User Reviews for Nortriptyline

Helped with pain and restfullness .My husband has been on it for four years only takes about twenty milgrams.Seen the dr. this week and going to up the amount to 50 milgrams.

I take 20mg of nortriptyline every night to alleviate pain from chronic headaches. This worked wonders for me. If I forget to take a dose one day I can feel my headaches coming back. A lot of people complain of weight gain, but I have actually experienced a loss of appetite. Overall this drug has definitely affected me for the best.

I take this for pain relief from fibromyalsia. It work great for that. I take it at night when the pain is worse. However, I have gained significant amount of weight since taking this drug

I take this med with Topamax to prevent migraines. It has helped me so much. I do get bad spouts of dry mouth, but I just carry gum or a bottle of water with me. I'd rather do that than have the three migraines a week I was getting. I believe this med helps counteract some of the side effects of the Topamax. Alone it does not work well to prevent migraines, but this combination is a god-send.

Then side effects for me have been severe. Now I have to decide which is harder to live with.

this was perscribed for relife of migranes dont understand why

This was given to me for pain but does not seem to work for me.

It has been effective on treatment of my depuression but I take it at night and alot of times it makes me feel druged up in the morning. I take 50 mg. capsules.

A week after I started this medication I started having problems with my nerves. I felt like I had Parkinsons. I had no control over the way my arms and shoulders jerked around. It was very scary and I quit taking the medication immediately. It hasn't stopped yet but I guess I have to wait for the meds to get out of my system altogether. Hoping this goes away soon.

I take this med for depression and also chronic neck and shoulder pain. Since my dr. prescribed this to me I have felt 85% better than I did, I can sleep with out much pain, whereas I was always in pain.

I was given this medicine for treatment of mouth pain. I had gotten multiple root canals until someone referred me to an oral surgeon. He took some tests and told me to try this medicine since my x-rays showed no need to have any more root canals. The first week my pain lessened and after increasing my dosage by 10mg every week for 4 weeks, I am completely pain free. I have a really dry mouth and colorful dreams. However I also feel much more calm and sleep well at night.

I took nortriptilyne at a lose dose for migraines. It made me really emotionionally sensitive, dizzy, and gave me heart palpitations. Be very careful when using this drug.

NORTRITYLINE HAS DECREASED THE INTENSITY OF MY HEADACHES TREMENDOUSLY. HOWEVER, I HATE THE WEIGHT GAIN. COULD THERE BE LESS WEIGHT GAIN WITH A LOWER DOSE?

I have had four serious surgeries over the last several years. I had some post surgerical depression as I ended up with a vision disabilty after my last big surgery. My spouse left me three weeks after brain surgery. I was really feeling quite depressed. The doctor started me on Zoloft but I just felt empty, no emotion at all. So then a neurologists put me on a low dose of Nortriptylene and I felt much better. I have been on it now for 7+ years and haven't had any problems at all.

My doctor put me on this before i went on lyrica. When I started taking about 30 mg a day I was so pleased because I could finally sleep, and I dreamt too. Now I am also taking lyrica and have been cutting down on my nortriptyline. I am finding it hard to get to sleep again and it is so important to get a good nights sleep. My doctor said that the lyrica should also help me sleep but so far it hasn't. Both drugs have helped me handle my pain so I am a fan of both. Weight gain is starting to be a problem though and its hard to do excercise because it causes so much pain. I guess I am doomed one way or the other.Read More Read Less

i have neurological diease which causes extreme pain in the feet and legs , it was merciless and unbearable 24/7 this new drug has taken 90% of that pain away. for me its been a miricle drug.