Hi can anybody help.. I have been on 45mg Mirtazapine for about 2 years now along with 30mg propanalol, seemed to getting on okay until a few weeks ago when my dad suddenly collapsed and ended up having a triple heart bypass etc, he came through okay and is now home. My anxiety levels have shot through the roof and so my GP has prescribed 25mg amitriptyline to take at night to help me sleep. Am very worried that one of the side effects seems to be fast heartbeat, the reason for this being that my heart seems to beat quite fast anyway.

I don't remember getting any side effects with the Mirtazapine when I started it only that it made me sleep which is what I needed at the time.

Has anybody had amitriptyline and if so, what were the side effects?

Thanks for your help.
Banana