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@madmouse43 Hi. I take 30mg (3x 10mg) of Amitriptyline at night and it helps me sleep. I don’t think it really helps with the pain or anything but I suppose it helps enough that I can get some sleep. I started at a low dose (10mg) because I am very sensitive to medication. I worked up to 50mg but had bad blurry/double vision. It still affects my vision quite a bit but not as bad as it did at 50mg. I’ve tried many other medications and like this the best. I can’t take gabapentin because it sedates me. I tried Lyrica and had a VERY bad experience with it. I can elaborate if you want to hear more but overall, despite the blurry/double vision, I experience the least amount of side effects from Amitriptyline than the many other drugs I’ve tried. Good luck! Wishing you well.

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I appreciate the information. So far I have been lucky that my PN only very rarely effects my sleep. I take a 10mg Melatonin gummy which helps me get to sleep. I am at the very beginning of this med regiment. Frankly the side effects posted for all three of these (Gabapentin, Lyrica and Amitriptyline) along with sometime questionable effectiveness cause me concern .