Amitriptyline vs Trazodone
 | Amitriptyline |  | Trazodone |  |
| 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. | Trazodone is used to treat depression. Trazodone works by helping to restore the balance of a certain natural chemical (serotonin) in the brain. | |||
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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 Trazodone review This pill was a brand new one for me...didn't look like my regular Trazedone. The pharmacy didn't even put the label on it...the one that states the color and the identifiers. I was stumped. PLEASE be careful to identify your meds...your pharmacies buy whatever is cheapest and often fail to tell you that they have changed suppliers. Just be very cardful. You can't even trust your pharmacies a ... Ihave been using this drug for about 1 yr. I take 100mg. at night for sleep.It has really helped me to sleep. My dr.says it is not habit forming! Ihave not had to increase my dosage. I am really satisfied with this product!! | |||
