Have been prescribed the famous amitryptline to try

MY GP is hopeful that it will really reduce the pain... i had little luck with the gabapentin. But I really hope this helps and maybe even makes everything back to normal! Did any of you have much luck with ami ?

Tried it did nothing for me, but I used it as a topical I refused to take antidepressants. But that's me

Hey Tinks
YES YES it worked for me for 4 years....I went off it too quickly and my pain came back. It didn't work when the pain came back so they swapped me to nortriptyline which is in the same family. The dose is too low for an antidepressant...I started on 10 mg slowly increasing to 35mg (which is low). That worked but I had no improvement until I had reached 35mg, which is the normal they tell me. The main problem of this med for me was weight gain and constipation but compared to having pain it never bothered me. The tiredness wears off so don't panic it could make you really sleepy but please know it does go away on the most part. I take meds about 2 hours before bed and then you feel better in the morning.

Good Luck....If it works for you let me know and I can tell you what my specialist said I should have done when trying to get off them. I know we are all different but the most info you can get is always helpful.

xx Z

really hope it works for you as it does for me, tinkerbelle. It has finally finally calmed down my nerve pain. It took 2 months to work for me, so please be patient and give it a try just so you can cross it off your list. The only side effects I get from it are anger and hostility mixed with some craziness the tiredness feeling should (at least should) go away after the first few weeks

however, after scavenging the dark depths of the internet for this disease, most women seem to react very well to lyrica (including on other forums for similar painful conditions like IC, etc)

Thanks girls. I have a sneaky suspicion it won't help but it might:), I have only been taking it a week and am already constipated!!! Grrr really annoying because I already have a little hemoroid that I've been trying to heal and this won't help

magnesium works for constipation AND nerve pain (it calms down the CNS)...fybogel is also quite good!

Magnesium? ooh that's interesting. Yep on the fybogel now, and laxido. Yummy yum ! :/