It's Elavil (amitriptyline). I also forgot to mention that the first month I started out with 5 mg a night and then I went up to 10 mg. I was really nervous when I started taking it so my doctor started me out slowly. See, I had been on tricyclics (desipramine and then imipramine) about ten years ago, but my old doctor back then started me out on too high of a dose (I think 25 mg twice a day) and all I did was sleep AND I had trouble urinating. I've had much more success and almost zero side effects with the low-dose amitriptyline.
I think the discussion on the living room board was started by LittleLisa...I commented on there also. One of the discussions was that you're probably going to still have attacks while on Elavil, but they'll be much less frequent and severe. Also, it may take a month or so before you see improvement and you may experience some mild constipation at first (but not bad if you've been D for so long!).  I think I've only had a couple of attacks in the last year (although, please note, that the lupus was also aggravating my IBS, so once I was treated for the lupus my attacks lessened). If Elavil works for you, that plus the IBS diet should really help get control over your IBS. I still can't have dairy or trigger foods, but I'm feeling so much better that I don't really care. And I'm able to try out more of the recipes in Heather's book and on the diet board.
HTH! Again, if you try this medication, I really hope it works for you!
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