"i&#039;ve been on 20 mg of amitriptyline at bedtime for insomnia for 6 years now.  i had been on valium after a bout with acute stress disorder, but found it highly addictive and found myself going to my shrink not for therapy, but just to get my rx renewed.  i knew then that i had to get off the valium.  my gp suggested the amitriptyline, and it is great.  no side effects, and it lets me sleep, it doesn&#039;t make me sleep.  it also lets me get back to sleep if i have to get up at night to use the bathroom.  my doc told me to start with 10 mg and move up by 10 mg increments until i found a dose that worked but that didn&#039;t leave me hung over the next day.  10 mg worked.  30 mg put me in a fog til noon the next day.  20 mg has been perfect!"