Posted by bulldog2 on April 11, 2010, at 12:17:33
In reply to Re: TCA's With Opioid Actions? » bulldog2, posted by Justherself54 on April 11, 2010, at 10:56:29
> Hi Bulldog. I'm taking 50 mg. right now, then will try to increase it after speaking with my pdoc mid week.
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> I've only been on it for 3 days, and the pain has not returned. This morning I noticed my fibro pain and stiffness wasn't as bad either. I do feel very sedated however, but I'm hoping that will pass.
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> I have to be able to work through through whatever side effects this med throws at me. The only thing I've taken for pain was Tylenol with codeine and it didn't completely block the pain. Now I feel like nothing was ever wrong with my back.
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> I'm supposed to see a surgeon next month to discuss removing my coccyx. This type of surgery can have all kinds of complications. If this med continues to block the pain..I'll keep my coccyx!
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> I'm still depressed as hell, but to finally have pain relief gives me hope that things can and will get better.
>Did you get any pain relief at 25 mg? How many days to get relief?
If I take 30 - 40mg of amitriptyline should I feel more or less sides on clomipramine? I fall asleep fine on the amitriptyline and don't feel sedated the next morning.My lumbar stenosis gives me sciatica like pain down the back of my legs. Worst in the morning. Also bad right hip pain. I had a hip replacement in Sept 2009 and that went well but I'm not ready for any operations. If the clomipramine works on the pain that would be great. I'm getting tolerant to the percocet when that worked well for a while.
Went back to your post. See you've only been on it 3 days. Give it time for depression as it can take several weeks for that.
So still did you start at 25 mg and did it work the first night? Seems like it only comes in capsules. I like to titrate slowly.
I think the chronic pain has something to do with my depression so a little pain relief would be a big plus! That coccyx surgery sounds brutal. I would try and avoid that.
Thanks
Bulldog2
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