Amitriptyline and Hydro?

[The Mayor]

Has anyone had experience with amitripytiline? My wife is prescribed these- 'take one half to one pill at bedtime'. She doesn't like them and I have really taken a shine to them... great nights sleep and it seems to compliment my bedtime dosage of opies...

[Levity]

Hate the shit.
Atypical antipsychotics are great for insomnia, for soe people, but so are benzos and barbs... Plus they're muh more fun.

[vaxn8]

It's not an antipsychotic, it's a trycyclic antidepressant. It works very well for some people for sleep. I found that in the doses that helped me to sleep, I was too tired and groggy the next day. Also the anticholinergic side effects caused probs, dry mouth ect. Glad it's working out for you tho!

[nick]

Hate the stuff.Next morning,I feel like I've been hit over the head with something heavy.

[insanesteveo]

yea, they help me get to sleep, but the next day i feel like i took way too much cold medicine and it kinda gives me RLS, in the arms too. i keep having to stretch and yawn. never tried them with opiates though. if they potentiate id give it a try since the opiates would probably drown out the little bad effects.

oh yea, i have 10 mg pills, usually take 2-4 of them, when i did take them. they DO work wonders in w/d though.

[hovadagod]

took it. hate it. built a tolerance FAST.

[The Mayor]

took it. hate it. built a tolerance FAST.

Yes, as they say, tolerance is a bitch. I sometimes- not always- take about 100mg's in the evening for a restfull sleep. No bad effects in the morning, but maybe it's because I take about 20mgs of Hydro at the same time. It seems to work for me, just wondered if I'm alone on this....

[roxi*stardust]

I take the 50mg tabs and i take perc 7.5. used to take them with vic 5 back in the day, then i was only only 25mg tab. just seems to make you more sleepy. it really helps with sleep and w/ds. once you get used to it the hangover effect in the morning is gone. it is not an anti-psychotic, it is a tri-cyclic anti-deppressant, used from people to stabilize moods, chronic pain, migraines, nerve pain.

[southernbelle]

My hubby takes it for depression. It's the only thing he can take that doesn't make him crazy...lol... They don't seem to make him sleepy or anything; just keeps him on an even keel. Since he takes them at bedtime; they don't seem to interfere with the lortabs either. I don't think it's something you can use to get off on tho.....

[RThompson]

Personal experience tells me to tell others when asked that no, amitriptyline is not good... and I stand by that, but I guess some people might like them. Some people like codeine, some like butalbital, some get off on 10mg hydros; and most don't. But if it's something you enjoy, I can't say it's not worth it. As far as potentiating opiates, I think it would be a VERY subjective thing, and chemically I don't see any reason why it should. But for some people, I guess it's possible... still, if I'm just trying to add a more "groggy" feel to things, I'd simply swallow a 1/2-gram or so of diphenhydramine. Amitriptyline, when I used to take 100-300mg a day, eventually made me a mental-zombie, & I'd sit on my stoop & stare across the street & get burned by cigarettes I'd forget were there. And it was never that opiate-cigarette-forgetfulness feel... More like an "I don't care about ANYTHING... in a bad way"-feel. If a kid on their bike were to have been splattered on the street in front of me by a large-wheeled truck, I'd have not cared; might've even missed it if I blinked. A thousand-yard stare, like Private Pyle in Full Metal Jacket.

But again, do what thou wilt.

Nevertheless, I do say to be careful. Mixing them with other depressants/opiates/alcohol could be the setting for a bad night in an Emergency Room.

[LayinLow]

I take 50mg of Amitriptyline every night before bed... it works wonders for me. I sleep like a baby. And since I have been taking it for so long, I have no groggy "hangover" the next morning. I personally really like the stuff for my insomnia.