ELAVIL Reviews (AMITRIPTYLINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.1 (585 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ELAVIL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ELAVIL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Migraine preventative | Not many side effects. Some dry mouth and that's about all. | I am currently taking 50mgs a night and I've gone from status migraines to maybe 4 or 5 migraines per month. A significant reduction with very little side effects. I would recommend any chronic migraine sufferer to try this medication. It does take awhile to kick in-2 to 3 weeks to reach steady state. | F | 34 | 3.5 months | 6/2/2005 | 3 | Migraines | Lots of weight gain and insatiable appetite. | At 100mg a day, this decreased migraine frequency but was not worth the significant amount of weight gain as a trade off. | F | 25 | 2.5 months | 5/5/2005 | 1 | depression | Sleepy | This med worked for depression, but I gained so much weight. It slows your rmr. | F | 33 | | 4/29/2005 | 3 | pain from shingles, fibromyalgia | sleepiness, groggy, and very moody,,unusual for me~ | going to try it for a few more nites, and see what happens, might have to get it into my system for it to work without the side effects? | F | 58 | 2 days | 4/9/2005 | 5 | chronic pain | Worked immediately and helped me sleep without feeling drugged. A wonder drug! | F | 27 | 4 years | 3/29/2005 | 1 | insomnia | agitation and severe drowsiness AT THE SAME TIME | First night I took 10mg and all night I was extremely agitated and sleepy. Horrible, worse than my normal insomnia. Second night I cut the pill in half for 5mg and had horrible restless sleep, waking every hour or so. I am on to another drug to try for insomnia. This drug made my normal insomnia seem pretty good. It was a horrible horrible two nights. | F | 33 | 2 days | 3/29/2005 | 4 | MIGRAINE PROPHYLAXIS | Facial tic, dry mouth | After 15 years on propanolol, I had to find a new medication due to asthma complications. Elavil seems to work well in preventing migraine and really helps me sleep soundly, but I am dismayed by the development of a facial tic after about 60 days on Elavil. | F | 43 | 3 months | 3/24/2005 | 4 | trigeminal neuralgia | sleepiness | good, take too much, it drys your mouth. | F | 36 | 3 months | 3/22/2005 | 5 | low back pain | caused dry eye syndrome so stopped taking as coulnt wear contacts, 100 percent effective with chronic pain | F | 38 | 2 months | 3/8/2005 | 3 | Pain | No side effects | This medication is not potent enough when it comes to my pain.It is to help my Fibromyalgia and Arthritis.It does however cause me to be much calmer. | M | | 2/25/2005 | 3 | complicated migraines | WEIGHT GAIN!!!! dry mouth and dizziness at first. feel drained of energy. initially headaches and hemiparesis were well controlled, but now the headaches are rebounding so I really don't want this med anymore. | F | 31 | 6 months | 2/24/2005 | 4 | MIGRAINE | dsfa | sdf | M | 21 | 1 weeks | 1/18/2005 | 1 | | 1/18/2005 | 4 | Insomnia, anxiety | Dry mouth, weight gain, lowered metabolism, deteriation of gums, Drowsiness | Works well for sleep, but over the last 5 years my dosage keeps increasing as my body builds resistance, I averaged about 100mgs a night! Went cold turkey for 5 days last week and slept very very little, am now back on but only need around 25mg great. I also mediate usualy twice a day for 30 min.. i find it helps me become more calm and helps speed up the onset of Elavil's s calming/drowsy properties to help me get to sleep fastser.. If you have any questions please send me an email. I would be most grateful to help if I can.. | M | 26 | 4 days | 1/16/2005 | 1 | anxiety | dry mouth, headache, excess sweating, heartburn, stabbing pains in sides, unpleasant taste, eye pain, fast and irregular heart beat, shakiness, nervousness, restlessness, almost uncontrollable violent rage, blurred vision, constipation, eye pain, stiffness in arms and legs, difficulty swallowing, sore throat, hot flashes, irritability, hallucinations (floaters) | i was prescribed this drug to supplement paxil 20 mg/day. paxil was innefective in controlling my anxiety, but i continue to take it as it is more effective than opioids for chronic pain in my leg. maybe this stuff isn't so bad by itself, and the horrible side effects i mention go away after about an hour, but i experience them even at half the recommended dosage, which was only 25 mg to begin with. don't take this shit if you are on paxil. seriously made me want to hurt somebody, and those feelings in turn made me think about killing myself. | M | 26 | 10 days | 12/29/2004 | 4 | Sleeping Unexplained minor pain | at first I started at 10 mg and it made me sleep very deeply. Doctor gave it to me because I had pain in lower legs. After that, my family doctor upgraded to 25 mg as an antidepressant. It was good to sleep; but for depression, useless. I did not saw any changes. If you can sleep with 10 mg, why go to 25? Use the lowest possible dose to sleep. For depression, the dosage is much higher. | Very cheap product because it is generic I think | M | 52 | 3 months | 11/21/2004 | 3 | Pain | Elavil side effects: Weight gain, dry mouth, weird dreams, tooth decay, irregular heart beat, sweating, ejaculation problems. | I have been taking elavil since my car accident. I was a competitive sports guy. Powerlifting, football, etc. Started out with good results from the medication but after 4 years on 50mgs I'm going off the stuff sleep or no sleep. I never really slept most of my life because of hyperactivity. I took up Tae Kwon Do and never felt better. Joints and muscles get stretched and worked like never before. Fibramyalgia went away and my sex life is back again. My best friend is a nutritionist and I have been on a regiment of vitamins which absolutly work. I'm 56, very active, and feeling good. My email is [email protected] if you want to know exactly what I take and do for exercise. I will return your email. | M | 56 | 4 years | 11/18/2004 | 3 | Fibro/Sleep disorder | Hangover effect in morning. Makes me groggy, hard to get up. General weakness in lower body. Dry mouth. | Take it early, 7pm. Works good but tolerance builds up. Hard to sleep w/o it. Does give me restful sleep which is better than long-term sleep apnea. | M | 200 days | 11/14/2004 | 3 | Migraines | extreme sleepiness all day, couldn't wake up, could sleep for 15 hours or more and I was only on 10 mg, combined with 500mg of Depakote for prevention of migraines | I noticed a decrese in my migraines, but eventually went on continuos cycle birth control which practically wiped out all my migraines, went from 3 or 4 a month on preventative meds to 1 every couple months on continous birth control | F | 22 | 7 years | 11/12/2004 | 5 | Chronic Fatigue, abdominal pain. | Morning sleepiness, constipation, dry mouth. | I suffered with debilitating chronic pain and fatigue, and had tried many other medications without much relief. Taking this drug (75 mg at night) helped restore my sleep which was the key to improving my health from terrible to fair. At least I could function and had a better quality of life. The morning sleepiness, constipation and dry mouth side effects all began to become less pronounced within two to four months, so if you have severe health problems, don't give up on it too early because of side effects. | M | 50 | 10 years | 11/9/2004 |