Amitriptyline vs Xanax
 | Amitriptyline |  | Xanax |  |
| 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. | Xanax is used to treat anxiety and panic disorders. It belongs to a class of medications called benzodiazepines which act on the brain and nerves (central nervous system) to produce a calming effect. It works by enhancing the effects of a certain natural chemical in the body (GABA). | |||
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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 Xanax review owcaitelltedifermt,wataretetotell when i was first prescribed this medication it helept me get out in the world helept me socialy and i found that thay help with everything, but after using them for over 10 years thay don't work as well ,but i have been reduced dramatically and ofcourse thay don''t work as well ,it's people that shoot them up and abuseing them that stuff it up for enyone that may need them,i hate going to get the ... I moved to a new state with my kids and over the road trucker,husband who had to leave the next morning after we got to the new house. I was driving back to my home state to visit and had a terrible panic attack that required a trip to the er, all 3 kids with me. That was 12 years ago that i was prescribed this life changing drug. I am now an addict, i have never been to a mental health specialist ... I suffer from social anxiety-fear of public speaking especially to large groups. The anxiety and panic can be overwhelming! Xanax really works getting me thru it. So grateful to have & use only when needed. | |||
