Thanks for the input, really. I post on here to get other people's experiences with it. I'm sorry it "snowballed" into all those other things for you. Can I just tell you though that when I saw my doctor on March 23, I weighed a little over 80lbs! Yes, I'm just 5 feet tall and 39 years old. I was apalled at my weight. I've been thin all my life and never have I weighed more than 100 except when pregnant with my two children. I can't tell you how much healthier I was being heavier. I even had people tell me that putting weight on "agreed" with me. So if I gain 15lbs from being on this drug, believe me, I don't think I'll be very upset. I'll have positive things come from it. I will be able to actually buy a juniors or misses size 1 or 2 and it fit me! I litteraly have to buy xsmall skirts or kids skirts to fit me and if I can find a small skirt I like even if it's a little big, I will pin it at the waist! It's really awful trying to shop for clothing. I am so tired of people telling me how skinny and thin I am and "how much do you weigh" kind of questions. I feel if I do gain weight I will feel so much more self confident of myself.
I have been on the Elavil for almost 1mth now and I think I may have gained a few pounds. I'm sure it will take me months though to reach 90lbs! I am only on 20mg a day which I understand is a very low dose and apparently shouldn't have the same side effects that a person using it for depression may have. You never did say how many millegrams you were taking....
As far as sleeping goes, I never had a problem sleeping and I think it does help me sleep a little better but I still wake up at night. Sometime a few times a night. I can fall back to sleep but the main reason I'm taking it is for my IBS. After reading your post though, I know if my IBS eventually comes back, I don't think I'd try to "up" the millegrams. I may ask for another AD at a low dose. We'll see what happens in the next few months.
I did have sort of a similiar situation as you after I had my first child. I gained 30lbs or so and then after giving birth had a little bit of a hard time losing it. I started on the depoprovera shot for BC and I too got depressed cause I think one of the side effects of the shot was weight gain so I felt like I stayed the same weight as when I was pregnant. I stopped that injection and my body slowly got back to normal.
I do hope though that your body has gotten back to normal too after your bad experience and you are able to live your life happily. I know everyone reacts to drugs differently. I think it's just a matter of how you perceive it. Like I said, I welcome any weight gain I can get. All my life I struggled gaining weight and if this helps than that will be a benefit for me!!!
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Re: Be wary of side effects from Elavil/Amitriptyline
I stopped that injection and my body slowly got back to normal.
