Can amitryptaline cause depression

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I wanted to emphasize how important it is to decrease the medicine

VERY slowly, especially since you have been on it so long. Any

neurologic symptoms, such as depression, could result from too quickly

altering neurotropic medications. This is true for both increasing

and decreasing, unless there is some unusual situation that requires a

rapid reduction.

Also, and specific to amitryptaline, is that it is INCREDIBLY

sedating, so that one could easily feel " depressed " from lethargy and

sedation which are side effects of the drug. I hope this helps.

Enid