"i&#039;m being treated with nortriptyline for abdominal wall pain due to having irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) for almost 40 years now.  i still have pain in other areas but this does the trick for the abdominal pain, which is like the pain you get in your side after you&#039;ve been running for a long time.  it wasn&#039;t just a stabbing pain, though, it came, it stayed and wouldn&#039;t go away.  i only take 10mg and my prescription says to increase as necessary, but i&#039;ve been on it successfully for over a year now.  i stopped it once with the ok of the doctor but within three weeks the pain returned, so i started back up on it.  i do have the dry mouth and sometimes restless sleep but i can handle that...i couldn&#039;t handle the abdominal pain..this worked!"