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Hi. I think that I can safely say that it has helped me.

I'm taking 20mg at bed time every day also. Ive been on it now for for a little over two months. I still have my moments around my period but it seems that I have had less of "those moments".
When I saw my gastro on May 17th I told him that I thought it had helped me 50%. I can say now being on it a little longer that I've noticed it has helped me even more than 50%. I'm hoping the longer I'm on it the less attacks I have. I realize that as long as I'm ovulating and having periods that I will suffer at least one time a month with some kind of attack but I think I'm ok with that

I've had really no major side effects from it either. I seriously needed to gain some weight as I was WAYYY too thin a few months ago and I have gained weight. Not near as much as I'd like to gain but I've gained some. It also seems like I don't lose it as fast either after having an attack as I did in the past. I feel much better about myself being a couple pounds heavier too. I was a little C the first couple of weeks but I welcomed it since I'm D. That passed and I don't notice having any C problems at all anymore.

I hope you continue to feel well also. I'm gonna keep taking it until it stops working which I hope is NEVER. I guess if I notice that it's not working as good, I may "up" the millegrams. He did tell me I could up it to 30 but I kinda wanted to wait and see what happened before i did that.

Now if I can just feel confident about going on long trips. I'm working on that. As long as the Elavil keeps me stable I should be ok. I have a ton of baseball tournaments coming up with my son and I'm a little worried on how my tummy will be. Let's hope for the best

I'll keep you updated.
You also keep me updated on how you are doing too! Thanks so much for asking how I was doing

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~~~Lisa~~~

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