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Coming off Amytriptiline

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christine167
christine167

I was on amitriptyline for 3 years 25mg. I went my doctor who dropped the dose to 10mg and told me to take them for a month then stop. I actually took them for 3 weeks with no side effects then dropped to 5mg for 2 weeks.

I have now been totally off for 2 weeks and apart from a little bit of itching have been fine.

Just thought I would let you know that it is possible to come off without withdrawal symptoms.

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  • Lina1961
    Lina1961 christine167

    Posted

    I have just spoken to my MS she is swapping to its baby brother notripyline as I am quite sensitive with it I will try anything

    Lina

  • Paula2019
    Paula2019 christine167

    Posted

    Hi Christine, you are very lucky unfortunately there are many factors involved with these, there are alot of people who are not so lucky and suffer with terrible withdrawal symptoms, myself included.
    • christine167
      christine167 Paula2019

      Posted

      Hi Paula. Sorry to hear you are having a bad time. I thought that I would share my experience so that people would know that it is not always a traumatic experience. I am sorry to hear that you are having a bad time. I hope things get better fir you.
    • Paula2019
      Paula2019 christine167

      Posted

      Hi Christine thank you, I am really pleased that you are no longer taking these and feel fine.  I have been off them completely for over 4 weeks, and the scariest symptom was my blood pressure rising to 155/107 each time, putting me near heart attack or stroke territory, otherwise my blood pressure is normal and always has been.   I had to taper by tiny amounts and was very ill for 2-3 weeks and have been signed off a lot from work, it took me 8 tapers, so 8 lots of withdrawals.  So, it scares me for others out there like me and want to raise awareness.
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