155 patient evaluations for Amitriptyline

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Jan 20, 2021 (Started Oct 06, 2016)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for insomnia)
  • Side effects
    Severe
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: 10 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Take it as early in the evening or afternoon as possible. Otherwise you will be a zombie the next day.
  • 0 helpful marks

Jan 11, 2021 (Started Apr 19, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for increased need for sleep)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for major depressive disorder)
  • Side effects
    Mild (fluid retention weight gain, weight gain, slurred speech, hangover effect)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 200 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Keep to your daily schedules, don't give into napping constantly, exercise regularly & don't become a couch potato!

Dec 15, 2018 (Started Apr 19, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for increased need for sleep)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for major depressive disorder)
  • Side effects
    Mild (fluid retention weight gain, weight gain, slurred speech, hangover effect)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 200 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Still have unexpected "depressive episodes" but they are b/c of my Major Depressive Disorder. (chemical imbalance in brain) Sometimes, I have to add an "extra" (100 mg) d/t lack of sleep/quality of sleep. But still think it's one of the best anti-depressants around. The ones that the pharmaceutical companies are cranking out have longer & longer side effects (Any advertised in magazine...takes up 3 pages!) Weight gain is something I have to fight with --along w/ post menopause, hypothyroidism, & clonazepam
Cost: < $25 monthly

Aug 13, 2018 (Started Apr 19, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for increased need for sleep)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for major depressive disorder)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (fluid retention weight gain, weight gain, slurred speech, hangover effect)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 200 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Feeling hung-over in the morning & sudden impact of sleepiness after taken; take. medication right before you have eaten & are ready for bed. Its still the best anti-depressant I've EVER tried!
Cost: < $25 monthly

Dec 15, 2017 (Started Apr 19, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for major depressive disorder)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (fluid retention weight gain, weight gain, slurred speech, hangover effect)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 200 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly

Nov 10, 2017 (Started Apr 19, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for major depressive disorder)
  • Side effects
    Mild (fluid retention weight gain, weight gain, slurred speech, hangover effect)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 200 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly

Aug 2, 2016 (Started Apr 19, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for major depressive disorder)
  • Side effects
    Mild (fluid retention weight gain, weight gain, slurred speech)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 200 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Elavil is becoming unfamiliar with psychiatrists these days; they seem to feel that the old tricylics don't work as well as all the SSRI's that are out there now. Personally, over the vast amount of years with my psychiatrist, we tried everything from A-Z......always came back to Elavil. The SSRI's had terrible side effects & did not work as well. I think it's been quite effective! The weight gain used to be bad until I was dxed w/ Type 2 Diabetes (not on medication/just diet & exercise & glucose monitoring daily) Now I've been losing weight.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Dec 17, 2020 (Started Jan 22, 2018)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for undifferentiated connective tissue disease)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for pain)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for fibromyalgia)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for insomnia)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 30 mg Daily

Jan 27, 2018 (Started Jan 22, 2018)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for fibromyalgia)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for insomnia)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for pain)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 30 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks
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