Done With Amitriptyline

I gave it a second shot but it didn't do shit for me, except making me dizzy every day, more anxious, increased my panic attacks, killed my appetite and made it ridiculously difficult to piss.

At 50mg with the above side effects and hardly helpful for my insomnia, I reduced the dose to 25mg the day before yesterday and simply stopped at that. I took 2mg of Ativan the next night, slept great, felt normal and had no withdrawal. Which is odd given that seven years ago while trying to come off 10mg, I experienced withdrawal symptoms. They didn't last long, maybe two days. Seven years later at 5X the dose, no withdrawal? Perhaps, the length of time on it--only a couple of months this time--is why.

That's the only positive. I'm glad I'm off it. Now if I could just stop being so suggestible, neurotic and paranoid and learn to trust my own gut feeling instead of always acquiescing to the suggestions and opinions of 'experts.'

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Rethinking Amitriptyline

I've given amitriptyline two chances now. I even upped my dose to 50mg at night for insomnia. While I do eventually fall asleep, I tend to sleep too much and then feel out of it for a while and then the dizziness hits in the evenings.

I've also started experiencing headaches and feel on edge, very anxious without reason. I can feel a panic attack coming. This is unusual for me because 99% of the time I know why I am anxious and what causes me to panic. It's rare that it comes out of left field.

I've also been feeling more depressed but I'm not sure if that's related to this med.

I'm tapering it tonight. I just took 25mg instead of 50mg and I'll see how I react to the dosage decrease.

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