amitryptilene, anyone?
#93641 - 07/27/04 05:31 PM
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karmakatt
Reged: 07/27/04
Posts: 45
Loc: Massachusetts
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hi all,
and thank heaven for this website! i'm new to the site, and newly-diagnosed IBS (neither C nor D)
MD put me on a low dose of amitryptilene (an anti-depressant)... have any of you gone this route, with any success? i'm on day 4 of the meds and not convinced it's doing anything except giving me a wicked buzz... ???
-kk
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Can't help you with this post, but wanted to say hi and welcome! I'm sure someone else will come along with an answer for you.
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~ Rachel (IBS-C)
If life hands you lemons, make lemonade!!
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Yes, this is my subject. I was put on it 3 years ago. Your right about the buzz part. You get used to it . But it never really help me. I still suffered terrible D & urgency coming on like a hurricane. I was afraid to be far from a bathroom. My recipe to stability started with Heather`s book "eating for IBS" . You can buy it here. The biggest factor I feel was the fiber supplement "Acacia" also bought from here. The rest is diet & the great support and advice here. Alot of wonderful caring people here. Just a little insight to a day of eating for me. Breakfast- Cereal w/rice milk vanilla flavor. Honeycombs or Corn pops. This w/bottled water & acacia fiber powder mixed in[it`s tastless].This is a good start to stabalizing your day. Lunch - sourdough bread w/turkey & fat free mayo[little bit]. Baked chips & animal crackers [dairy free]. Dairy is a huge trigger for D. Dinner time- Chicken w/rice or pasta. Fennel tea after dinner for bloating which I expereienced alot when first changed my eating habits. I hope this helps a bit. Start with books, acacia fiber, & stay with this sight. Good luck! 
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I took it for a year or so. It really did help me, as one of my biggest symptoms is unrelenting nausea. It stopped that. On the negative side I gained a bunch of weight from the sugar cravings. I'm not taking it anymore because I found some other meds that worked as well for me and didn't cause the food cravings. After a couple of days the weird feelings it caused went away for me though.
And welcome to the boards!
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sugar cravings? wow, something to look forward to once i get my appetite back! :-> what are you taking now?
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Right now I'm taking Nexium and Zelnorm, plus quick dissolve Levsin when I get attacks. Oh, and keeping a good supply of Equalactin around.
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thanks for the insight... i got a chuckle reading your 'meal plan' - my job requires a lot of travel and i always bring a 'feedbag' full of exactly what you listed! i also have luck w/bananas and graham crackers. i'm taking lots of fiber-con and snacking on metamucil wafers in between meals.. do you find the acacia to be any different? i will give the amiT a couple weeks to see if it helps the pain, otherwise why bother.
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wow, that's quite a concoction - i hope it's working for you!
thanks for your help
-kk
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