Amitriptyline, Day 2

[ArnoldAx]

Hi, I'm in my early 40's and have sufferedswith ibs-d since my teens. There are certain foods that seem to exacerbate my symptoms, but for me the overriding issue is stress; working with my GP and following my Hospital appts I have tried several methods to manage my stress, but nothing I do can over ride the stress of knowing I need to 'go' when I'm out and trying to find somewhere fast.....it creates such a vicious circle, add to that the pain of the cramps & sometimes, it's all a bit much.

Anyway, I have taken some holiday from work, which involves a lot of driving, & have started Amitriptyline. the tiredness so far doesn't seem so bad, but I have everything crossed that this may help. I've never found the anti-spasmodics makes much difference and perhaps eliminating the pain may help he eliminate the stress, which in turn may mean less loperamide.

Does anyone have any good/bad/advice experiences with Amitrptyline to share?

Thank you, A

[ivesy]

I've been on amitriptyline for about 6 years. It started helping and for the first couple of years helped a lot. However now I don t really feel any effect. I've tried to come off them but experienced severe withdrawal symptoms. So I'm currently still on them.

[ArnoldAx in reply to ivesy]

Yikes! What kind of withdrawal symptoms have you suffered? It's such a fine balance between how much more of my ibs symptoms I can deal with versus a future trying to come off amitriptyline, right now the balance is towards a break from my ibs, it's absolutely debilitating at worst and embarrassing at best. 😔

[ivesy in reply to ArnoldAx]

Main symptoms were nausea and loose stools. Yeah it's really tough to decide. Looking back I kind of wish I hadn't started. But then I might have been a lot worse than I am now.

[Joy25]

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[ArnoldAx in reply to Joy25]

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