Any positive experiences with Elavil?

[Guest guest]

So, I'm finally going to a specialist (and starting pt soon), and my doctor

prescribed me elavil.

And I'm scared witless at this point from reading all the negative reviews and

horrible side

effects. Aside from the quality of life issue presented by the vestibulitis, I

like my life (and

my mind) as it is right now, and I can't afford to have it that horrendously

interrupted by what

I'm seeing described here as disastrous side effects.

So, um, did anyone take Elavil and NOT feel permanently unconscious/become 15

pounds

heavier/retain urine/etc/etc/etc?

[Guest guest]

I took it for about a week (10 mg. pill cut in half after two days) but

couldn't handle the sleepiness so stopped taking it. I did not have any

aftereffects. But it stopped my pain. I had to take it at 5pm in order to get

up at 7am.

Ora

>So, I'm finally going to a specialist (and starting pt soon), and my doctor

prescribed me elavil.

>And I'm scared witless at this point from reading all the negative reviews and

horrible side

>effects. Aside from the quality of life issue presented by the vestibulitis, I

like my life (and

>my mind) as it is right now, and I can't afford to have it that horrendously

interrupted by what

>I'm seeing described here as disastrous side effects.

>

>So, um, did anyone take Elavil and NOT feel permanently unconscious/become 15

pounds

>heavier/retain urine/etc/etc/etc?

[Guest guest]

Eva I am taking elavil and feel great now, it may be also the homeopathic regime I am on tho as well. Never felt like a zombie either, gained some weight but I have not been disciplined about what I have been eating eitherSee what's new at AOL.com and Make AOL Your Homepage.

[Guest guest]

Eva--The only problem I had with Elavil was constipation. It helped my

vestibulitis some and my headaches a lot. I ended up having a partial

vestibulectomy which helped the most. Sandy