Seeking Experiences with Amitriptyline for Migraines

When i went on and off it i had severe mood swings completely unlike me. I had severe tiredness falling asleep at college all the time whenever i did not want to. It may have helped but it was not worth the side effects. I also had topiromate which seemed to help the most.

I was prescribed it for migraines. It didn't help. It made me tired.

i am prescribed 3x 10mg of amitriptyline for migraines but only take 10mg when needed as it makes me so sleepy that i can’t wake up to my alarms in the morning or end up sleeping 12+ hours. so i have to be very careful when i take it but it does help me with my migraine.

Lifeismid- An admission to a mental health center. Might start out scary, but it’s generally a pretty quiet place. The hardest part is the very limited visiting hours. The best part is you can learn a lot from the group work as well as meetings with your therapists.

I was on 30 mg of Amitriptyline to help with sleep. It was working very well. I had just turned 66 and I got a call from a pharmacy where I had my Rx filled. He scared me because he was saying Amitriptyline caused mental confusion in older adults. He sounded like this was urgent, so I stopped taking it and am not sleeping well again. However, not sleeping isn’t good either. My pain MD started me on nortriptyline, so I’m not sure I’m any better off, and I’m still not sleeping 🤷‍♀️

I'm currently on amitriptyline 3 years now, I take 40mg and I take it for headaches, nerve pain and sleep, sometimes taking it gives me headaches, which doesnt make sense to me lol but it has that down as a side effect, it's okay I suppose, haven't had too much problems with it

I tried it a long time ago it didn't help and made me feel very sick all the time 😞

I take it for my headache so it works pretty good the only problem is the insurance company will only pay for so many in a short period of time so I have to use them sparing with

Been on it for a year, Dr said it was mainly just to help me sleep, I still struggle with it.