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[Limpy]

Morning.  The UK packets state 'not to be taken for longer than 2 weeks, then see a Doctor if symptoms continue'.  Amitriptyline nor Paracetamol never touch any pain that I suffer with.  I find that if I take 2 'nurofen' immediately rather than waiting to see whether the pain will 'go', it works faster. 

I believe that Amitriptyline was developed to ease seizures.  'valium' is used as a muscle relaxant for short term purposes.

CLKD - Could you perhaps be confusing Amitriptyline with Gabapentin?
Gabapentin is used to treat seizures - Amitriptyline is a tricyclic antidepressant used to treat pain disorders amongst other things.

[CLKD]

Not confused at all.   I am older than most of you and know that initially, it was designed for those suffering uncontrolled seizures.  Gabapentin is a newer drug even than Amitriptyline.  Certainly when I had trigenimal neuralgia in the 1990s, reading MIMMS with the GP stated it was for treating seizures.  What is amitriptyline usually prescribed for?
Amitriptyline is a medicine used for treating pain. You can take it: to treat nerve pain (neuralgia) and back pain. It made no difference to my pain as the attacks were so sudden 1 couldn't judge when to take the drug.

Now it's fashionable to use it as an anti-depressant. 

Amitriptyline, sold under the brand name Elavil among others, is a tricyclic antidepressant primarily used to treat major depressive disorder and a variety of pain syndromes from neuropathic pain to fibromyalgia to migraine and tension headaches.

[Lyncola]

Okay at the moment I took a  Nuromol today which is Ibuprofen 200mg and Paracetamol 500g. One tablet every 8 hours no more then three a day. You can only take it for three days.

If overdose you can give yourself a heart attack, stroke or liver damage. Is this medication stronger nurofen?

I’m currently on 100mg of amitriptyline every night, so I don’t have to judge when the pain will hit. I know it’s a long term drug from speaking to my ENT specialist, neurologist and my internet research. My ENT said he would have me on it for a year then take me off and see if the pain comes back. I know from one lady on here when talking about amitriptyline, said her sister has been knit for 5 years for IBS.

I feel like if I jump up and down, I would rattle from all the vitamins and medication I take