Just wanted to update this~ I am now taking 80 mg of amitriptyline before bed and I am only waking once-twice during the night, unless it is a bad pain night (then I'll wake 5 or so times)! I am so happy that I am finally sleeping, and it really helps with tolerating the pain and coping!

Of course sleeping makes the pain easier to bear- every little thing will make your pain worse or appear worse (being exhausted, hungry or thirsty will even do it)...


Now the thing is- I hope this affect doesn't wear off. With me, after taking a medication for a while, my body builds up a tolerance to it, and it'll stop working like it used to. Does anyone else deal with that? What do you do?