Single-dose amitriptyline completely removes pain within minutes
Hi, I've had on and off pain for years. Sometimes it gets better, but when it gets bad, it gets really bad. Amitriptyline is the reason I still have a job.
Before I'd discovered such a medication, I'd tried everything I could get my hands on to no avail; OTCs, CBD, T3s, and others like duloxetine. I could enter a fit of searing pain randomly at any point of the day or weeks on straight. While others were seeing friends and family, I cancelled plans to lay in the bathtub with, at the time the only thing that worked, copious amounts of whisky. I once agreed to attend the movie theater but spent most of it crying in the public washroom. I can't even describe the depth of pain during that dark period. I didn't want to die, I just didn't want to be. Eventually, alcohol's effectiveness wore off too.
When amitriptyline was introduced to me as a 1 tablet a day, I suddenly had control over my body like I was a kid again. However, this kind of consistency was only for a short time due to mania and gravely depressive pendulum it put me through. From that point on I only used it off-label as needed. On a good week, this could mean only 0-2 low dose pills. On a bad week, everyday, but not near consistent enough for it to build up in my system.
Whenever the burning pain came in, I could take just one pill of the lowest strength and within 10 minutes, my 'debilitating' pain became undetectable. During a full blown episode and a few more tablets, then even the associated bladder failure could be cured, again, within minutes. After everything that failed me previously, I couldn't believe the immediate relief amitriptyline gave me from the very first pill I took. I'm not saying it's for everyone but it's definitely the one for me.
Which brings me to the reason I created this post..
From what I've read online.. this shouldn't be possible. Has anyone else had this sort of experience with this drug? Or can anyone weigh in on why it is so immediately effective?