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 |
| 3 | Depression, Fibromyalgia | Can't sleep without it now. Takes a long time in the morning to wake up. Dry mouth a constant problem. You do need to keep an eye on your weight,as your metabilism does slow down. Affects your dosage of synthroid. | Even with the side effects,I think it works good for me. Took all the pain away from the fibromyalia which is a very big plus,and helps with the depression fairly well. I have to say that its the only antidepression med. that I have ever taken, so I can | M | 48 | 3 times | 3/24/2004 | 5 | Depression/insomnia | Weight gain, constipation | The only thing that helps me sleep. In my 20s I would have insomnia for a week at a time. Also had extreme depression. Have combated the weight gain with constant dieting. It can be done with long term discipline. Positive effect is that I have less overall pain. Prior to treatment for depression I had a lot of stomach and body pain. Not any more. As much as I hate being on any drugs, this one makes me feel | F | 46 | 22 years | 3/22/2004 | 5 | anxiety and depression | dry mouth, a little faint | very good medication, it works better than the ssri's i tried. | F | 25 | 90 days | 3/11/2004 | 3 | General anxiety disorder | Tiredness, groggyness in the morning, dry mouth, dizziness. Felt very weird when withdrawing from the drug. | Good for helping you get to sleep, but hasnt sorted out my anxiety at all. I'm now taking venlafaxine and it has far fewer side effects, isnt sedating and feel more uplifted. | M | 2 years | 2/25/2004 | 4 | chronic pain | Weight gain, sugar cravings, sleepiness | It really helps me nanage my chronic pain. I sleep very well with it. I once missed a dose and had a migraine with aura, the only one I've ever had. | F | 44 | 3 years | 2/23/2004 | 1 | Neuropathy | I have serious neuropathy in my legs and don't know why? I'm not diabetic,and am going to see a Rheumatologist in March. This drug made me feel very weird, even at the lowest dose I could take. I do have low blood sugar, and when taking Elavil my blood sugar hit bottom soon after taking it. My mind was extremely foggy and I could not gather my thoughts and organizatonal skill to do daily household duties. I will never take this drug again! I am now on Nerotin and doing great. | F | 39 | 2 days | 2/12/2004 | 4 | Insomnia | Extreme drowsiness and daytime fatigue after about 5 days at prescribed 10 mg dosage. | Prescribed for early morning awakenings - 10mg at bedtime. Cut pills in half and now take 5 mg which still works well for sleep but elimanates the daytime fatigue. I also take 1mg clonazepam at bedtime along with the elavil. | M | 52 | 2 weeks | 10/15/2003 | 3 | insomnia | Always wake up very groggy | Dr started me on 40 Mg each night. Over the years, I reduced to 10 mg. It gives me a good night's sleep, but I wake up very slowly and am useless for an hour after I wake up. Also, takes 2 hours to take effect, so if you forget to take it until 11 at night you're gonna be up until 1 AM. I recently dropped Amitriptylene (Elavil) for Clonazepam. Clonazepam knocks me out cold in 30 minutes, but I would wake up at 4 AM severely depressed (but definitely NOT groggy). Added Wellbutrin to the mix and now feel really good. I think that after a few weeks with the Wellbutrin I won't need the Clonazepam either. Looking back on it, I can't imagine why I put up with that awful grogginess and the constant even but slightly depressed mood that I got with the Amitriptylene. | M | 44 | 2 years | 10/9/2003 | 5 | Insomnia | Dry mouth, daytime grogginess when I first started taking it | Have not slept as well in years. Wished I had asked for help with my insomnia earlier. | F | 48 | 2 months | 9/20/2003 | 4 | prophylaxis tx chronic tension h/a | weight gain | interacts a little with syntroid, i had to increase my synthroid dosage. | F | 20 | 5 months | 7/15/2003 | 5 | migraine headaches | dry mouth and makes me very sleepy after 2 hours of taking it. | went from headaches on a daily basis- after taking this drug i get headaches 4-6 times a month. i had insomnia before this drug it cured that problem also! you need to think smart on how to overcome the side effects like chew gum and take the pills at nite only and give this drug a chance .people give up on it to early!!! stay on it for 4-6 months!! at least then give your opinion! if you still have problems with it then it just wasnt ment for you! | F | 44 | 10 years | 7/9/2003 | 1 | depresion | low blood pressure to the point of passing out. Reacted with alcohol which i was not warned about as i was a minor at the time and wasn't supposed to be drinking. Fell into a coma for 3 days | After the comma I dumped all of the pills down the toilet and didn't sleep for 7 days. Was taking to high of a dosage for my weight, | F | 18 | 2 weeks | 2/28/2003 | 1 | Depression | Tons. Dry mouth, blurred vision, relestness, tachycardia, tremors, sweating. | Try something else. There are better TCA's available. | F | 27 | 1 years | 2/26/2003 | 3 | fibromyalgia | I take 50 mg for a restfull sleep at night | F | 57 | 12 years | 2/1/2003 | 4 | Depression | dry mouth and craving for sweets | this is my only reliability against depression and sometimes alternate to pamelor as they both do the same thing -- I have been put on every drug for depression and the only ones to work was elavil and pamelor and if not for these two drugs I would not be here | M | 52 | 9 years | 12/27/2002 | 5 | M | 40 | 5 years | 10/25/2002 | 5 | deppression | cotten mouth, | I;ve been taking it 25 yrs,cant sleep without it.I rtied all the other anti deppresants, always come back to elival | M | 55 | 25 years | 8/29/2002 | 4 | skull bone marrow expansion-pedia | weight gain, insatiable appetite | M | 9 | 6 months | 7/16/2002 | 3 | depression/insomnia | awful dry-mouth, dizziness, inability to concentrate (takes a liter of Mountain Dew to render oneself even marginally functional)... | helped insomnia for a while, but tolerance built up quickly. also, takes far too long to kick in -- very irritating when you wake up an hour or two early and don't have time to take more. that, plus the side effects, got to be too much eventually. and coming off this drug can be extremely difficult... | F | 27 | 4 months | 6/7/2002 | 4 | Fibromyalgia | Weight gain that would not come off. May have altered my mytabolism??? | F | 40 | 3 weeks | 5/29/2002 |