Amitriptyline Overdose
Amitriptyline is an antidepressant drug, specifically a tricyclic antidepressant medication. It is one of the most widely used TCA drug. It is prescribed for treating depression. The efficacy of Amitriptyline is synonymous to the newer class of antidepressants such as SSRI or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. Specifically, Amitriptyline is prescribed for the following indications:
- Depression
- Anxiety disorders
- Migraine prophylaxis
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Bipolar Disorder
- Anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa
- Post-herpetic neuralgia
- Insomnia
- Pain relief for ankylosing spondylitis
- Prevention of biliary dyskinesia
- Nocturnal enuresis in children
- Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Other indications of Amitriptyline include:
- Cyclic vomiting syndrome
- Tinnitus
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Chronic cough
- Fibromyalgia
- Cystitis
- Vulvodynia
- Peripheral neuropathy that may be due to diabetes or Vitamin B overdose
- Laryngeal sensory neuropathy
- Painful paresthesia
- Chronic fatigue syndrome
- Multiple sclerosis
- Functional dyspepsia
The appropriate dosage of Amitriptyline for its depression indication is higher than in the management of pain. The usual dosage for pain treatment is 10 to 50 mg a day. According to studies, tricyclic antidepressants are not considered a first line of therapy for depression because of being high risk for overdose. Other antidepressant medications such as SNRIs and SSRIs are often used initially.
Amitriptyline is available in various brand names, but one of the most popular brands is Elavil. Amitriptyline overdose is related to increased ingestion of Amitriptyline by patients.
Overdose Amount of Amitriptyline
Ingestion of up to 750 mg of Amitriptyline by an adult results in Amitriptyline overdose.
Signs and Symptoms
The signs and symptoms of Amitriptyline overdose is mainly due to the anticholinergic effects of the drug at the different organs in the body as well as the brain. The heart may also suffer symptoms because of quinidine-like effects on the heart muscles. Signs and symptoms of Amitriptyline overdose include:
1. Altered metal Status
Drowsiness is a common symptom of Amitriptyline overdose. This results from the inhibition of the nerve impulse transmission in the central nervous system. Confusion may also be experienced. The presence of altered metal status may also lead to hallucinations by the patient.
2. Seizures
This happens because of the increase in the serotonin and norepinephrine levels at the nerve terminals thereby making the nerved impulse transmission less stable.
3. Heart blocks and arrhythmias
The effects of Amitriptyline overdose in the heart results from the impediment of the cardiac conduction system thereby inhibiting the action potentials from the cardiac pacemaker.
4. Widened QRS complex in ECG tracing
The widened QRS complex results from the reduction in the sodium influx in the myocardium. Widened QRS complex is usually seen in patients having Amitriptyline overdose or toxicity.
5. Hypo-tension
The alpha adrenergic receptors in the blood vessel walls are also blocked by Amitriptyline overdose thereby preventing vasoconstriction and leading to profound vasodilation because of the increased level of Amitriptyline in the blood.
6. Dry skin
This effect of Amitriptyline overdose results from the anticholinergic properties of Amitriptyline overdose.
7. Dilated pupils
This also results from the blockade of the alpha adrenergic receptors leading to dilation of the pupils. Dilated pupils are usually seen in patients with severe Amitriptyline overdose
8. Urinary retention
The anti-cholinergic properties of Amitriptyline overdose lead to the prevention of the acetylcholine to go to the neuromuscular junction for muscle contraction. As a result, the bladder loses its tone leading to urinary retention.
9. Slow respiration
The slowing of the respiration may be due to the CNS depression that results in depression of the respiratory center at the brain-stem This may also result from the anticholinergic activity of Amitriptyline overdose leading to poor contraction of the respiratory muscles. The patient must be monitored for possible respiratory depression.
10. Hypothermia
Hypothermia is also a possible symptom of Amitriptyline overdose because of the loss of heat through vasodilatation.
Long term effects of Amitriptyline Overdose
1. Respiratory depression
Respiratory depression is a possible long-term effect or complication of Amitriptyline overdose because of the depression of the CNS and the respiratory muscles.
2. Coma
Coma is the result of CNS depression that may further lead to the death of the patient suffering from Amitriptyline overdose
Causes and Risk factors
The main cause of Amitriptyline overdose is ingestion of large amounts of Amitriptyline. Overdose is mainly seen in pediatric clients as an accidental ingestion of Amitriptyline pills. Amitriptyline overdose may also be seen in depressed clients who are suicidal because TCAs commonly do not take effect immediately after initiation of the treatment. In this line, monitoring of depressed clients should be ensured in order to prevent Amitriptyline overdose.
Diagnosis of Amitriptyline Overdose
In order to identify TCA overdose diagnostic tests must be carried out; this includes an ECG. Electrocardiogram is necessary in order to monitor the cardiac functioning and identify arrhythmia, heart blocks and ECG changes such as a widened QRS complex. A blood test may also identify the actual TCA level in the blood.
Treatment of Amitriptyline Overdose
Treatment for Amitriptyline overdose include symptomatic relief as well as detoxifying the body from the high amounts of Amitriptyline in the blood. Possible treatments for Amitriptyline overdose include:
1. Administration of Activated Charcoal
Activated charcoal may be given by mouth in conscious clients and by naso-gastric tube in patients with altered metal status. Activated charcoal is given in order to absorb the Amitriptyline present in the stomach and prevent possible absorption in the intestines. A second dose of activated charcoal is sometimes necessary.
2. Sodium bicarbonate infusions
Sodium bicarbonate is given to treat possible acidosis because of Amitriptyline overdose. Patients with arrhythmias and QRS prolongation may also meed sodium bicarbonate.
3. Anticonvulsant medications
Intravenous diazepam may be given in order to control the seizures or convulsions. Phenytoin is not to be given even if it is an anticonvulsant drug because it may lead to further blocking of the sodium channels that may lead to more serious arrhythmias.
4. Oxygen therapy
Oxygen inhalation is necessary in order to prevent respiratory collapse and ease the breathing of the client.
5. Vasopressors
Vasopressor drugs such as Neo-synephrine may be used in order to normalize the blood pressure.
6. Physostigmine
The antidote for anticholinergic toxicity such as Amitriptyline overdose includes physostigmine. This is a cholinesterase inhibitor that increases the amount of acetylcholine in the neuromuscular junction. However, it should not be used in Amitriptyline toxicity because of possible seizures.
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I overdosed on Amitriptyline 3 yrs ago. I was admitted to the hospital for 5 days and I have no memory of the stay or even a week later. I lost those 2 weeks completely. and my children think that since then my memory has really diminished. So we are wanting to know if long term memory problems can be caused from the overdose. Kristina
I am wondering the same thing. My memory has diminished significantly, especially if im stressed. I lose things, large amounts of cash even. I have forgotten to pick my kids up, just headed straight home without them. Also, I kind of shut down after a high amount of stress like all emotions and thoughts leave me. If you know someone with an autism spectrum disorder, i feel like someone in the high functioning range. I want to get help, but im afraid of medication and what i might do with it, if it doest work.
Has anyone else suffered with long-term personality changes following amitriptyline? Again it’s been three years and I’m still not me…
Hey, a week ago I OD on amitriptyline and have no memory of the entire day I did it and the following two days when I was in hospital. Due to having no memory, I’m not entirely certain as to why I did it. Has anyone else experienced memory loss?
I am thinking of taking a box of Amitriptyline to end my life hope it works
Yeah I lost my memory of two days and my cousins told me that I was talking in riddles and was behaving like a madman and when I became conscious I found myself tied to a bed in the ICU with O2 mask and IV fluid syringe put into me
My daughter is also suffering from personality changes and short term memory problems since her overdose nearly two years ago. She has been unable to work because of that. Have you had any improvement? If so, how did you manage to improve?
You are describing my daughter after an overdose nearly 2 years ago. She has not been able to work due to short term memory problems and a big change in her personality. Have you improved at all? If so, what helped you to do so?
My memory is terrible I’m on 200mg a day
At the moment I’m abusing my amitriptyline to shut off from the world I took a large amount on Wednesday and when I woke today I thought it was only Thursday I’ve lost 3 days I’ve just taken another 400mg so I can sleep again
How many did you take and was they 25mg
What will happen I took 29 50mg tablets
if you took 29 50mg tablets you will probably die…please get help
Did you do it? Are you alive? I also want to end my life. My own mind is my worst enemy I’ve tried everything with no relief.
Can I have some?
They don’t list death from a large dose, I think I will find something else
yes ,,140
How much did u take?
I took 96 25mg tablets and was discovered the next day when I became semi conscious… My heart was 180bpm and my kidneys had failed… Within 24hrs I was OK but a little confused… My kidneys had started working and I had already Discharged myself ? I’m completely fine now and was almost straight after…. I’m sure it was the mixture of a bottle of gin and the pills that made me suicidal… I’m happy again now…
I am going through the same thing. It’s been 10 years and I now can’t remember anything anymore.
How much did u take when u overdosed
How many mlgs
How many milligrams did you take. 2,500mg is fatal according to my according to my Neurologist.
Thank you for sharing your experiences. They explained something to me.
Years ago I OD’d on Amitriptyline, combined with Trilafon, Demerol, & alcohol. The Amitrip alone was probaby more than enough. I changed my mind a half hour later, made myself vomit, and lay down. Someone found me, I couldn’t be woken, spent 3 days in coma in ICU, I think another 8 in coronary care before checking out AMA (they were trying to force me to sign myself in to a psych hospital). Charcoal sucks.
My brain wasn’t functioning properly for some period of time after. I sat and stared and did nothing for hours, maybe days, entirely unaware of the passage of time. Family, friends, neighbors, etc badgered me endlessly until I checked into a hospital weeks later. I attributed my mental status to major depression, but I believe you are correct, it was an after-effect of the drugs (or coma). During a psych eval 6 months later, my Stanford-Binet IQ was well over 145, so I don’t think it did any permanent damage. Unsure if there was any lasting cardiac damage. I was diagnosed with long QT syndrome some time after, but it could have existed all along.
The experience revealed that if you are self-destructive, do not take chances with mixing chemicals if uncertain or seeking assistance in getting help, because your freedom will be taken away leaving you with very expensive hospital bills as providers take the most secure, expensive approach to avoid a repeat performance. Fair-weather friends will RUN away and family members will walk on eggshells for years, but with bottled rage festering from emotional upset, stress, cost, abandonment, manipulation, etc. 20 yrs later, docs will be sketchy about giving you pain killers or muscle relaxants no matter how badly needed due to that history. In some states, 30 yrs later you could still be unable to purchase a rifle for hunting. There is NO shame in admitting you need help and asking for it. In fact, one should be proud of accepting responsibility and asking for help instead of giving up or acting out to get it. If life is truly that unbearable and you can’t perceive any solutions or methods to ease your pain, focus on getting through the next minute, hour, night, etc., if it doesn’t improve you can always give up tomorrow, or the day after, or the day after. Depression REALLY reduces the ability to handle stress and problem solve DRAMATICALLY. Sometimes it only takes a small improvement in mood for you to see options you couldn’t before. It’s quite common that sudden strong suicidal ideation is an indication that the depression is weakening and a person who’d felt immobilized finally felt able to do SOMETHING, even though it wasn’t something productive. Just a little more time often allows solutions to develop and percolate in your brain until you feel capable to recognize and pursue them. Because, REALLY, charcoal and catheters and intubation and locked doors and restraints and being trapped with deeply crazy strangers while at the mercy of often kinda bizarre mental health professions is pretty much the definition of sucking balls.
Persephone
That made the most sense in all i’ve read tonight. Thank you. Am im process of planning suicide and this may make a difference to me. Thank you. x
I am also planning suicide. TREPILINE COCKTAIL
Please don’t commit suicide. I have thought about doing this myself but I know these feeling are due to depression. Happiness for you may just be round the corner. Take care
AMATRIPYLINE is the cause of you suicide feelings it well known for it . I was on it 2 days and was looking in the grave yard for a plot, true story. ditch the crap its to old for todays world . AND it says at the top page used for Bipolar I DONT THINK SO IT WOULD KILL YOU.
By all means, please get HELP!!!! If you, by any chance possible, survive an OD, the effects from a helluva high dose of any of the TCA’s, are, unfortunately, difficult to live ? doing anything considered “Normal” & have a great % of being lifelong. . I’m a Rxist who cares about qbody
why?
My kids hate me since I cut ties with there mum an 4 nearly 2 years I’ve tried so hard but to no avail! I hav 150 50mg endept, will that b enough?? I can get another 200? Thank you 4 all of stories ?Bye from Patrick ?
I hope toured still alive. I hope you are still holding on or getting help. I tried to od on a full bottle of amitriptilyne
100 my each pill and ambien. It was the biggest mistake of my life. I was severely depressed but it is one thing that I am thankful failed at. I have two beautiful daughters that did not deserve what I did to them. Suicide is a Very Selfish Act! You think that I will just die and bee done. But what about your friends and family that have to watch you die., have to handle arrangements, fix your mistakes and all awhile feel like they Failed You! They feel if only I did this or that. It’s not fair to you or them. You take a cop out . And cause others so much pain. And FYI Amitriptilyne is one of the most painful ways to die. So get help. Reach out. Nothing Is worth dying over. And the inpatient was the best thing to help me. Yes you feel like everyone is crazy and you aren’t. Well they maybe crazy but we all I’ve are demons. I found out my true diagnosis and am on the right meds after 30 years. No IM not cured but my slogan is.
Be OK with the me I am today because I am better than yesterday and will be better tomorrow. Please know that YOU ARE WORTH LIVING For and worth LOVING. So start by loving yourself!
How did you fail at suicide by taking a whole bottle of 100 mg? I have about 20 100 mg right now. I’m not depressed, I don’t think. I just don’t want to be on this planet anymore. Just sick of being here. Being alive. Would love the release of death. Doubt I have the guts to do so. Just curious how it failed, and how it’s so painful? Cuz tbh, if I want out of the obligation of living, I’d like to go sleepily, and painless
Thanks. I needed this
Not to contradict some doctor’s, but they are afraid to prescribe what really works, remember its a business. $my brother is a neurologist, excellent if fact. Most of these meds are crap. Find the right doctor. Loe dose dose adderrall, loe dose benzo, klonopin best for dution in your system. Its worth being somewhat addictived to something, than to live in missery.try it you eill be amazed, dont overdo it, good luck. Experienced with meds
Please don’t do this ! My daughter has done this in February, nothing is worse for us knowing why and how !
There is help everywhere, don’t please don’t.
This has probably made a difference. I am seriously contemplating suicide.
Me too…lying here thinking why go on? Have Valium, Endep and Temaze. Life has no meaning any more.
You are so lucky to have life , more ppl out there suffering worse so bloody man up and stop being stupid…….take each day as it comes , not all days are down
Hope you can live with yourself. This sort of response is what can push people over the edge. No one can ‘Man up’ from depression – it is a serious illness. Other people’s suffering has nothing to do with one’s personal despair snd mental pain. Implying they are just weak only confirms what they feel – that they are useless and worthless. Shame on you.
Bless you
Only you know what you want nobody’s going to change your mind consider looking up DMT just Google it read about it I could help good luck hope you’re still around to do that
I feel it a privilege reading some posts and real pain reading others common theme is be careful with the stuff
Thank you Persephone, for taking the time to write. You have made the most sense out of anything in my all years a severe mental health struggle and alchole abuse.
I hope that you can go on to help other people the way you have helped me tonight. Would love to see some of your words published in the big wide world. Hope we meet some day. Warmest J xxx
I am so happy you have found what you needed. We need to be there for each other. We are the only people who understand each other!
I agree ? you >100% on numerous of things that you mentioned. Eons ago, I was raped, I failed the “Fight or Flight hypothesis” due to my small size & the “Police officers” where I live were uninformed/stupidly sided ? the perpetrators! I took 50 Lanoxin tabs, remember chopping up my hair, my best friend come to my house, thought I was acting strange & when she walked around my house & saw the hair all over the vanity area, she knew I was in need of help because I’m obsessed ? my hair & I also have a BS Degree in Pharmacy & worked ? Revco, now known as CVS.. She took me to the ER, I “looked fine & tried acting as normal as possible” & the MD told me that I’d be discharged after he received my blood analysis. He went into “Overdrive” when he received my results. My dig level was >10 (normal is 0.9-1.2 & it has a short Narrow Therapeutic Window, the reason why I chose it). I forgot all of the means that they used on me, I found myself “committed to the Psychiatric Ward” & couldn’t remember what happened, but I had bruises all over my arms & I definitely remember pooping out the Activated Charcoal.. I also had to go in front of a Judge × 2 due to being committed & I think I may have never paid the bill for the Psyche stay..
My 20 year old daughter hazel has taken 40 strips of 50mg amitriptyline and is laying in hospital right now and this is the third day of her not waking up please tell me how much you took when u overdosed
I overdosed on endep and was in a coma for 3 days. Had I not collapsed on the kitchen floor I believe I would have not survived. When I recovered I was taken to a private psychiatric hospit where I was so sick in the stomach I had to learn how to eat again by myself. It is a dangerous drug. Be very careful with it.
hi how many did u take + did u take them all at onnce hope im not being rude i suffer very bad deppression
Hey I overdosed on Elavil 25 years ago I took a hundred and fifty 100 milligram pills I was in a coma for three months they never helped depression is always there it doesn’t go away you just have to deal with it. What I did a few weeks ago was I smoked some DMT if you Google it it’ll pop up it’s really really strong but you can’t be on any antidepressants when you do it you usually only have to smoke two or three hits of it and not at all not all at once you take one good hit. And then a couple of days later do another good hit. And then do it one more time. This will take your depression away Google DMT and read about it and research it before you try it it comes from Brazil but you need to find someone who can get it for you. I wouldn’t do I Owasco it’s a tea that they make and you drink it and at the end it makes you pretty sick DMT can be made by chemists and just pure it’s the main ingredient in ayahuasca. Anyone suffering from depression out there should really look this up and read about it it comes from a plant it’s all natural it’s not a drug it’s not something to get high on it’s something to help fix your brain and it put serotonin in your brain true one hit instead of taking pills all the time that do nothing but Supply the drug companies with money hope you find it it helps me good luck love you all.
I’m seriously considering an over does I feel life is just to painful to keep going.I’ve got amitriptyline.tremadol coding qutiapin. If I take them all it might work.I hope.
How is your daughter..i took a whole prescription of my mothers amitriptlyne when i was 15 …1998 was in a coma for 4 days no brain function was not expected to wake up and if i did id have to relearn everything..hope she is ok
It depends on her weight and her tolerance from what I’ve read takes 750mg of amitriptyline to o.d I have been on for years I have taken up to 400mg and I’m still here with no hospital or 911 calls I always wake up in the morning I hate to say this but some times I wish I wouldn’t wake up but that’s me and my own fight with being so damn sad…. I hope your daughter will be okay I really do s and I’m so sorry your going threw this God bless you and your daughter it takes a lot of strength to deal with what your going threw, I owe things work for the best and she wakes up and get the help she needs. God bless.
L. Rose
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Ive just taken 1g (1000mgs) of the stuff, im 56kgs and normally 20mgs knocks me out, is the amount ive just taken , a dangourous amount ??
that would be enough to kill you for sure.
i take 20mg each night and it has hardly any affect on me. so if i were to OD as a way out id need at lease 2 -3grams im am about 76kg
Hey Danielle I took 3000 mg. And was in a coma on a ventilator in Icu for a wk. I have had memory issues as well as some altered personality traits. Damn gta go contact me dave katzenbach on fb if u wna tlk
I overdosed on amitriptyline in late 2005, was comatose in ICU for at least a week, maybe more. My memory was severely compromised — I mean, my memory of anything is greatly diminished, both before and after the overdose. I lost a lot of memories, which is sad, and also reduced my capacity to form new memories. Additionally I have had cardiac consequences, with a tendency towards bradycardia (reduced heart rate).
Anyone know why I have permanent heart problems after accidental amitriptyline OD? I get high heart rates and skipping for years. I take atenolol to control it. Cardiologists say there’s nothing wrong. It makes no sense. I have all these heart problems after the OD for years happening every day. I felt my heart beat weaken after the OD in my throat and it’s been wanting to pound for exercise ever since.
Does anyone know why I have permanent heart problems after an accidental OD on amitriptyline? My heart has been skipping and going at a high rate since the overdose. It’s been over 6 years since the OD. I use beta blockers to control it. The cardiologists say there’s nothing wrong with my heart even though I have all these crazy issues with it since then. It skips and races like crazy even on beta blockers if I don’t exercise everyday.
Why are mods deleting my posts?
How much amitryptalin will it take to kill me??? I have three full bottles 90 tabs of 10 mg??
Why do you want to die? I want to not wake up in the mornings every time I think of what I wish would happen I think of my mom it would kill if I died and my sister all my family which I don’t want them to go there that but the same I need help because I love my family so very much and if I were to take my life I can’t help but think of how many lives I would destroy. I love them to much to be so selfish. Please get help if I have enough strength to admit that I need help the funny thing is I asked my dr to send me mental health facility. I was doing pretty good until tonight I do want to die but I can’t can’t take way out I have family that live me and I love them so much that is what keeps me from hurting myself no matter how much I want to. Please get some help
sorry to tell but its not enough, so wait until u gather more. (Also tbh those fking tabs tastes really bad so u wanna consider some other way bruh).
How was the ED staff aware that you had ODed on amitriptyline? Did you tell them? Or have a history?
Iv just taken 96 @25 MG I HOPE NOT TO BE HERE TOMORROW MORNING will this do?? Please advise asap… Lol.
My issue is taken to ER for taking 20/ 50mg pills. Amitriptyline and alcohol was 81. Few months later found out that they followed no protocol. No securing airway, aspirated and was decerebrate posturing and they did nothing. I’ve had abnormal I eeg and MRI because I knew something was wrong bc I don’t remember anything and daily activities are hell. I was a nurse and I stayed unconscious for over 2 days. Is there not a standard of care for treatment and is it possible to go after hospital for not doing anything. I will never be able to work as a nurse or anything else. My son had died and I made a mistake but I deserved help.so are they liable for not giving standard care? I was there within an hour. I was posturing and husband asked why? Told normal it was normal.they took any chance of living normal life. Never did a level.I understand that I did it but they have a duty to act.They failed to and I hold them responsible for that. I want to look at negligence because they failed to act. Any thoughts?
Kristi
Yes they are liable. They do have a duty of care. It is their job.
You were not well and needed care, they should have delivered it to you.
I urge you to fight and seek justice. They owe you compensation.
Just over 12 months ago I overdosed on amitriptylene, was in coma for a week, then hallucinating and a non retentive memory for another week. The third week was in a recovery ward for stroke victims relearning how to walk. Since then have been medicated with Sertraline which has been effective but still experimenting with the dosage. Currently taking 100mg per day. Find I a suffering from lack of energy and initiative and have some short term memory problems. Most of the time I feel dazed and have impaired balance which has resulted in some dangerous falls.
Is this all due to the overdose, or is there an Sertraline component ?
Is this going to be for ever ?
what did you experience physically as the meds began to work? everyone says something very different. some painful some peaceful.
I overdosed on Celexa and amitriptyline over 7 years ago. I was on life support for 4 days. My heart rate has been high ever since. Any one else experience this?
how old were you?
I believe I overdosed on when I was 13-14 yr old took 13 100mg tabs I now at 36yrs cannot have children ,heart palpitations @19yrs and horror short term memory since. Morning after taking I hard exreme difficulty walking staying awake and troubles breathing and eating for four dys. I never told anyone I o.d. and told everyone o had flu bug
Nobody
Heather why can’t you have kids? What did the od do?
I think I may have overdosed two nights ago on amitriptyline. I was drinking heavily, and have been taking it for migraines once a night. I suffer from depression and anxiety, untreated, and I feel like the amitriptyline made it more severe. I had and argument with my S/O that got worse than ever… And I decided to end my life. I took all remaining pills in the bottle and ended up feeling really distorted and high. My tongue was numb, my face turned blue-ish, I was super slowed down physically and speech… I don’t remember anything other than that until waking up very disoriented in the morning to an extremely concerned boyfriend who kept coming back from work to check on me. He said I was unresponsive, cold, shivering, and that I had… Released my bowels… he was so close to calling an ambulance, but didn’t want me to be put on suicide watch. This isn’t the person who I am. When I woke up again, I vomited, and my legs went numb. I honestly thought I was dying. I was terrified – even though I’d done it to myself. Since then, I’ve just not felt the same. I’m super inattentive, relaxed, and I can barely feel my pulse. I just feel off. Do I need to visit the hospital? Can there be damage that I’m not seeing? Can I die this late after taking so much? There were about 60-70 pills remaining of the lowest dose.
I overdosed in 2002 at the age of 35. I took enough to die, layed down and entered a coma that lasted ?? The time is a black hole and was never discussed, so I really don’t know how long I was there in the hospital. The only memories I have of my recovery are a faint recollection of a charcoal taste, and being chastised by a nurse as I hallucinated/tried to escape from a non-existent monster and fell from bed. I also slightly recall denying to a hospital person that I tried to kill myself. But of course I did. I also remember a neighbor visiting me–she was the only person other than my husband who knew where I was. (He didn’t tell my family.) This woman shot herself in the head and died four years later. I have great guilt that she looked at my suicide attempt and saw it as an escape + that she used a more catastrophic means. Her family was devastated.
I have no long-term health affects now that I know of. But the emotional damage that I did to my children is lifelong. I thought at the time that I was leaving for their benefit, but that was depression and mental abuse talking. The man that drove me to that brink has since destroyed another woman. I and my children are so much better off without HIM. I am here. You stay here too. Life gets better even tho it doesn’t look like it tonight. I swear.
what I would like to know if you have clear memory of it. is what were you feeling waiting for the meds to start. not what you were thinking about but what physical sensations were you experiencing? some claim amitriptyline is painful others say of course not. I would appreciate your views.
I had about 10 minutes I think or less and started a voice recording. Woke up 4 days later in ICU. My spouse noticed all the lights off and we were separated and I was telling my kids I love them and that’s all I remember. He busted the bedroom door down and called 911. He never let me hear the recording. I was laying down on the bed fell with recorder in hand. Again….I regret the foolishness as now I’m suffering from memory and balance issues.
I just want to say this much to all you guys and girls out there…. I have read these posts and it is shocking. 5 Years ago my brother died of an overdose of tablets which I wont name for your sake. Today my sister lies in a coma for taking an overdose of tablets which I also wont name!!!
Do you have any idea how selfish your act is?? Do you know what you do to the people who actually care, the unnecessary suffering and pain caused by the loss of a child, sister, brother etc. The guilt that racks the family when you die, because almost always, somebody will blame themselves… SERIOUSLY….go an see a friggin psychologist or somebody who can teach you the value of life.
You have a purpose on this earth and clearly you are to arrogant and naïve to understand the true meaning of life. I feel sad and pitty for you.
A nun once told me that God knows each and every persons strength, and he will never burden you with something you cant handle. FIND YOUR PURPOSE AND IF SOMETHING IS CAUSING YOU TO FEEL THAT YOU DONT BELONG IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING…THEN CAST IT OUT OF YOUR LIFE AND MOVE ON. But don’t for a second end the one precious life you have been given because you feel that it is too much. You and You alone can change your life and nobody can do that for you. If you want to commit suicide it is because you are to lazy to find another way to deal with your anguish.
CONCERNED
And you obviously have no idea how severe depression effects people and their thoughts
Don’t judge pipo who commit suicide until u hv those thoughts and survive them… No one wants to take their own life but by the time they do, they hv had enough pain
You can’t tell a person to ‘snap out of it’.
It’s a chemical imbalance we need more cognitive therapists & less owness on medication. There is no doubt antidepressants do help some people but as someone who once prescribed them they made me feel suicidal & had no one to talk to & it was hard explain. It was incideous. Also stupidly suicidal thoughts are a site affect of most anti depressants. I know we all lead busy lives but only takes 5 mins to call your friends or family & find how they feel. Be kind have empathy you never know you may need help your self?
You mean well but you have no clue of how a mental illness changes everything. I hope you have a nice life and l hope mine ends tonight.
Yolande!
Sounds to me like your the selfish one! SMH! It’s apparent that you don’t have a clue, no empathy and quite frankly rude with such horrific judgement upon others! My ex committed suicide, he was in an enormous amount of emotional pain, saw no way out, I certainly don’t judge/blame him for our childs sake, also!
Until you’ve walked a mile in someone’s shoes, it’s impossible for you to understand! DON’T put anymore guilt upon anyone for feeling this way, until you’ve experienced it yourself sweetie!
Ever heard of “Psychology Projection?” Same theory as “Taking the speck out of your eye before you judge another!” The selfishness is coming from WITHIN YOU darling! These people suffer enuf emotional pain and DON’T need any additional emotional, verbal abuse with comments such as yours!
Everyone has already looked at every avenue possible to end their pain without success, that’s why they’re feeling this way. I personally know all about this myself due to earlier attempts my own self years ago!
God/Higher Power does NOT judge ANYONE for this either! God is LOVE sweetheart! Please keep your verbal abuse/garbage to yourself and stop judging others until you’ve stood in their shoes! That type of nonsense talk went out with the dinasors!
Please educate yourself sweetie and stop the dysfunctional “guilt trips”! These people are suffering enough already! Get some help yourself and educate yourself about this before you add anymore emotional/verbal abuse to others!
Please do some research and educate yourself for everyone’s sake. Have a blessed day dear!
Sorry to hear about your ex i feel like im in that exact situation now. The pain has just become unbearable
Yolande!
Sounds to me like your the selfish one! SMH! It’s apparent that you don’t have a clue, no empathy and quite frankly rude with such horrific judgement upon others! My ex committed suicide, he was in an enormous amount of emotional pain, saw no way out, I certainly don’t judge/blame him for our childs sake, also!
Until you’ve walked a mile in someone’s shoes, it’s impossible for you to understand! DON’T put anymore guilt upon anyone for feeling this way, until you’ve experienced it yourself sweetie!
Ever heard of “Psychology Projection?” Same theory as “Taking the speck out of your eye before you judge another!” The selfishness, laziness,etc., is coming from WITHIN YOU darling! These people suffer enuf emotional pain and DON’T need any additional emotional, verbal abuse with comments such as yours!
Everyone has already looked at every avenue possible to end their pain without success, that’s why they’re feeling this way. I personally know all about this myself due to earlier attempts my own self years ago!
God/Higher Power does NOT judge ANYONE for this either! God is LOVE sweetheart! Please keep your verbal abuse/garbage to yourself and stop judging others until you’ve stood in their shoes! This type of nonsense talk went out with the dinasors!
Please educate yourself sweetie and stop the dysfunctional “guilt trips”! These people are suffering enough already! PLEASE get some help for yourself and educate yourself about this before you add anymore emotional/verbal abuse to anyone else!
Please do some research to educate yourself for everyone’s sake. Have a blessed day dear!
Spot on…i tried 22 yrs ago after taking 1250mg of amitriptyline but unfortuantly i was found…things havent improved since them so round 2 on the way
Yolande, you seriously don’t have a clue what demons some people face every day, alone. So, get off your judgemental high horse, and post something that will help. Jeez!
What an absolute disgusting opinion,maybe you should take your own advice and seek help
Try this on for size!!! I have had polio all my life, I am now 65, and I am about to be homeless. I have no one on this earth that cares if I live or die.
Now tell what is the purpose of my life?
No. This is not the way to help. Hon, I get that this hurts and you are lashing out but unless you have been out on these messy meds you cannot know. They made me suicidal in days and I loved life, had two degrees, was a writer. My endocrinologist was a fool, the psych said.
This won’t help and may even cause a suicide. That would be your fault not theirs. Bullying sick people is about people hurting just as depression is but you have less excuse.
Wow…reading these are alarming yet I will share. I flipped…and I mean just lost it and flipped over in 2009 and took a LOT of amitrip along with some Lorcet and clonazepam. All I know is I was in a coma for 3-4 days and don’t remember anything & when I did wake up I still don’t remember hardly anything then went straight to a psych ward from ICU. Stayed there for a week and then home. I am now suffering from some serious memory issues of short term. Like immediately short term. My long term memory is still good but I’m really stressing over this short term thing. I went for a complete psych evaluation last year due to worries about it and he said I failed thr stoop test. I asked my hisband what the Dr said the long term affect would be and he said brain damage. I feel like I have some of that going on. I am not sure but I’m worried about my future.
Letting you all know….its been 7 years this past April and I regret it every day. Now I have two grandchildren and life is amazing but I didn’t see it then.
I hope you all really think about the future …..and your family. It’s not,worth it.
I want to end it all I have 75 x 25mg Amitryptiline will that kill me??
Please dont do that too yourself my mother just done this 3 days ago and has no memory no balance and speech problem …no clue whats going on at the moment ..we are heart broken and in hopes she comes back too her self when the meds are out of her system….listen when life gets hard it doesnt stay that way forever…things will always get better i promise! At this time it might feel like its the best thing too do but it really isnt….your not feeling like yourself if you wanna do this please go talk too someone and get urself some help..pick urself up u got this! All i know is that the guilt i have right now is unreal that i didnt know my mother wanted too end her life and how sad she was too try…She really thought everyone hated her and its because she has a illness …She is well loved by everyone …Just like YOU are.. if you feel like the worlds against you your not alone …your life will get easier please think about you and ur family and go talk too someone …things will work them selfs out they always do ? just letting u know i care
It’s so easy to say it gets better go talk to some one yeah like anyone really don’t understand after u or I talk to someonr
I took 4000 mg (40-100mg) of amitriptyline but somehow I’m still here. I was in the hospital for almost a month. Had a tube on my throat to breathe and was hallucinating as i was in and out of it. Was in a coma for some time. I have memory loss still and breathing difficulty. I don’t know why I’m still here as I was sure I took enough to die. I don’t know why, but still here. I caused great pain to my family. It was not worth it. Try to see how you affect others. And try to think of the consequences before shipping any thing.
You started it !
i feel i have nothing left to live for. I have only 480mg of Amitriptyline and was hoping it would send me to eternal sleep so I cn get out of the living hell that is my life. My female partner accuses me constantly of belittling her. She is paranoid. I never know what sort of mood she is going to be in when she wakes up. I can’t leave because I have no income. She has driven away all my friends so I have nobody to turn to. If only these pills were enough, I would email someone and tell them to tell the truth about her when I’m finally at rest.
Maybe I just throw myself under a train
Don’t do that please.
Both of my elderly parents take so much medication for all their health problems I barely recognise them. I want to help all I can but I am myself single & am constantly been phoned or deal with every drama, panic attack crying from them every day. They live apart. If you can get yourself some restbite time or you will snap. Try what I do, scream into a pillow & talk to someone if you can…..you are not alone. Hey I put my phone on silent mode for 1 hour & was left 20 + messages. Naughty yes, essential yes?
im a 14yo girl with anxiety and depression and long term health issues that doctors haven’t formally diagnosed yet. i am so upset right now and i feel like this is my only escape. i have no where else to go. the other night i was about to take 22x 25mg Amitriptyline pills when i was stopped by my boyfriend/bestfriend. i want to try again but i don’t want to hurt him. I’m told i still have so much to live for but this is my 3rd year of depression and I’m so over it. my life is pretty much made of doctors appointments for chronic headaches and unusual MRI results. I’m so down right now – i need a second to breathe. it feels like someone is screaming at me 24/7 and that the whole world is against me. my head is always hurting and i feel like my family is going to be even more fucked up if i do it which is making my situation even more stressful. i have supportive and loving friends but my grades in school are dropping and I’m failing at almost everything i do. my boyfriend told my mum about the other night so she took me to the doctors. my K10 test was 43/50. now i have 4 different organisations and doctors being contacted about me. having to explain all this to people is getting frustrating, exhausting and making me feel worse and more motivated to overdose. I’m such a mess right now and it doesn’t help that my dad goes away for 3-4 months at a time for a year each time. i know i need help but things just get messy and frustrating when i talk to people about it. i don’t know what to do anymore. do i end it or stay here in this dark hell hole.
at the hospital with my wife currently dont know exactly how many she took but pretty sure ablut 40-50x25mgs she is out of her coma witch is such a relief i love this woman with my everyrhing. Now she in her room first day off vint and other things. My question is she is in a almost jibberish/seeing things/crying alot of all these things along with not recognizing me or her mom or dad did other loved one say you also were like this long if so for how long? Honestly going crazy myself just want her to grab me and day my name and tell me she loves me anyone have a clue to my question?
Did any of you suffer a lot of pain? I have the Amitrip cocktail ready, but scared of fits and convulsions. How quickly did you fall asleep?
Did you go through with the cocktail!
I am 29yo and I once took about 28 pills@25mg and never told my homosexual partner(we are both men) I just slept it off and never said a word about it to anyone I have noticed that I fell a couple of times without a reason or any obstruction in my way. This frustrates the hell out of me. I also have blank stares and serious mood swings, with long term health issues and I feel like the only way out is to end it for real. I only found out after my ordeal that an adult need about 30 pills to die but reading all this no one died and they had much higher doses. I really wanna end it all without pain though, I had very serious panic attacks that just creeps up on me and it happens without warning. My depression is about more than 15years old and no-one knows the hell I’m in. I’m intelligent and hard working but I never keep a job I always mess up things by self-sabotaging it. I have months of good days then suddenly bad days comes along and I’m just a mess. I messed up very great opportunities in my life because of this depression that just really pulls me down. I almost died for different reasons before like in 4 times and I wish I just died. My life has no meaning, I want a painless permanent solution to my problems. No one understands this mess I’m in and I didn’t ask for it. Whenever something good happens in my life the depression gets me and I mess up. So whoever feels like its easy to change my way of thinking don’t know shit! Don’t talk about things you don’t know about. Depression sucks!
I wanna take 30+ amitriptyline hcl. But I don’t know. I don’t want to wake up in a hospital….
Someone please share tabs that can actually kill you…..amitriptyline is clearly a dead end
64, 50mg amitriptyline, 26, 100mg trazodone, and a third of a bottle of tequila…. What do you think? Will it work?
64, 50mg amitriptyline, 26, 100mg trazodone, and a third of a bottle of tequila…. What do you think? Will it work?
hi
after reading all the comments i came to know that none of you took minimum amount of lethal dose..also i guess u were discovered before 24 hrs of taking the pills thats why you didnt succeed..
i m planing an overdose of amitriptyline hcl with proper regime written in pphb…but before that i want to ask survivors, was it painful for you or you peacefully went into deep sleep?
how long did it take to make you unconscious?
are these memory issues and health problems permanent if you survive?
plz rply soon
thanks
I have 1680 mg next to me.
I just want to sleep. I used to believe in more than one life but have read about lots of people who have died and come back. The majority say that it was just lie deep sleep. No dreams. Nothing.
I sometimes want this. I have three children who love me but my wife does not. I have devoted my life to having children because she said she wouldn’t forgive me if we didnt keep trying.
I was suffering from RSI at the time and still suffer irritation.
Now she keeps making it clear that she is not happy and doesn’t want to try to make things better between us after a year of saying she would try but always still being off.
I just want my life back and to do the right thing but nothingness seems like a desireable option.
I can’t face anyone anymore. My wife has been planning how to split up for a long time and I think she has never had an intention of being swayed by counselling.
I just want to leave.
I hope this isn’t too late but don’t do it. As awful as things seem right now, psychiatric wards are a lot worse. You have your freedom taken from you, medications forced on you, are sedated like an animal (this means an injection IN THE BUTT) when experiencing high levels of stress, and your views constantly pushed to the side even when its about your care. Seriously, you don’t want to go to a psychiatric hospital. I’ve been sectioned six times and each hospital admission has made my mental health worse. A year and a half on from my first admission, i still want to kill myself. In fact, the reason i am on this thread was because i want to see if the medicines in my house will do the job. I will probably end up a contradiction, back on a psych ward, wishing i had taken more tablets, cut deeper, or made the noose tighter. I will probably regret taking those tablets and shut down again; i will be unresponsive, uncommunicative, and above all I won’t be engaging with the therapies offered to me. Once again.
I feel for you
I also suffer from severe depression, bipolar and ADHD! I know I am a complex person to understand and live with and therefor experience rejection extremely which aggravates my depression. I have been on medication for depression/bipolar/ADHD for 25 years. I have been through many different types of antidepressants, some worked others did not.
I have never tried to commit suicide, but have turned on the brink. The one thing that prevented me from doing it was my faith! the belief that if I commit suicide I will not be reunited with my dead baby! Ironic that a dead person can prevent you from dying. Afterwards I had another son which made me realize I how much I would have lost if I did commit suicide then. My two sons and granddaughter are the things that give purpose to my life. I shudder if I think that I could have deprived myself from such pure bliss.
The problem with me was that I could not voice the extreme pain that I felt to anybody. No one understood, they just kept telling me to pull myself together which I could not by myself and to stop pitying myself, which I was not. I started seeing psychiatrists and psychologists and went to a psychiatric hospital. Here I could talk to people who UNDERSTOOD with empathy and acceptance. I was not a freak after all! Over the period of 25 years I have seen different therapists. The bottom line is; there is help in that dark pit of hell. All it takes is for you to reach out your hands and take the help. I was very despondent at first, some medication had severe side affects and sometimes my therapists also had severe side effects. But I decided that it was my right to discuss the side effects with the therapists and that they had to act upon that. Eventually I found my perfect psychologist, psychiatrist and medication! And I feel like human being with value and worth and have decided that I will never remove myself from society and deprive anyone from the unique, gorgeous person that I am.
You owe it to yourself to help yourself and nothing and nobody is worth your life. We depressives do not talk about our feelings, so please people talk. Talking halves your problem, talking again quarters it and so on. so the more you talk, the more people help to carry your burden, making it much lighter for you. If cannot talk, then write letters (not suicide notes please!) If you do not want to keep the letters, burn them! Just get the THING out of your system.
A therapy that I enjoy tremendously is climbing mountains. When I face a mountain it represents my problem, which is huge. Then I start climbing. When I get tired I look back and up and contemplate rather going back, but the fighter in me prompts me to continue. And I do. It gets harder and harder to prevail, but at last when I am at the summit, tired, and looking down from above, the realization hits me! If I can conquer a mountain, I can conquer anything. Life is worth it after all!
(Christians: Psalm 121; I look to the mountains; where will my help come from……….)
Christian or no Christian, CONQUER YOUR MOUNTAINS! Life is worth living! Live it to the full.
I just recently OD on 100mg amitriptaline, doctors told my family there was nothing else they could do for me and I wouldn’t make it through the night. I almost died, but by the grace of god I made it. I’m concerned about the after effects on my heart, I do have memory loss and I’m staying tired, dizzy, chest hurts, and still do not remember anything that happened while in hospital. These chest pains are really scaring me. Any advice?
How many 25mg tablets do I need to take to kill myself??
How many 25mg tablets do I need to take to at least put me in the hospital? Not to cause a lot of damage just to get help
125 at least .I know it from the peacefull pill book
I have a script for 30 .. 100 mg each month. How much do I need to kill myself?
Dam yall if yall had what i take . i get 150mgs 120 a month. If i took them all i would die leave this fucked up place maybe i will tey
My brother just OD ed on amitriptyline like 5 hrs ago, hes in hospital now i have read on internet apparently more than 750 mg is fatal. He only took 350 mg will that mentally effect him much ?
to the person who said they were going to od on 100mg is funny.. not in a haha way, but an are fucking kidding me kinda way. I take 200mg just to help me sleep.
I live in a toxic situation, can’t get out, and all my friends ran for the hills when I started getting sick. I suffer from many auto-immune diseases, one which is causing me liver cirrhosis, acute partial kidney failure, and even bone marrow toxicity.
I moved to this city to escape abuse from my father.. if you can call a lecherous predator a father.
I’d always been strong, but now it’s being taken advantage of. everyone vents at me whether I’m the problem or not.. that horrible Miley Cyrus song “wrecking ball” has one line that seems to portray how I’ve been emotionally targeted for the last 17 years..”all you did was break me.” and now I’m a ghost of my former self, a hollow shell that smiles no matter how bad things get b/c they expect that. they’ve broken my bond with my daughter, her father won’t touch me since I was in a coma from septic shock back in 2012. it’s like everyone mourned my death b/c the dr’s said they should think about plans, but I survived. and it’s like they treat me like I’m dead.. for 5 years, I’ve been this living she’ll with everything dead inside. I have at least 18 grams of it.. I don’t want to wake up. took about 400mg to make me sleepy, then I’ll take as much as I need to. I really don’t feel like swallowing 180 pills. anyone know what it actually takes?
You should add about 300g of diazepam. I read that should do it.
I have 7 GRAMS of Amitriptyline – if I take this with some booze and some benzos (I don’t have loads of them) this will be a SURE success – right? What if I add in some GBL and some Gabapentin? All of that together must guarantee it.
I’ve failed before and I have been miserable all my life, I am in agony and it has and will never improve. Don’t fucking dare tell me it will. I am now homeless and on the streets at night and I have no prospects and I want my misery to stop. Please it has to stop – I need this to work.
Hi there. I just want to know my mom 61 yr old took all like in all of her chronic meds tripiline over 80 25mg togethet with more than a 100 tramazac 37,5mg and tenopress rivotril she took more than a months supply of meds. I found her but she was unresponsive and i called an ambulance she is currently in icu intubated and with irregular heart rate between 39 to 55bpm. What are her chance of recovery
Please don’t any of you take your own lives.
I care deeply.
My best friends mom overdosed on this same drug. Her toxicity levels were off the charts. 2 weeks later the toxicity is still off the charts. She is breathing on her own finally. She took bottles of amitriptyline and her blood alcohol level was 1.87. she is still hallucinating . She’s on a feeding tube, and has a catheter
this drug is very dangerous. One of the worse pills to overdose off of. It is obsorbed into the fatty tissue and blood. This pill is causing people to feel suicidal. If you feel like harming yourself, please seek medical care. This is nothing to joke about.
I am 20 year old girl i want to die because of contineus illness since past 3 yrs so please help meguys
Will there be any pain or will I just fall asleep??
I’m a 45 year old woman I’m so tired of being alive struggling all the time with depression I need to end it soon.
I have 90, 100mg amitriptyline pills. I am pretty sure that will be enough to end everything. I’m scared that I’ll be found b4 it happens and I’ll end up with even more medical problems. I just want to leave.
I have some Ativan, clozapine, about 2000 mg of amatryptaline, a half bottle of whiskey and a half bottle of tequila, along with 19,000 mg of Tylenol PM. If I ever do decide to end it (not because of depression or my life sucking, because it doesn’t. Just would rather not be forced to live- didn’t ask to be born) I will be taking it all. Well, all of the meds, and as much whiskey as i can take before I sleep/die. I mean, that’s got to be a sure way out. Really don’t see how I’d survive that. Not everyone who wants to die is depressed and miserable. I just don’t like being alive. It’s dumb. Life is dumb.
I took 250mg of amitryptyline. I was knocked out. Was hallucinating and having convulsions. My family thought I was possessed I never told them what I did. I was so upset all it did was put me into a deep sleep for 2 days. The next day I took another 100mg..it didn’t do anything. I feel gutted that I still wake up.
Damb, I don’t have enough for the job!! I came here to see how much meds it would take to die. After reading through some comments, I realise it would devastate my daughters and grandchildren. I must find a way to fight on
I’ve been going through a rough time for the last 4 years. The only thing that’s keeping me alive, is my cat. I’ve overdosed a few times in my life, once serious. I’ve got plenty of amitriptyline and trazodone. Plenty of nursing care and keeper’s, but that’s it . I stay in my apt. That’s my life and I’m fed up. I’m only 55 and am not use to being dependent on anyone. I’ve tried to be positive, but it just isn’t enough. Any suggestions?
I’ve been waiting on long term disability payments after my short term disability ran out for chronic pain due to degenerative disk desease, cervical osteoarthritis, stenosis, cervical radiocluopathy as primary conditions with which has resulted in secondary conditions including depression and insomnia.
My employer made a mistake in calculating my sick bank and told me far too late to apply for long term disability. That said, Sunlife insurance are dragging their feet. Thus has rendered me with a loss of income for many months.
My gas at home has been cut off, hydro will be soon cut off, aside from standard services such as home phone, internet and my children’s cell phones with which they are demanding about.
I can barely manage normal house hold fix or upper projects. I can’t help around the house for my wife. I feel like a degenerate and yet my family does support me and my inabilities to support them it’s burning my wife out.
I am normally a half glass full type of person but lately, my wife and children’s frustration is starting to show and getting to the point that I can’t keep up, with which I wasn’t able to before. That said, it’s worse now because I’ve lost so much income and they’re worried I’m sure rather than gready.
My LTD provider is playing with our lives. They’ve provided dates to resolve my claim many times and yet every time we discuss it they keep extending the dates. We’ve had so many services cut off, the kids can’t even shower or contact their friends, it’s all too stressful and embaracing. I can’t keep up with the lies from my LTD (Sunlife) provider. I can’t return to work at all due to my ailments with which my physicians will not release me to attempt to work at the moment. I’m within a week of losing my house, I was 2 days before the bailiff was going to repossess my vehicle (with which my wife wouldn’t be able to get to work because we live outside of public transportation), we’ve been living on kraft dinner and hotdogs for a month, etc… the list goes on.
That said I’m completely at a loss. I keep calling Sunlife for an update and they keep delaying. I’m so distraught that I can’t answer to my family any longer. I was depressed even before this and was stated in my application to Sunlife.
Sunlife… how about ENDLIFE!!!
can amitriptyline make you go in deep sleep?
I hope 500mg is enough I don’t wanna live no more
Hi I feel life is to hard to carry on.I’ve been keeping my tablets for weeks I’ve thought about taking my life for days.I feel I’ve had enough.I’ve got amitriptyline qutiapin. Codin tremadol.if I take them all it might just work I’m at my whitening.
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I tried Amitriptyline in 2016 to help me after a routine operation which left me in ICU for 3 days and with fibromyalgia. My sister had been taking it for several years for depression and to help her sleep and for aches and pains and said it was good. I took it for 2 weeks at 20mgs and found that I felt drunk and out of control. I went to my GP who changed it to Fluoxetime. No side effects.
In December 2017 my sister died aged 53 of Amitriptyline toxicity. She was alcoholic, had pancreatitis and fatty liver and secondary diabetes, all of which cause liver damage where the Amitriptyline is processed. She was prescribed 200mg per day.
If it’s not working or causing no side effects see your GP for an alternative! She said in the week before her death that she had a blocked feeling to her throat, a loss of appetite and her legs gave way whilst shopping. That said, when I found her she was smiling, perhaps a nice was to go. I miss her so much and my life has a huge void without her. Miss you every day.
i have 600mg amatryptyline,my story is of sexual abuse by men,then i had a relationship with a guy for 5 yrs before he dumped me,then i got on a gay chat and fell for a guy that was nasty to me for 5 yrs,i know my fault,but i am a guy who loves easy,so i got to see a psycholgist
and at this stage in my life i had enough of men,and went into asexual mode,however,i
couldn’t trust any man again which limits my life,anyway i developed feelings for my psychologist,and told him,he said it’s ok to have feelings this is after i felt comfortable with him and told him my life,but he didn’t say i don’t want you to have feelings for me,i wanted to be friends with him to get me to move on with life,but he said he was str8,which i was thankful for as i said i didn’t want sex,and he quoted the code of ethics,and said i know you are hurt,what he meant i don’t know?not being friends or he was thinking i was gay,it was the end of the session as i walked out he said ‘i can help you’ – i reported him as for 5 months he told me to drink tea and go to bed,now i am not his client i don’t see a problem
with friends and i did fall in love which i don’t think i admitted to myself until the end,i sent a few emails,to try and sort it out,but he would never reply,in 1 email i signed it ‘all the best’
then i rang to ask him to send a letter to my gp asking how he was going to help me-and all it said was about the code,and’i don’t want to hurt,but he has,then he sent a 2nd letter saying he was moving interstate,i know it’s a it’s just all too convenient how it fell into place
as i love him,but basically as a brother,and his non replys to my apologetic emails etc,and the fact i feel he is my saviour and hero that he is the only male i feel at ease with,and the fact he is str8 he could want me as me as a person and not an object,i feel like i want to end
it,all the unanswered emails make it just go on and on and my head makes all sorts of issues,but i will gladly end it for my hero.
Hi guys.I want to commit suicide what is the best way?
Just to let you all know if you’re found not long after overdosing on amitriptyline and you have someone call emergency services then you will wake up in ICU with needles in your hands with a tube down your throat a catheter in you a needle coming out of your neck and believe me it’s a big one and a sore chest from them resuscitating you, with bruises all over your legs for months because you kicked the crap out of yourself whilst you were screaming at the doctor’s long term you’ll suffer from short term memory loss an arythmia still depressed. Oh and believe me when those tubes and needles are coming out they will hurt you will react so as peaceful as you think it maybe once you fall asleep just know whilst your brain may be telling you it’s shutdown you aren’t you’re aware your shouting you’re ripping the needles out of your hands then your hearts stopping if it gets restarted you go through that process a couple more times then they finally have enough of the abuse and put you in an induced coma so if you still want to kill yourself after reading that then be aware of the long term effects I know I did it but next time I won’t be found
I took 56 x 50mg amatryptyline, 28 x 300mg progablin and 20 x 30mg codeine 10 months ago. And was found by a work colleague 8 hours later by the time the paramedics got to me I had reaps of 4 per min, O2 sats of below 85%, heart rate of 23 bpm and temp below 30 c. I arrested twice in the ambulance and once in A&E. I was put into an induced coma for 3 days and spent a further week in ICU when I came around i had a central line, catheter, O2 through a non rebreath mask. A constant team of 3 nurses and 2 security guards. I am still alive now with little memory of the event with the exception of what I have been told by colleagues who saved my life and what I have read in my nursing notes. My only regret is surviving. I am already acquiring medication for my next attempt including insulin and IV paracetamol to set going before I pass out from the tablets and insulin. Next time I will succeed.
My 16 years old 90 pound niece ingested 1400 mg (14 of the 100mg) Amitriptyline(Elavil)
it was about an hour give or take before she was at the emergency room where they said it was too late to Pump her stomach because the medicine was already in her system. All this time she was unconscious and remained so they transferred her to the Children’s Hospital. It’s been 24 hours and she is still unconscious. They said it was too dangerous for them to use anything to try and bring her out of it that they just had to hope and pray she would wake up and come out of it on her own. If and when she does wake up, I’m curious as to if she is going to suffer any permanent damage from the overdose.
The doctors have not informed of anything related to the aftermath or even her current status actually other than they can’t wake her up she has to come out of it on her own. If she does.
So long story short, I’m in my mid thirties, been living with disabilities my whole life, surgery has not fixed, a wife who does everything to cause stress and make things worse. I have 12g minus 200mg or 11,800mg of amitriptyline. By itself, would it be enough to put me to sleep while the pills do the work and stop everything internally until I am off peacefully in lala land with no return ticket? Was also thinking about taking them outside in my camper as it’s below 0F or -18C. Cold should help not wake up, right? Peaceful, maybe once I got to sleep? Would give me the time I need to not be found and the cold would be a fail safe if the pills were not enough.
For me unfortunately I am looking at this drug as a potential method of killing myself. I have prostate cancer (at a rather young age) that had spread to lymph and some bone – and I’ve not seen anything to give me hope. Quite frankly a lab rat in a cancer testing laboratory probably has a better chance of getting a helpful medicine than I have. I just get tested every 3 months (my walk of doom ;)) to see if it’s flared up again – and I live in horror of dying in a hospital stuffed with tubes.
The only medication I can get is Amitryptiline (I just pretended I couldn’t sleep) – which I’m slowly collecting – I just want the dignity of being able to choose when and where I go. Fortunately I’m in the UK so if I screw up I don’t have to worry about burdening my family with medical bills. From what I’ve seen it’s hopefully coma and death – I’m allergic to pain 🙂
Sorry to bring up such an awful subject – but it’s not exactly like I can talk about it to anyone – or ask my doctor for help with regard to this. For anyone else thinking of suicide – DON’T for god’s sake – things virtually always get better and you’ll look back wondering wtf you were thinking of. I’ve been diagnosed 2 years now – and learned subsequently to play the guqin, bamboo flute, kayaking and even to drive a motorbike (risk? seriously? :)). It’s hard – but try to do anything positive you can – it can act as a great kickstart.