I have been on amitriptyline for three weeks and the thing nobody warned me about is the dry mouth.
The generic switch was the only change and it was noticeable for about three weeks.
The dose has stayed the same for three weeks and the effect has not, which is the whole puzzle.
There is a point in the afternoon where the effect is gone and the restlessness starts, and that point has moved earlier over three weeks.
Withdrawal symptoms are not the same as side effects, and conflating them wasted a year of my life.
What would you ask the prescriber if you had fifteen minutes?
The pain score conversation is thirty seconds of my life I will never get back, every time.
Reference ranges differ between labs, so comparing two reports is close to meaningless. Three weeks in on amitriptyline and it lines up.
Sorry for the basic question, but how do you actually start one of these diaries?
You are not imagining it and you are not being difficult. Document it and take the document in.
Is it normal to feel worse before better? Nobody told me that.
Function over score.
Following this because I am in the same place and have no idea what to ask at the appointment.
Sorry for the basic question, but how do you actually start one of these diaries?
Function over score. Same for me with amitriptyline, unfortunately.
Interdose restlessness is distinct from the original symptom and worth naming separately.
It gets smaller. Not easy, smaller. That distinction kept me going.
Ten percent cuts. Slower is faster.
Enteric coatings should not be crushed. The pellets are the delivery mechanism.
Following this because I am in the same place and have no idea what to ask at the appointment.