Yes, I've tried this before. The side effects were too uncomfortable for me (brain fog, extreme fatigue). Different meds work for different people though. I hope this one works for you. : )

oh dear,i know its says it can help you sleep, but i dnt have trouble sleeping anyway, i can drop off anywhere!!! hoping it doesnt make me even more tired..x

I am already on Citalopram and have been for 5 months. I was given Elavil to try to aid my sleeping. I started on a low dose, 10 mgs I think, and was told to increase the dose if I found it didn't help me sleep, I was taking 50 mg and it still didn't help, I just felt groggy in the morning after 50 mgs....I went back to Drs to report this and he has now given me CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE, this still doesnt help me sleep...
I was wondering why he gave me Elavil as all I read about it was that it was an anti depressant....but I was already taking Citalopram....strange.
No side effects with Elavil, just groggy in the mornings for 30 mins when I took 5 pills...

I would suggest taking this in the evening before bed so you can sleep off the groggy effect it can tend to have. It's prescribed quite often to help manage pain as well. I'm a medical transcriptionist and my docs prescribe it a lot. :)

Haven't tried that one. Last year, when I thought I was having a heart attack (I wasn't--it was anxiety and muscle tension around the rib-cage), the doctor prescribed oxycodone to relax my muscles. It didn't work. My anxiety was situational--my brother was on his last leg dying of cancer and I had a hard time dealing with that--I got very upset. Now that he's passed, I have anxiety from time-to-time that comes from a general feeling of emptiness. As long as I'm around loved ones, I'm okay, but give me 3-4 days alone and the boredom and emptiness is unbearable. I'm trying not to become a raging alcoholic, but a couple of beers at night relaxes me.

yes, the doctor did say it is precribed as a painkiller too, but im not actually in any pain, i dnt think, i dnt know, im so used to feeling tense all the time, who knows if ive put up with the pain,and just thought my shoulders/neck are meant to feel this way? i also find a good old beer relax's me, but i dnt want to become dependant on that either..thanks for all ur reponses....x

It was the first tricyclic anti-depressant given to me, and since I have tried so many I can say that this one is not as heavy as othersn so, at night and if it helps, then its not too bad on the system, there are others that tear your brain apart, but everyone reacts differently, amazing really.
Some get along fantastic with Prozac, but it kills me!