Can amitriptyline cause depression in the non depressed?

[Guest guest]

I was on amitriptyline to sleep and also for nerve pain and had to

stop it due to side effects also. In my case it caused my arms and

legs to jerk. I know the doctor told me that it could cause depression.

in PA

[Guest guest]

a couple years back they put me on it . Their reasoning was that depression

cause pain ,and pain caused depression. I had to get off of that stuff in a

hurry , weird dreams. and when awake I think it just caused more depression.

My familiy doctor put me on alprazolam (xanax) 1mg. a half of a pill in the

morning, and the other half when I went to bed. These are really low doses but

they made a world of difference in me.

Most of the time to tell the truth if some one has bad chronic pain there is

some depression there also.

ron patterson ronpat0471@...

--- julie.bignell wrote:

>Can amitriptyline cause depression in the non depressed?

[Guest guest]

--- julie.bignell wrote:

> Hi Kaylene. Sorry but I didn't really understand your

> comment?

>

> I went on the drug for pain relief not depression.

Hi

I apologize for the miscommunication. I just wanted to say

that if you were taking amitriptyline (Elavil) and have

stopped taking it, you should do it slowly.

I hope I was clearer this time. Here information about

amitriptyline from drugs.com:

http://tinyurl.com/7yzydo

Kaylene