Jill...it is very common to go thru depression with TM. It hit me one year after TM hit me and I had to go on Paxil for about six months...since then (11 years) I have not suffered from depression and or anxiety attacks! Rob in New Jersey
________________________________ From: Jill Posner [mailto:posnerj...@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 1:43 PM To: Pieter and Heather; Regina Rummel; tmic-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [TMIC] Amytretaline (sp) This interchange is not making me feel too sanguine. I will start with a very sparing dose and see how it goes. I must also be a little depressed having just been diagnosed with TM (or something like it)so maybe it will help that issue. Jill ________________________________ From: Pieter and Heather <pieterheat...@shaw.ca> To: Regina Rummel <regina...@sbcglobal.net>; tmic-list@eskimo.com Sent: Mon, April 26, 2010 1:35:57 PM Subject: Re: [TMIC] Amytretaline (sp) Regina, OMG.........I didn't realize that Amytriptilene was actually Elavil. I too was put on that for a short while back in the 70's for depression. I too felt 'right out of it' or 'stoned'. I couldn't take it then and guess I will just stick with the Neurontin. Heather in Calgary ----- Original Message ----- From: Regina Rummel <mailto:regina...@sbcglobal.net> To: tmic-list@eskimo.com Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 10:34 AM Subject: [TMIC] Amytretaline (sp) Hi Jill, I took it years ago for depression and OMG, it was awful! The best way I can describe it is that I felt stoned. It was called Elavil then. In those days, they gave it to people in nursing homes to keep them quiet. But everyone reacts differently, so try it and let us know what happens, something good I hope. I take Neurontin but decided on my own to gradually decrease the dose, and eventually stop taking a medication that I believe bogus. So far, I see no difference in the pain and the darned TM symptoms. Good luck with the Elavil. R
