Oh my, it's so nice to hear from someone who knows what you are talking about so you don't feel like such an idiot explaining it to people, who look at you like you should be in a rubber room....  Did you have the floating mini movies while taking the elavil and ativan? Mine has happened before but was really bad the first night I started the Adapin, I swor I was having a heart attack and kept getting up to get my neighbor, but hadn't left the bed....I literally had to jump out of bed to make myself get out of that sleep/dream state. I didn't like it at all. My neurologist said I could take the two meds together, but was concerned that the ativan is "addictive" and said to gradually cut it out. Now I have been using this drug since December and have not taken anymore then half of one at bedtime and it was prescribed to take 3 times a day. Have you gained any weight with the elavil? I know I need to gain some, but I dont' want to that way, I feel a lot of the weight from this type of medication is water weight, especially if a side effect is unable to urinate! I'm still taking my IBS medication which has a lot of the same side effects, dry mouth, difficulty urinating, or sweating, etc. Hmmmm, I think I still have some elavil, I may try one of those and one whole ativan, do you take them together when you can't sleep?
I too have the occasional "pity" party and cry a lot, today was one of those days and I'm not sure why, especially since this new med is supposed to be for depression also. I know I would take medication to help diabetes or hypertension if I had it but I guess since so many people look at IBS as a ridiculous problem, at times I feel they are right. I have met a few people on this board who have experienced and IBS attack like I have and now you with the sleep "mini movies" lol....it just makes me feel better I'm not losing it!! Thanks again so much for sharing, if you don't want to discuss things on the board you can always e-mail me privately!! Thanks again!! 
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Re: LtDanFan! I had the same sleep problems!
