Just started Elavil

[april ryan]

I have taken 25mg 3 hours ago and now I am totally drowsy.. Nice and relaxed actually..
Will this be every night? What's the best time to take it?

[Glenda2]

I was told to take it 30 minutes prior to bed time. :tsk:

I did , Wow , disasterous side effects for Ten days from one 25 mg. capsule!

I sincerely Hope it Helps you. Just Please , Be CAREFULL* :pray:

[kadi]

When I first started taking it, I took it around 7:30pm in order to be able to wake up at 5:30am. Now that I've been taking it for 6-1/2 years, I can take it up to about 10pm & still get up at 5:30 no problem.

It really was (and is) a miracle drug for me. When I first got IC, I was unable to sleep more than 15 or 20 minutes at a time before I'd need to pee, basically voiding 60x a day round the clock. I was hysterical by the fourth week like that.

My first dose of 10mg of Elavil, I slept for four hours straight! I was so grateful, I cried. Within a week, I was sleeping 7 hours a night with maybe getting up once to pee. Within a month, I was only voiding 20x a day and my pain level was much much lower.

It's now been 6-1/2 years on it (I now take 20mg) and I am so grateful it works so well for me! One of my coworkers also has IC and it is the only medicine she needs to manage her IC and keep working.

Good luck! I hope you have equally good results with it.