Does anyone take amitryptaline? Do you get any side effects?

Question

i have been taking it for about 2 months and i am having really bad nightmares and constantly feel dizzy or disorientated. does anyone else experience anything like this?

Answer 1

I took amitryptaline for awhile. I had too many side effects and stopped. (I didn't have ANY dreams while I took it.) I was often tired. I gained weight.

Talk to your doctor and see if you should change meds.

Answer 2

I take it. I lay around depressed to the point of being catatonic for 7 years. I tried everything and low and behold that medicine was given to help me sleep and I started to get better. They don't like to use this drug because it has very many side effects. Look it up on the Internet to read all of them. The dose I take is the absolute maximum. 300mg. I take it with other antidepressants. The choice I made with this drug is quality of life verses quantity.Your symptoms tell me lower the dose or switch meds. Amitryptaline should be a last resort medicine just for the side effects you describe. For me it makes me feel so crummy every day if I ever get sick I don't realize it for 1-2 days

Answer 3

Ok, despite our differences, I was prescribed that for anxiety. I took it ONE time and I slept all night despite the fact that I have insomnia. BUT, I had a headache the whole day the next day and I even stumbled and fell into the kitchen table cause I was so dizzy. Felt like I had a ton of bricks on my head. I stayed in bed that whole day, all night and didn't wake up til the next afternoon. Don't take it. Try lexapro. That's what I'm on now. 30mg. I've been on it all. If you have depression it also helps that. I'm bipolar so I'm on Lamictal as well.

Answer 4

I was groggy for the first few days, but that went away. But, I did gain 20 lbs so I switched to something else. As others have said, dry mouth is a side effect which can also affect your teeth.
I did not have nightmares.

Answer 5

Yes I took it for a few months and felt constantly dizzy. I went back to the Doctor and got something else

Answer 6

When I was taking it, I experienced: drowsiness, dry mouth, Increased appetite, strange taste in mouth and that's really it. It really did help me to sleep.. but I didn't have nightmares while on it nor did it make me feel dizzy.

Answer 7

Side-effects dry mouth, sedation, blurred vision (disturbance of accommodation, increased intra-ocular pressure), constipation, nausea, difficulty with micturition; cardiovascular side-effects (such as ECG changes, arrhythmias, postural hypotension, tachycardia, syncope, particularly with high doses); sweating, tremor, rashes and hypersensitivity reactions (including urticaria, photosensitivity), behavioural disturbances (particularly children), hypomania or mania, confusion or delirium (particularly elderly), headache, interference with sexual function, blood sugar changes; increased appetite and weight gain (occasionally weight loss); endocrine side-effects such as testicular enlargement, gynaecomastia, galactorrhoea; also convulsions (see also Cautions), movement disorders and dyskinesias, dysarthria, paraesthesia, taste disturbances, tinnitus, fever, agranulocytosis, leucopenia, eosinophilia, purpura, thrombocytopenia, hyponatraemia (see Hyponatraemia and Antidepressant Therapy, section 4.3), abnormal liver function tests (jaundice);

Answer 8

YES i accidently took 2, it made me flighty, and then I took my wellbutrin @ the wrong time. my brake lines broke that day, and I was so chill about it, and everyone kept asking what I was on. Quit taking it after that.

Answer 9

I had fuzzy vision (for the first month), drowsiness and extreme thirst. Do check with your doctor or pharmacist soon. The medication (or dosage) might not be suitable for you.

Answer 10

Its been a long time ago but DRY MOUTH stands out in my minds eye