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I have been taking Amitriptyline for several years, to help me sleep. I am now taking 3 25mg tablets about an hour before I go to bed. I can now sleep 4-5 hours at night. Before I went on Amitriptyline, I was waking up after about 2-3 hours of sleep and then couldn't get back to sleep. Needless to say, I didn't function well with this amount of sleep. I have had no side effects with the Amitriptylene. Mary Watklins 59/50 -----Original Message----- From: Paul Lauer <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tuesday, March 07, 2000 5:48 PM Subject: amitriptyline >I have had a stiff neck now going on a year. Neither my neuro, my orthopedist >and now a physiatrist(sp?) think it is PD related and I think I that it is >most likely arthritis. I won't bore you with the various things which have >been attempted since that is not my current subject. Add to the neck >problems, problems sleeping which are probably in some way PD related. As a >result of both problems, my physiatrist is prescribing amitriptyline, 10 mg, >which he says is a mild dose and should work both as a sleep aid and a >painkiller. He further says that in larger doses it is an antidepressant, >which I don't need. > >I found the drug in Kathryn Holden's drug database but it doesn't mention one >way or the other whether it is contraindicated for PD or not. Experiences >anybody? > >Paul H. Lauer