Amitriptyline vs Gabapentin
 | Amitriptyline |  | Gabapentin |  |
| Amitriptyline is used to treat mental/mood problems such as depression. It may help improve mood and feelings of well-being, relieve anxiety and tension, help you sleep better, and increase your energy level. Amitriptyline belongs to a class of medications called tricyclic antidepressants. It works by affecting the balance of certain natural chemicals (neurotransmitters such as serotonin) in the brain. | Gabapentin is used with other medications to prevent and control seizures. It is also used to relieve nerve pain following shingles (a painful rash due to herpes zoster infection) in adults. Gabapentin is known as an anticonvulsant or antiepileptic drug. | |||
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| Add Amitriptyline review I had headaches...headaches every day for months. I had all kind of tests done and this dr. prescribed this for me. I have worked up to 50 mg and the headaches are gone. Thank God for this medication. I started taking this medicationn a few months ago 50mg ..cut pill in half and worked up to 50.. was feeling very tired throughout the day, but was getting the best sleep in years. I stopped taking because of fatigue.Now Dr. gave me 10mg. So I hope that will take care of my needs. And I was just diagnosed with Fibromylagia. So we'll see how it helps that. I take to sleep better. I wake up many times during the night and taking 10 mg every night I fall right back to sleep when I wake up. No side affects in the AM, no matter what time I take in the evening. This was prescribed by my physician. Nothing in your research mentions that it helps to sleep better at night? helps a lot on restful sleep. I have been on this medication for over a year for my Social Anxiety Disorder, and I am incredibly happy with it. I was diagnosed around the time I turned 16 and prescribed the medicine, and have been taking it ever since. No doctor could figure out what was wrong with me, I lost over 30 lbs in a month because I was vomiting every morning I went to school. This medicine is perfect, I haven't gotte ... | Add Gabapentin review I suffer from neuropathy making unable to stand or walk. This medicine allows me a comfortable lifestyle. I am taking this medication for nerve damage. It does its job, but it makes me very sleepy. I would rather deal with the pain than be sleepy all of the time. The reason for taking this drug was for a feeling, I wanted to jump out of my skin, I could not sleep or get comfortable in any form I have several medical conditions which cause Neuropathic pain along with other chronic pain issues, therefore this medication with other pain medication does cause a drowsy effect. However the relief from the burning, stabbing, shooting pain outweighs the side effect most of the time. | |||
