It's been a week since I had any...would I really have to be weaned off of it now?

I feel like carp today (see my mood?)

I feel like I'm walking thru sand...and the potty problems I was having last week while on the amitriptyline are a lot better, but I still seem to have a problem.

I have no clue if that problem is related to the ami, or if it's because of the MS, or if it's something related to girl things. (I've made a few observations)

edited to add:

I called the pharmacist and asked him if the things I've been feeling could be withdrawal, and he asked me what problems I was having, and as I told him each one, he was like..."yeah...yep...that'll do it...yep, that could be it"...

So, maybe it's just withdrawal and will maybe go away in couple of days.

I dont see how all the druggies do it with the illegal drugs, coming down off them. I wasnt taking high doses of the ami (10mg or less...usually less) and I feel like crap. Total crap. Like someone just gave me the flu. At least now that I know it might be withdrawal, I dont feel quite so anxious about feeling like crap.

I hope I fall asleep tonight. I'm going to bed in a bit...hopefully to sleep.

Babe, honestly... I'm sure it's a mixture of the lack of sleep and withdrawal from Amitriptyline.

I felt a bit crappy when I was coming off Amitriptyline, but I had started taking Clonazepam that did help my pain, as well as making me sleepy. So I replaced one with another so to speak, and I think that's why it was easier for me.

I've been sitting here shivering for about the past hour or two. (while watching Independence Day...weird watching the alcoholic pilot guy fly his plane into the big ray gun made me cry) I have a robe, sweats, and a blanket on me.

In the past 20 minutes or so, the weird shivering is starting to not be so bad...and still feel like crap, but I'm not shivering as much. Still freezing in here (my basement is pretty much a constant 69 degrees) My nose is all stuffed up and I'm sneezing. I think I caught a cold and that's causing a good (bad?) part of my problem.

I'm never ever ever ever ever ever ever taking an antidepressant ever again...even if I go nuts and need them! Forget it. I'm not doing it. Never ever again.

I still cant sleep tho... oh well...I have the box set of Stargate: SG-1 (and two copies of the original movie, and I've got every episode of Stargate: Atlantis recorded to dvd from my Tivo. If I'm not going to sleep. I'm going to watch the two and a half seasons of SG-1 that I missed about 6 years ago.

and when I run out of Stargate, I'm going to watch my Boston Legal dvds. I'm sure that eventually, I'll fall asleep as some point during my little tv-on-dvd festival.

I took a walk with my dad around the block tonight, at least my body is tired, even if my brain isnt.

Time to go watch Daniel Jackson ascend into a higher plane of existence, watch him wear the "sweater of Ascension" (it's a nice sweater, aran knitting, with all sorts of pretty cables knitted into it), and then see him descend (sans his clothing...Mmmm!) and then watch him battle the Ori and kill all the Go'auld's.

If I could send you my Tryptophan supplements to help you sleep, I certainly would! (I would take 1 of those at bedtime, and they did help me to sleep).

Erin if I didn't feel so bad for you what you just wrote would be terribly funny (the end part, not the part about feeling like carp and shivering).

If it's withdrawal, just hang in there. Call the doc tomorrow and see if there's something you can do to make it not so bad.



Hang in there! I hope you get some sleep.

I have slowly evolved my own personal strategy to "get to sleep".

I find the ZANAFLEX (Tizanidine HCL) which is A MS medication for spacitity works well to relax the painfully tight muscles which hinders me getting into sleep configuration. About 1/2 a 4 Mg will in a two hour time frame put me into a relaxed state. If not I take an additional 1/2 of a 4 mg ZANAFLEX after two hrs.

Also I take 200 mg of L-Theanine which is found in green tea and which shuts down the "worry center" of the brain and makes me mellow/relaxed.

The last thing is I heat up some large towels and when very warm I jump into bed with them. The sleep process is triggered by a slight increase in body temp. Hence the "custom of a nice seeping banket". Putting the blanket in the dryier might also work. I have a heating pad but I am afraid to use it without an automatic shutoff.

jackD

When I finally went to sleep around noon, I still needed help to get to sleep. My aunt told me that it would be ok if I took an Ativan pill, break it in half, break the half in half, and then take the smallest piece that I had.

That was good for about 3 hours or so. I feel a little better.

Since I'm still tired, I'm going to try to go to sleep around 10 or 11 tonight and see if I can get to sleep normally. I'm going to the doctor tomorrow to figure out if there's anything else I can do to get to sleep.

One thing my aunt suggested, was to not sit at the computer in a brightly lit room just before going to bed. So, I guess I need to put the computers to bed a bit earlier than I have been.

I am sorry you are not sleeping. Definitely talk to your doctor. I would like to add that Clonazepam (Klonopin) helped me stay asleep. That seems to be a problem for you too.