Coming off amitriptyline
I was talking amitriptyline 10mg for 4 months for back pain. It really helped with the pain but I was ridiculously sedated on it all day and it only got worse the longer I was taking it. I dropped down to 5mg after 2 months and still really struggled with the sedation. I literally couldn't function, struggled to wake up and was just doing the minimum to get by, couldn't drive or work etc. I thought my back was getting better so I went down to a quarter pill for 2 weeks and then stopped completely 2 weeks ago. It's been awful, a significant increase in my back pain but also palpitations, headaches, muscle shivers, restless legs/entire body, temperature regulation all over the place, so unbelievably tired, constipation, tmj flare up and I just generally feel like my nervous system is in stress mode, like I can't relax. My muscles are aching from being so tense, it feels like I've been doing heavy workouts.
I really didn't expect such a small dose to cause such huge withdrawal effects. I feel like I'm being a total drama queen about it all. I was supposed to be going on a big holiday in 2 weeks but I've decided I need to cancel as there's no way I could cope.
Can anyone relate to this and offer me any hope?