Dizziness is the sensation of instability. The term is extremely common, and can include a number of more specific conditions, ranging from harmless to life-threatening. One of the...
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Has anyone taken amitriptyline for treating dizziness and vertigo? I have just been prescribed 10mg dose after having an unpleasent reaction to nortriptyline, the nortriptyline helped my head for the first two days but then i got shakey legs and chest pain whilst on it so stopped taking it as the chest pain kept me awake at night and scared the hell out of me.
I took one 25mg of amitriptyline once in the past and that left me feeling very spaced out durung the day, so much so that i was kind of unaware of what was going on so I am now a little concerned as to how the 10mg dose will effect me. Posted on 03/31/08, 09:03 am |
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I was on Amitryptiline for about 2 years for the vertigo, but it didn't seem to help me much. Even though I was only on 10mg, it made me feel spacey. My ENT took me off of it about 8 months. I hope it works for you though 
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Did you find anything to help with the vertigo Margo1971?
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I take Amitryptilline but I take it for pain. It doesn't help my dizziness. I take Meclizine for dizziness (or over-the-counter Bonine.) This gives me much more relief (50-100mg/day.)
Hugs~ Sue
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yes someone had said meclizine was good for dizziness, I am wondering whether to try this instead of the amitriptyline because its side effects are likely to be less
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The two are related, actually I think I read that the nortryptaline converts to amitryptyaline during metabolism. I could be wrong.
I am am 25mg nortryptaline and swear it does nothing, good or bad. Mecklazine put me to sleep. I still was spinning, even fell out of bed once. But at least I slept :-)
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hello there, i am new to this group and noticed your heading. I was given amatriptaline for my dizzyness/vertigo about 10 years ago. its funny because amatriptaline is actually used in mental health treatment. unfortunatly it didnt work for me, but i hope it does for you! good luck
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