Re: Side effects of Elavil/Pamelor?
06/09/05 08:44 AM
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Sand
Reged: 12/13/04
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Loc: West Orange, NJ (IBS-D)
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Elavil made me incredibly sleepy for the first few weeks and, yes, I did gain weight - unfortunately in my case. Apparently the "Elavil sweet tooth" is a well-known side-effect.
It did help my D for a while, then it stopped working, so my doc upped the dose. Again, worked for a while, stopped working, upped the dose. Again - but at this point I wasn't willing to up the dose - I'd gotten to the point where I was totally lethargic, saw no particular reason to get out of bed in the morning. I went off the Elavil and started to feel more myself within a couple of weeks, although it took a couple of months for me to feel like all the effects were out of my system. Sometime after I quit the Elavil I found this Website and Heather's diet has helped enough (along with Immodium fairly often and Donnatol every once in a while) that I haven't been interested in trying another a-d.
On a more positive note, my doctor does say she's had excellent results from people with IBS-D taking Elavil (which is why she had me try it) and my reactions to meds tend to be pretty weird. None of my side effects were horrible - scary or overwhelming - and if Pamelor has even fewer side effects, I'd say it's worth a try if diet and so on aren't helping enough.
HTH.
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