tricyclics side effects

[Guest guest]

My burning pain finally stopped with Elavil (100mg)in Dec. Sedation and

weight gain made me switch to desiprimine (50mg). I feel terrible. I

have nausea and stomach pain, drowsiness, and anxiety which has caused

my pain to bounce back. I am now on 40mg and want to taper off. I

hate the thought of switching back to Elavil. Neurontin and cymbalta

did nothing. Only the elavil at 100mg stopped the pain.

Three weeks ago I began taking an estrogen tablet 2x/wk called

vagifem. This caused a migraine and subsequent nausea. I have stopped

this 6 days ago. I would like to hear of your experience with

desiprimine or elavil. Any advice would be appreciated.

B.

[Guest guest]

I'm sorry you're feeling so awful. I also had nausea and stomach

pain with desipramine, but it went away after ~3 months. Some side

effects remained (anorexia, dry mouth, insomnia) and the drug wasn't

helping, so I switched to nortriptyline. My doctor had me go from

50mg/day of desipramine directly to 25mg/day of nortriptyline, which

was a very easy transition. I had no nausea or stomach pain with the

nortriptyline even on the first day. Unfortunately, the

nortriptyline didn't work for my vulvar pain either. But you might

want to ask your doctor if nortriptyline would be another tricyclic

option for you.

>

> My burning pain finally stopped with Elavil (100mg)in Dec. Sedation

and

> weight gain made me switch to desiprimine (50mg). I feel

terrible. I

> have nausea and stomach pain, drowsiness, and anxiety which has

caused

> my pain to bounce back. I am now on 40mg and want to taper off. I

> hate the thought of switching back to Elavil. Neurontin and

cymbalta

> did nothing. Only the elavil at 100mg stopped the pain.

>

> Three weeks ago I began taking an estrogen tablet 2x/wk called

> vagifem. This caused a migraine and subsequent nausea. I have

stopped

> this 6 days ago. I would like to hear of your experience with

> desiprimine or elavil. Any advice would be appreciated.

>

> B.