There are side affects to going off without gradually reducing the
dosage, especially if they've been on it for a while. I would suggest
looking it up online to find out what they are. Be extremely cautious,
if I remember correctly there was a warning about using that medication
and problems with depression and suicide in teenagers. Call the doctor
and let him know about the problems your son is having. Don't let him
suffer. It's been awhile since our daughter was on it, so I don't
remember that much. Just enough to know to be careful. I wish you and
your son the best. Let me know how he does.

Mary

--- In cyclicvomitingsyndrome@yahoogroups.com, "ohgr8nowwhat"
<OneSmartCooke@...> wrote:
>
> Mary -
>
> > I hope they didn't take him off the amitriptyline cold turkey, they
> > are supposed to gradually reduce the dose.
>
> They took him off of it cold turkey. I asked the Neuro. and he said
it
> was fine to stop it immediately and go to the Depakote. I did this
on
> Thurs. and my son says he isn't feeling well. Come to think of it,
he
> was hurting (body/feet) and emotional today. HHMM... More info. and
> thoughts on this would be appreciated!
>
> Terry
>