My doc rx'd neurontin for me, and it made me way too foggy so I had to get off it. didn't do a thing for the pain.

I tried elavil and it worked really well for burning and shock-like nerve pain. Muscle pain, spasms, it did not touch.

I started out at 50 mgs, which my neuro about fainted when he heard, lol. (My pcp rx'd).

Neuro would have started at 10 mgs and tapered up.

I took it at night and it did make me quite sleepy. I had no other side effects except gained a couple pounds - maybe 5? Nothing to freak about.

It did not help any mood/deppression issues I may have had along the way. I took it for a couple years.

Stopped when I had serious insomnia - tapered off all meds due to that, except topamax. Did not need to get back on it, as pain was not too bad. I would get right back on it if needed. It's the only AD I had no problem with.

Lyrica also helped some with pain - was better for spasms in back/shoulders though. Did not help the pain elavil worked for. funny...

Strange how we all have different experiences with certain meds. I am almost always opposite from everyone else with this type of med.

Still, try it. You never know.

Also, you might find the drug link at the top of page will tell if you can take the two meds together. There are meds you cannot take with elavil, but I did not think ambien was one of them. You may not need it, however, as sleepy as elavil should make you.