Dose - Amitriptyline

[stephy171072]

SWIM has 7 10mg Amitriptyline pills and wants to use them to get to sleep and she has heard that they are good for helping that. Does anyone know how much SWIM should take? SWIM has taken a few before but only once and has a high tolarance to a lot of other sleeping pills, so much that they don't work anymore. SWIM is just desperate to get some sleep but not so much that she wants to OD lol. Thanks in advance x

[Jatelka]

Amitryptiline is occasionally used at doses of 25mg or so for sleep.

Be warned though, even at this dose anti-cholinergic side-effects can be a problem: Dry mouth, blurred vision, urinary retention, all can interfere with getting off to sleep

[-Kurt]

it's good to take amitriptyline RIGHT before bed. take your dosage and hit the sack, and hopefully SWIY will be sound asleep by the time the 'recreational' side effects of amitriptyline rear their head. beware though, itll be very hard to get up in the morning, and youll feel exceptionally fuzzy for an hour or two when you wake up.

[scottaaaay]

experience tells one to take 3 and that should do the trick, wait 20 mins and you should start to feel abit sluggish, so hit the sack!

[Slayerkorn]

I was also prescribed Amitriptyline to help me go to sleep. I really didn't like it. It basically knocked me out cold for about 24 hrs, the sleep I got didn't feel restful at all. My dose was 25mg.

[Panic_Upset]

Amitriptyline is one of the first tricyclic antidepressants that is often scripted as a sleep aid in small doses of 35 mg or less. As far as depression goes it can be prescribed in higher doses but I would not recommend attempting to take more than 70 mg. Depending on your tolerance, Amitriptyline can cause your heart to go into a irregular rhythm known as Ventricular Fibrillation (V. Fib.). This will lead to Cardiac Arrest (FUCKING DEAD) if not treated immediately by strong Cardiac Drugs like Vasopressin, Epinephrine, Amiodarone, and Lidocaine. THIS IS VERY FUCKING SERIOUS! Anyways, I have been previously prescribed 30 mg (3-10mg tabs) of Amitriptyline as a sleep aid and as others stated above it can be very difficult to rise in the morning. Many people report after the use of Amitriptyline as a sleep aid and/or antidepressant that they experience what is called "Zombification". Its common and it sucks ass. Anyways, hope SWIY gets some sleep!

[Synesthesiac]

Originally Posted by Panic_Upset

as others stated above it can be very difficult to rise in the morning. Many people report after the use of Amitriptyline as a sleep aid and/or antidepressant that they experience what is called "Zombification". Its common and it sucks ass. Anyways, hope SWIY gets some sleep!

Swim gets this. He was prescribed some to help combat very odd sleep paralysis and brain zaps after using too much MDMA. He started at 10mg a night, which did nothing, 20mg was marginal effects, and 30mg knocked swim out and gave him a dry mouth and blurry vision. It is impossible to get up the day after, you want to just stay lying in bed all day and it made swim feel really tired, warm and fuzzy, which, actually, was a very nice feeling! But not very practical when your supposed to be going to work Swims got about 200 10mg tabs left now and he doesn't know what to do with them, he'll probably use them when he's got a lazy day to be had to chill him out.

Its certainly a conscious clouding drug though, what swim would consider a 'dirty' drug. The opposite of a nootropic.

However swim surprisingly quite likes the 'zombification', but not when he has things to do.

[stephy171072]

Swim thanks everyone for replying on this thread. Swim didn't really find the Amitriptyline very helpfull for sleep and now takes temazepam which swim likes a lot more! Swims doctor has now taken her off the amitriptyline however as swim was just having a really hard time and took a few too many of them and ended up in hospital.

[zulu1690]

swiysynesthesiac is the first person swim has found that has suffered sleep paralysis and brain zaps if swiy means by brain zaps a feeling like cramp in the brain that causes the paralysis.but swim gets these effects when swim runs out of amitriptyline.swim is prescribed 200mg a day which is 4x50mg .swi stephy171072 be careful as swim has od'd on them aswell and first time was in a coma for a week and another time swims heart stopped.swim would urge all swimmers to be careful with amitriptyline.

[JCJC]

10mg knocks swim right out and he has a great sleep.

for swim more than 20mg means he sleeps for ages and has a hard time waking up.

[anonuser30500]

Damn, Swim got these prescribed for back pain but upon reading the few posts here he wonders why he has to take them before sleep. After all, lying down for bed usually eases a bad back. Swim problem is not sleep, just back pain.

I have a 20mg prescription but am looking at the two tiny tablets and don't think I fancy waking up sluggish, or having blurred vision.