm not sure if it improved my sciatic pain or whether it just naturally improved itself. I do know that it let me completely relax during the night, maybe that was why it helped me. I initially started on 20mg and reduced myself to 10mg about a year ago as my pain has virtually gone. About 3 months ago I had a complete mental breakdown for absolutely no reason - I have a great life a | F | 24 | 2 years 10/20mg 1X day | 3/25/2017 | 2 | slow in working excessive noise in my ears | 45 | 1 days | 1/7/2016 | 2 | Migraines with aura; milddepression | Extreme carb cravings and accompanying weight gain; made migraines with aura become much more frequent. | Worked OK for depression, but the dramatically increased frequency of my aura migraines was scary! Migraines with aura went away after I stopped taking it. | F | 41 | 6 days 30 MG 1X day | 5/2/2011 |
AMITRIPTYLINE HCL (AMITRIPTYLINE HYDROCHLORIDE): This medication is used to treat mental/mood problems such as depression. It may help improve mood and feelings of well-being, relieve anxiety and tension, help you sleep better, and increase your energy level. This medication belongs to a class of medications called tricyclic antidepressants. It works by affecting the balance of certain natural chemicals (neurotransmitters such as serotonin) in the brain. (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)