can elavil (amitriptyline) irritate your bladder?

[mom_in_ma]

I haven't posted in years because I've been doing quite well. But, I'm popping back on to ask a question. Has elavil (amitriptyline) ever irritated your bladder?

I had some routine dental work done that caused a new nerve pain condition. Elavil and Neurontin are the chief treatments. With my doctors ok, this past week I tried a tiny amount of Elavil (that I had in my stash from prior attemps) Amazingly, I didn't have retention. So, I upped the dose to 15 mgs for the past two days. Again, no retention and ta da the dental nerve pain is nearly gone.

HOWEVER, I've noticed that my bladder has been a bit irritated the last few days. It's got the sandpapery feeling. It's not an intense flare, but it's annoying. Of course, I'll try going off of it and then going back on it to see what happens....but I'd love to know if others were irritated by elavil.

Thanks!

[kadi]

What color are the Elavil tablets? Just asking because I order all my medicines in white tablets, dye free. I've had some trouble with meds I've been fine with in white tablet form, and then the pharmacy gives me a generic version with red dye + bam -IC flare.
I hope you feel better soon. I'm happy you had such a nice long stretch of remission - it's a good sign that it will happen again.

[mom_in_ma]

Thanks Kadi. As it turned out...the elavil wasn't irritating my bladder. It calmed down on it's own...so it was an anomaly. Phew. That was the good news. However, over the past week I've developed extreme anxiety from the med....to the point that I really can't continue to take it. I've wanted to jump right out of my skin! I'm talking with my doctor on Monday and formulating a new plan.

I'm optimistic that if I was able to take a trycyclic and pain meds without retention this time around....then I might be able to tolerate the anti-seizure meds like Neurontin. We'll see. Crossing fingers.

[Jinny Jean]

I had such bad retention with elavil! It was the first med I tried! So I would sa y yah it does irritate! lol

I have read many posts and lots of yours in success story and emiron threads mom_in_ma! Glad to see your doing well still! Please come back and write wehn your still feeling well it makes us all (well me for sure) happy when I see happy people doing well and living normally with IC. Hope is the last thing to go and I NEVER wanna lose hope.

Jenn

[earthlady]

Elavil also made me feel like I could jump out of my skin. The worst anxiety and insomnia I ever had is when I tried this med. It always amazes me how some people can take this med and feel ok on it. There may be other tricyclics you could tolerate beside elavil. I had been on a low dose of Surmontyl (an oldie with milder side effects) and I was able to tolerate this one - and it did help my bladder.