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QuestionQueen

783d

Does Amitriptyline work for your fibromyalgia pain? What other medications have you tried? I’m looking for a better way to handle the chronic pain.

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    • Vitula

      773d

      I received the best help once my PCP referred me to a pain specialist. Good luck!

    • Vitula

      773d

      I received the best help once my PCP referred me to a pain specialist. Good luck!

    • Havana

      779d

      When I took it I slept better and when I slept better I felt better overall.

    • Reece

      779d

      QuestionQueen I take mine at night and it really helps me sleep. I am, however, in a higher dose.

    • QuestionQueen

      779d

      Thanks! I think I may try mine at night as some of you suggested.

    • Reece

      779d

      I have been on it for about 4 years and I find that I have more days out of bed than in bed. Unlike before when I couldn’t get myself out of bed to even go to work. It’s not a cure all but it definitely helps make my pain more manageable. I do have it paired with Buspirone which is an anti-anxiety med but also is used to chronic pain.

    • Berniejay

      780d

      I take it for nerve pain, it helps a lot. Without it I can barely sleep

    • Dreamdoughnut

      783d

      It really helps my FM and IBS symptoms. I still have pain but it has greatly reduced it. The one downside is that it gives me acid reflux.

    • QuestionQueen

      783d

      Thanks all of you for your answers. They are helpful.

    • Alienlover

      783d

      I take it before bedtime. It helps me fall asleep but doesn’t really help me stay asleep.

    • monstrously_witty

      783d

      It really helps me with my idiopathic nerve pain all over my body and ibs pain as well. The key is to find the correct dosage, at least that was what I found in my case.

    • Alienlover

      783d

      I only use it to control my IBS symptoms. It works for it maybe 70%. I take a very low dose of 20mg. Maybe higher doses work for other things.

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