Hi Brian,
What dose did you start Amitriptyline on? It is a very difficult drug to increase or decrease. Any little change throws my body off. When I first started it, I took the lowest mg pill (10mg) and broke it into 4 pieces…so 2.5mg and from there very very slowly over more than 6 months, did I reach 20mg. But it made me feel very very heavy. It is a very difficult drug to work with. However when I reached 20mg I asked my doctor if I could switch to Nortriptyline. Basically they are the same. Ami convers to Nori in the body. I was very scared about the switch, but I did, and I had no issues whatsover. It was the easiest switch considering my elevated fear. Instead of the 20mg Ami, I took 20mg Nori. Some people have said that Amitriptyline is stronger. But I can’t find dosage equivalents anywhere. If you are working with either form, start very very small, and increase it very slowly over a long time. Then your body won’t get thrown into a flurry of difficult side effects. Don’t move to the next dose up, until your body has gotten used to the present dose…maybe upto a month. It is a long, slow process.
Hope this feedback helps you Brian88, even if I did not answer the question exactly. 