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Amitriptyline for anxiety ect?

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Chloe96260
Chloe96260

Hi everyone,

I was precribed amatrypalyn because my optician thinks I'm getting silent migraines (I get headaches a lot lately but just normal ones) because I was experiencing some strange vision symptoms but all of my eye tests came back fine. I'm not 100% sure if their right but I thought I might as well try it and see if the symptoms go away, then I know. I found out it was an antidepressant which could kill two birds with one stone for me if it is effective since it could help my anxiety but I took sertaline for anxiety before and it made my anxiety worse and gave me bad side effects. I also heard that they can give you blurred vision which sounds unappealing to me because I'm already getting strange vision symptoms and the last thing I want is for them to get worse. Does anybody have any experience taking this drug for anxiety or migraines/silent migraines and did you experience any nasty side effects or were they managable/non existant. I know they can make you drowsy but I don't mind that because it'll help me sleep. Thanks in advance

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  • caz19600
    caz19600 Chloe96260

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    Personally for me i didn't get any vision issues but i was prescribed Amitriptyline for nerve sensitivity/anxiety and i didn't feel it worked that well for me. Each person is different though. I've heard others that swear by it.

    In my case i took 75mg at its highest and i felt at that time taking it my anxiety was still high and i got more physical symptoms like chest pain/heartburn, pins and needles, adrenaline surges and weak limbs. I don't recall getting more/less headaches on it and i didn't find it make me that drowsy myself.

    • Chloe96260
      Chloe96260 caz19600

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      Thanks for your help. I think the tricky thing about these drugs is they affect everyone differentley. I've been given a very low dose and that's 10mg but that's because it was prescribed for the migraines. But I'll give it a go and if it affects me badly I'll probably just come off it cold turkey.

  • leahbabycake
    leahbabycake Chloe96260

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    im 75mg and dont work for headaches or anxiety

    ir makes you angery all the time and makes you crave sugar and my period gone worse with it

    when i google them people say its need to be higher then 75mg to work

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