old-school anti depressants for cronic pain AND withdrawls!?!?

[red26]

I just got back from the doctor, got my script for the delightful k-pins with alittle finess on my part, but the subjects of insomnia, cronic pain, and opiate withdrawls came under discussion and I ended up walking out with a script for amitriptylin as well. I ducked the fact that I still take morphine on a daily basis under his radar and am alittle concened about the possible adverse effects of the combo. Is this a dangerous thing to be messing with? I mean, if it works for my pain, helps me sleep, AND helps beat down the withdrawls wouldnt this be some friggin' wonder drug for opiate addicts? Or was this guy just blowin smoke up my ass trying to get me on a anti-depressant cause I told him I've been in a depression for the last month, that actually is ebbing away right now? Does anyone know about this stuff or tried it before? Any success stories I need to hear? Help me out here folks and give me your 2 cents, please. Old school anti-depressants freak me out. I was put on that one that can give you a permanant hard-on that has to be surgically removed, litterally. It REALLY pissed me off the quack didnt tell me about THAT possible side effect. I took one pill and flushed the rest down the old goldfish graveyard. Any experience with this or even rumors will be graciously accepted. Muchas Gracias comrados!

[paesan]

Now I've never taken amitriptylin so there isn't much I can tell you about that. But just out of curiosity which crazy ass anti-depressant gives you a permenant fucking hard on?!?!?

[red26]

I'm having problems finding it due to the fact that I cant remember what it was now. uuurrgg... It's a really old one, one of the first they distributed in the sixties. Yeah, the doc gave me this script, I take one of em and sat down at the old computer and looked it up and discovered it can cause a permanant hard on the can only be helped by, lets just say, disabling your gear. Permanantly. I cant believe this asshole didnt "volunteer" this information. But I will find out soon. friggin scary huh?

I just called my pharmacy and asked them about it and it was Trazadone that can cause this not so little of a problem. Trazadone= danger Willy Robinson!!!!

[jacky]

trazadone can also cause intense priapism, or long lasting erection......so much so that after 4 hours a trip to the hospital is warranted.

[paesan]

Holy Shit Trazadone!!!! Damn I've taken that shit to help me come off of some uppers and it knocked my fucking head off. I couldn't get out of bed for a fuckin day, no perma-bone though thank god. Man I think if I couldn't use my gear well, I just might shoot myself.

[Peripat]

Getting back to the original subject...

I know from personal experience that amitryptiline works for sleep. Pain? Well, I guess it can only help. I've been taking it again lately to get a decent night's sleep during heroin withdrawals, and lo and behold it seems to work for me! So I guess there's a pain-reducing effect there too.

It's a tricyclic antidepressant, one of the classes which isn't prescribed as often nowadays with the advent of SSRIs, SNRIs and others which are harder to fatally overdose on (remember kids, these are originally antidepressants - and therefore given to people who are depressed, and may be at risk of overdose).

Oh, and priapism? I know a guy who suffered that on Zoloft, too, so fellas - be warned... ;)

[poonwhalla]

amitryptiline is one of my favorite anti depressants. I haven't heard of them in a long time. I have never suffered any serious problems from them that I know. I have heard the same thing about trazadone before and I threw a bunch away. If I had a 4 or more hour hard on my girlfriend would kill me or me her one of the two.And Zoloft really puts me in a bad mood just a personal thing I guess.

[GMorris]

I've had Amitryptyline several times. About the only good use for it (for me anyway) is the way it helps me sleep. I never actually got a prescription for it, but others have tossed a few my way, and I found a s**tload of 'em in an abandoned trailer about a year ago. Anyway, I was taking Methadone at the time and didn't notice any strange or unusual effects by taking the two together. As long as you don't take too much of it, you should be just fine. Hell, I wouldn't want to take more than 50mg. of it at one time, I'd be out cold for hours!

[Paregoric Kid]

amitryptyline, pretty sure it's prescribed for it's drowsiness/sleep inducing properties
unreleated it is supposed to potentiate opiates

[hovadagod]

It's name is Remeron and it knocks you the fuck out....for a couple nights, then you need more. I started with trazadone, then moved on to valium, but it didn't keep me aslep for the night so I moved on to remeron, and finally klonopin; that's what I take now and I love it.

Trazadone is wierd stuff. I hate it. Won't take it. Except once I was tripping out and took some; it only made things worse.

[candy]

Amitriptyline is a tricyclic antidepressant and is used for insomnia because of all the antidepressants it has the most sedating effects. It is also known as Elavil.

I cannot find anything on it relating to use with withdrawals or regarding pain control. Definately used to treat insomnia and depression, though it is not used as often as it once was. It has been known to cause psychosis like symptoms in elderly and the only warning is that it can cause a decrease in blood pressure upon rising in the a.m.

[JoyDivision]

I'm prescribed Amitryptyline and my psych says it's fine to use alongside Oxycontin so I'm sure it's fine alongside Morphine. I've used it with Valium aswell. It's more aimed at Neuropathic type pain. But it may work for other pain. Basically you just wake up in less pain. And so don't need that morning dose as much.
It works by working on norepinephrine which works on TNF (tremor necrosis factor) which regulates pain response. Look up amitryptyline and chronic pain. For a full reason why it works. It also works on serotonin.

You can either just take it at night. Or take it during the day. But only use a small dose during the day.
Helps if you have a tolerance to anti-cholinergics. That's what it uses for the sleep component.