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Has anyone tried anti-depressant medication for neuropathic pain?
Neuropathy | Last Active: Dec 8, 2022 | Replies (107)Comment receiving replies
Hello @alfer, You will notice that we moved your post to an existing discussion on the same topic here so that you could meet members like @melody12, @artscaping and others who have discussed Nortriptyline for treating neuropathy.
-- Has anyone tried anti-depressant medication for neuropathic pain?:
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/anti-depressant-medication-for-neuropathic-pain/
Has your doctor suggested trying Nortriptyline to see if it helps with your PN?
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I've been taking Cymbalta for 12 years 60 mg every morning. this works for me. ,800 mg Gabapentin every night
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Greetings @alfer. As @johnbishop mentioned, nortryptyline was the first medication my neurologist prescribed in hope that I would be able to sleep at night. Pain and fear were keeping me awake. It was very helpful and I continued taking it for a couple of years until I found how helpful medical cannabis could also be. To this day, my nighttime medication is a 2:1 CBD/THC tincture. My original dosage has been increased as the SFN (small fiber neuropathy) symptoms increased.
The mornings were a problem for me also. As the pain ranked up in the morning I was quite frustrated by noon. So.....we tried Duloxetine for anxiety and I still take it to this day, having increased the dosage from 30 mg to 120 mg. It helps the pain by controlling the anxiety.
Good luck with your medication decisions. Just don't make any changes without discussing them first with your doctor.
What else are you using to control the effects of neuropathy?
May you be free of suffering and the causes of suffering.
Chris