Posted by ben on March 24, 2002, at 10:39:20
I take only 15 mg amitryptiline (ELAVIL) at night (7 pm) and experience severe dry mouth and sedation in the morning. When I wake up in the morning my head would like to sleep again. This nasty side effects havent disappeared after 2 weeks. I take it as a sleep aid besides Moclobemide (Aurorix) and for neuropathic pain.
The problem is: I dont think that I can go much higher with it (to the range treating neuropathic pain 50-100 mg/d). Should I stick to it or switch to something other ? 2 years ago I was on 100 mg/d trimipramine with similar side effects - but as I can remenber not so strong than amitryptiline (concerning dry mouth and sedation). Do you have experiences between these two tricyclics ? At this time I had no neuropathic pain (developed in the last four months) and I switched to Celexa because of the side effects (sedation, weight gain). Are there any TCAs with lacking anticholinergic side effects ?
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