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Amitriptyline nightmares & muscle spazz
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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 98696" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>I thought to look it up online because I got a massage today and I fell asleep on the table for a half a second, and my right arm twitched way up. Usually it's my legs, about 1/2 hr after I've gone to bed, and it's only been going on for a wk, but enough to drive me crazy. The arm thing was alarming and sudden. </p><p></p><p>Thank goodness for the Internet!</p><p></p><p>I've always had weird dreams and a bit of insomnia, so it didn't occur to me that they may be side effects of the amitriptyline, but I recently doubled my dose, on my dr's advice, since I had 3 migraines last mo. I've been having more and scarier nightmares, night terrors (you are half awake and convinced you're either being robbed and can't move, or that you're having a stroke and can't move, so there's a tingling paralysis involved), and muscle twitches, as well as worse insomnia. </p><p></p><p>Grrrrrr.</p><p></p><p>That's the end of those pills for me. Chronic use is 3 mo's, where you get withdrawal symptoms, so I'm quitting now just b4 I hit that mark. I'm still thinking I'll get a few symptoms but I'm not worried.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Signed,</p><p>Terry, Your Friendly Neighborhood Guinea Pig</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 98696, member: 3419"] I thought to look it up online because I got a massage today and I fell asleep on the table for a half a second, and my right arm twitched way up. Usually it's my legs, about 1/2 hr after I've gone to bed, and it's only been going on for a wk, but enough to drive me crazy. The arm thing was alarming and sudden. Thank goodness for the Internet! I've always had weird dreams and a bit of insomnia, so it didn't occur to me that they may be side effects of the amitriptyline, but I recently doubled my dose, on my dr's advice, since I had 3 migraines last mo. I've been having more and scarier nightmares, night terrors (you are half awake and convinced you're either being robbed and can't move, or that you're having a stroke and can't move, so there's a tingling paralysis involved), and muscle twitches, as well as worse insomnia. Grrrrrr. That's the end of those pills for me. Chronic use is 3 mo's, where you get withdrawal symptoms, so I'm quitting now just b4 I hit that mark. I'm still thinking I'll get a few symptoms but I'm not worried. Signed, Terry, Your Friendly Neighborhood Guinea Pig [/QUOTE]
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