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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate Cancer / June 2004Amitriptyline
The uro gave me a prescrition for Amitriptyline for incontinence. I took the first dose last Thursday. When I looked this up on the web I was taken back some because it is a drug for depression and bulimea! I checked with my primary care doc and he said it was okay to take this medication. This medicine had immediate effects. I feel like I have a buzz on all the time. Kind of like I am five degrees out of phase with reality. It is a feeling I do not like, but my wife said I needed to give it two weeks before giving up on the drug. If anything the incontinence has gotten worse. Up to 3 pads a day, and when I dispose of one it is really full. Not sure I want to take this stuff much longer. The label on the bottle said it could cause drowsiness, so I am taking it in the early evening. I have been sleeping the sleep of the dead. No dreams, and waking up in the same position as when I went to sleep. I think this stuff is hitting me hard. Starting to think I will never be pad free. Take care. Thank you. David S. hi david - if you take the two sentences and put them side by side. Amitriptyline - "it is a drug for depression." "If anything the incontinence has gotten worse." somehow, it is ironic that the drug they give you a script for that is suppose to make you feel better, makes you feel worse and more depressed. ~ curtis knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional "Many more men die with prostate cancer than of it. Growing old is invariably fatal. Prostate cancer is only sometimes so." > The uro gave me a prescrition for Amitriptyline for > incontinence. I took the first dose last Thursday. When I looked [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Thank you. > David S. They gave me a script for Detrol and it buzzed me hard. It fragmented my thinking and I couldn't concentrate which is why when they offer crap for hot flashes or anything else I kindly turn it down. These side efeects are worse than the cure. Those synthetic codene tablets after my surgery were tried once. "You may experience drowsiness and naseua." May?? I fell asleep vomiting!! With Detrol it was "might see some anxiety". Might?? I was a freaking mess. The being 'pad-free' is something to shoot for. Do the exercises and such and give it time. Chuck McClellan Chuck: They gave me Detrol LA a couple months ago, and I had a similar experience. Will not take that again. Thank you. David S. >They gave me a script for Detrol and it buzzed me hard. It fragmented >my thinking and I couldn't concentrate which is why when they offer [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Chuck McClellan Sorry to hear you are still having problems with the incontinence, David... and that the meds don't seem to be helping. Hopefully, the *buzz* will soon be gone with the amitryp.... and you will get some relief. Take care.... MikeH > The uro gave me a prescrition for Amitriptyline for > incontinence. I took the first dose last Thursday. When I looked [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > the incontinence has gotten worse. Up to 3 pads a day, and when I > dispose of one it is really full. * * The uro gave me a prescrition for Amitriptyline for *incontinence. A few yrs. ago, the Navy prescribed it for sciatica for low back disc herniation. I couldn't take it as prescribed because I worked on the flight line and getting sucked up into an A-7's intake wasn't my kind of thrills. I've heard it to take up to 2 weeks for effectiveness tho'. Al Please be quiet if replying via email, flames will be deleted promptly. I won't even read the whole message... Al: The 2 weeks is more or less what my wife, a nurse, told me too. Guess I will hold on for at least that long and see if the incontinence gets better. If not then I think I will swear off drugs and start doing Kegels again. At least I will feel like I am doing something. Thank you. David S. >A few yrs. ago, the Navy prescribed it for sciatica for low back disc >herniation. I couldn't take it as prescribed because I worked on the [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >flames will be deleted promptly. >I won't even read the whole message... not a doctor... Tryptanol as it is known in Australia is as you say an anti-depressant drug. Been around for yonks. In very small doses like 2.5 mg it has been used for "nightime control" of young children. In my late 20's I took it for 6 months for misdiagnosed depression - basically I was just a sh.t... Anyway one of the side effects was a reduction in peeing and a terrible thirst and a 'trippy" feeling which went away completely after 6 weeks. My dose was 25mg per day. It did actually do me some good as I had always been way under weight and in a period of 6 weeks I put on 15 kilos. Originally I was only 45kg and went to 60kg the weight I have maintained ever since (age 66 now). So from my experience it is effective in slowing down peeing but I guess pelvic floor exercises are the best way to go in the long term. Fred > The uro gave me a prescrition for Amitriptyline for > incontinence. I took the first dose last Thursday. When I looked [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Thank you. > David S. Fred: I have been putting on weight all of a sudden (3 lbs. all in the midsection). I wonder if this medication could have had something to do with that? Yesterday I went through four pads, so I am almost back to where I was in February when I started to get better. I think I will stop taking the Amitriptline (spelling ?). I also do not like the "tippy feeling" . Thank you. David S. >not a doctor... > [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] >> Thank you. >> David S. Yesterday I went through four pads, all very much soiled, so I am back where I started with the incontinence. I am going to stop taking the Amitriptyline. Not sure where to turn next. Bummer. Appointment tomorrow with the ED specialist. Maybe I can get some good news there (you are a classic case...I prescribe two blondes and a brunette....). Getting tired. Thank you. David S. > The uro gave me a prescrition for Amitriptyline for >incontinence. I took the first dose last Thursday. When I looked [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Thank you. >David S. David, My experience goes back nearly 40 years so probably not too relevant. I guess as Amitriptyline is an anti-depressant any underlying stresses in an individual will be lessened and hence side effects like weight gain - for me a real plus! I think you should get a range of medical advise for your problem. I wouldn't however be too concerned about the type of drug prescribed being principally a psychotropic . Even thalidomide is being used again for different effects, obviously not with pregnant women. I can't stress how important pelvic floor exercises have been for me. After my rp (15May2004) I only had moderate leakage problems for around 36 hours after the catheter came. Prior to the operation I did as much physical exercise I could and post operation the same. I had learnt pelvic floor exercises 11 years ago when the same surgeon performed a TURP. This was done at a public hospital in Sydney and the nursing staff spent a lot of time making sure I knew how to do PFE. I think it paid off - once again prior to the rp the nursing staff at the pre-operation briefing session checked I could do this correctly as well as teaching me to do genuine deep breathing to fill the entire lungs - a bit like having singing lessons. Exercise is the key and drugs are only going to be at best a helping hand. Fred P not a doctor > Yesterday I went through four pads, all very much soiled, so I > am back where I started with the incontinence. I am going to stop [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > Thank you. > >David S. About 10 yrs ago the VA had hubby on this for chronic pain, insomnia and depression. After a few months he took himself off of it because he had no desire to live life. He'd just sit around and watch TV, and usually not remember what he was watching. Totally disconnected from reality. I do not remember the dosage, but I suspect it was moderate to high. He has a high tolerance to drugs usually, but never adjusted to this. |
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