![[dr. bob]](/dr-bob-sm.gif)
Dr. Bob is Robert Hsiung, MD,
bob@dr-bob.orgShown: posts 1 to 4 of 4. This is the beginning of the thread.
Posted by CarolW on February 8, 2004, at 21:19:41
My doc wants me to take a low dose Ellavil for depression and fibromyalgia. I was wondering the effects other people had on it - like any side effects, difficulty getting off of it, general impression of the drug, etc... Already took Zoloft and had bad reaction - so, not really excited about getting back into the med thing again... But, wondering about the Ellavil
Posted by cubbybear on February 9, 2004, at 0:12:30
In reply to Anyone ever try Ellavil?, posted by CarolW on February 8, 2004, at 21:19:41
> My doc wants me to take a low dose Ellavil for depression and fibromyalgia. I was wondering the effects other people had on it - like any side effects, difficulty getting off of it, general impression of the drug, etc...
Although I never took it for depression, my pdoc once thought that it could help some chronic tooth pain I had. This was back around 1989. He never said anything about a potential interaction with the super-potent benzodiazepine Halcion, which is a hypnotic. I took .5 mg. Halcion to help me sleep, after I had taken some Elavil. Then I had the most frightening drug interaction I ever had, which he said was a cholinergic (?) crisis. Whatever it was, I'll never forget: don't take Halcion with Elavil, and be sure to ask your pdoc if any other benzo drugs are OK with it.
Posted by terrics on February 12, 2004, at 15:58:19
In reply to Re: Anyone ever try Ellavil? » CarolW, posted by cubbybear on February 9, 2004, at 0:12:30
Hi, I took it for a few yrs. and was always exhausted. When I came off it I was surprised at the energy I then had. terrics
Posted by Maxime on February 14, 2004, at 19:28:31
In reply to Re: Anyone ever try Ellavil? » CarolW, posted by terrics on February 12, 2004, at 15:58:19
It made me soooo sedated that I was a danger to myself. I had to go off it after 3 weeks.
Maxime
This is the end of the thread.
Psycho-Babble Medication | Extras | FAQ
Dr. Bob is Robert Hsiung, MD,
bob@dr-bob.org
Script revised: February 4, 2008
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/cgi-bin/pb/mget.pl
Copyright 2006-17 Robert Hsiung.
Owned and operated by Dr. Bob LLC and not the University of Chicago.