Experiences with

Amitriptyline / Perphenazine

Hi. I've just rejoined after a few years & would love to be part of the group again. I am struggling as we all are with this terrible Fibro. Yesterday, after yet another chat with my GP, he prescribed Pregablin. 50mgx 3 a day. I am already taking Co Codamol & Amitriptyline. I have read many negatives

Hi newest update have just come out of hospital again as the doctor sent me straight there last Tuesday. Still getting chest pain and had swollen legs and tongue. Have been taken off lisinopril and Amlodipine. Non the wiser about the chest pain was told by one doctor it was due to my mental health! All

Hi, I'm new here. I've been diagnosed with IBS. I have been prescribed Amitriptyline but it hasn't helped stop daily stomach pain. Cocodamol nor Buscopan has helped either. Does anyone have any other suggestions of how to help relieve stomach pain. I don' t get bloating but the pain can be unbearable

Greetings - I was diagnosed in September 2022 with a mild form of PBC. I don’t really have any symptoms and don’t take any medication for it. I was only referred to a hepatologist after years of irregular blood tests showing raised ALP and Gamma-GT. I’ve had a multitude of scans, blood tests etc to

29yo female in England uk. Had chronic pelvic pain for 3ish years. See nhs physio with dilators and diaphragmatic breathing exercises alongside psychology for mindfulness exercises. Not enough money for private currently. Am self employed. Meds On 100mg amitriptyline at night as well as prucalopride

It's not an exaggeration. My garden's a neglected mess of weeds and everyone else's either looks great and well managed or at least is covered in paving or concrete. I used to be very chatty with my neighbour, but our shared fence is covered in mature ivy (I didn't plant the thing, it was there when

Since my last two blood test over 4 months, my ferritin level has been Ferritin * 3/57 ugL. The range should be between 30 - 250. This is of a great concern to me as I suffer from the following Conditions: Rheumatoid Arthritis, Sarcoidosis, High Blood Pressure, Lower Back pain - Severe Degenerative

Hi is there anyone else on here who struggles to tolerate any medication for fibromyalgia because of side effects? I put on a huge amount of weight with amitriptyline, sweated buckets with duloxetine and had much worse fatigue with pregablin. I am currently going through a horrible tramadol withdrawal

Hello, I developed Tinnitus last November after a cocktail of Atorvastatin, Amlodipine and Felodipine. Symptoms slowly worsening during the course of this year. My surgery insisted Atorvastatin was not part responsible and advised it could help with tinnitus symptoms. In desperation I restarted

Last year, I took a fairly low dose of Amitriptyline for the effects of shingles - primarily pain. I think it helped a bit - and it definitely seemed to help me sleep. But the side effects were unpleasant. (Tiredness, especially in the morning. Dry mouth.) Though in such situations, it is always going

I’m advised my by GP to take 30mg Amitriptyline daily. However, this amount makes my restless legs worse. I’m lying in bed now awake at 3am, so I’ve taken two paracetamols and 30mg codeine. I sometimes think the drugs we take makes things worse. What do you take for Fibromyalgia?

Ten years ago I had ovarian cancer, I’m well now. Gradually ever since the extensive surgery I had, I’ve developed symptoms such as widespread pain, insomnia, stiffness in joints and muscles, severe cramps, fatigue, anxiety/depression, brain fog, irritable bladder, gut issues and restless legs. I’ve

I had a fall in January 2022, but it took 2 weeks for me to realise that I was not functioning well. After an absence from work of 4weeks, I had a phased return to work which in hindsight was not fit for purpose. After contracting a bad case of covid in Autumn 2022, my symptoms( dizzyness, headache,

Hi My name is Gulshan Munshi. I am 68 years old and suffering from lower back pain which travels down to my legs which makes it very difficult to walk or sit for a longer period of time. I get kind of strange type of pain in my right leg e.g. vein or bone getting on top of each other and until that comes

I’m in miserable levels of pain after a hip replacement 6 weeks ago. Before I had my surgery the pain was well managed by meloxicam and amitriptyline but then I had my first episode of AFib and they thought it may have been triggered by those drugs. So I was started on the holy grail of Bisoprolol,

HiI have a h/ o fibromyalgia and recently diagnosed hypothyroid but for the last year I feel permanently migranous. I was having 2 a week last summer but after using magnesium patches they disappeared(!) but they are now back( still using the patches) Thinking of trying co- enzyme q10 and have ordered

I was on duloxtine for 2 months, I felt better only first week , then 5 weeks things became not well .My doctor has advised me to chane to amitriptyline, I did that for 6 days now , today I feel my head muscles so tight and I feel impulsive and cant sleep

Help agian please ,I've read on leaflet for hydroxychloroquine not to take certain antibiotics with them ,it doesn't mention Doxycycline, I'm wondering is it ok to take Doxycycline with them ,also I told my consultant that I was taking 30mg of amitriptyline, she still gave me hydroxchlroquine

Hi All :) First time posting - I was diagnosed with CFS and Fibromyalgia about 3 years ago after having symptoms for over 10 years prior. I always worked full time through the pain, I had so many 'crashes' a year but dealt with them as they came. However, I stopped working in January after a really

Hi guys I have had RSL for about 10 years and have been taking 0.25mg sifrol at night. I now have the same feeling in my left arm and it is getting worse, I have a lot of other medical issues as well and I am taking Mizart 40 mg for blood pressure , I was taking Amitriptyline 10 mgs as well for the nerve