HugHK Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 Hi guys Just watched this today which I find helpful in taking a step back and realising my situation is perhaps not as bad as I make it to be. Hope it can help improve someone else's day too! 2 Nov 2019: put on amitriptyline 100mg for insomnia. Worked great, sleep back to normal by March 2020 Jan 2020: Amitriptyline down to 50mg. Some withdrawal for two weeks. April-May 2020: tapered off amitriptyline a first time over 6 weeks. withdrawal. June 2020: reinstated amitriptyline 50mg a first time. Things improved progressively for 6 months. Backto normal in November December 2020: new attempt at tapering amitriptyline (from 50mg), slower this time February 2021: 30mg amitriptyline... withdrawal starts March 2021: reinstatement 35mg amitriptyline, then 50mg late march. April 2021: increased dosage to 75mg; Kindling started, HORRIFIC. July 2021: reinstatement clearly made things worse so I decide to taper slowly again, at 2.5mg per month March-April 2022: I hit 45mg amitriptyline dosage, withdrawal has drastically improved, symptom intensity down to 2 or 3 out of ten. Able to exercise, drink etc no issues. I pause the taper. I have stayed on 45mg of amitriptyline ever since. May 2022: New wave of withdrawal, lasts until January 2023 (nerve pain in my skull) May 2023: New wave, this time anxiety and pins and needles in my head, much like the kindling reaction in 2021. Not sure what caused it. Wave still ongoing. Link to comment
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