Hi there..

I was put on amitriptyline around 3 months into RSD, good pain relief and I finaly got some sleep, it was upped to 30mg by the same time a year later when they switched me to trazadone.

I cant remember wheather the A took a while to start working origionaly but there were 4 days of realy bad pain again (8+), between drugs when I was switched to T and then it was as if I was still on the A sleep and pain wise for me.

I was switched because the A was making me gain too much weight..

I had gained over 30 lbs, but I gained no more with the T and actualy I had lost 5 lbs in the 8 months following, I since have lost another almost 15 lbs in the month of dec 2006 due to bein in hospital so long (nasty food *yuck twey*) and I am keeping it off it seems so far.

The weight was realy making the pain worse as my RSD is predominantly in my right ankle.

I found no diffrence pain relief wise between these two drugs over the long term, they are what has kept me sane I think.

I hope this helps and I hope that you are having low pain days,
Sandra