Amitriptoline didn't help me at all and actually kept me awake all night
long. My GYN precribed it for me while I was screaming about the pain going
on inside my abdomen and evidently this is the best she could do. She told
me that this would help me sleep (ha, ha). I couldn't stand the stuff and
threw it away as it made me very jumpy and agitated and, as I said, I
couldn't sleep at all. The effexor (antidepressant) I was prescribed, I was
told was to help me with my fibromyalgia and it actually has taken some of
the pain away from my leg and arm pain. The effexor was not prescribed as an
antidepressant at all but for my fibromyalgia. I don't understand how
antidepressants work, as the effexor helped with the leg and arm pain, and
made no difference in my mood . I saw that someone else said that effexor
helped them, so you may want to suggest effexor if they insist on an
antidepressant.