"i recently had a neck injury which caused the nerve to the left arm to be damaged.  i used 300mg lyrica and 50mg of amitriptyline, at first, and then increased to 100mg at night, to help with the pain and allow me to get to sleep.  i went off the lyrica after 4 months but have chosen to stay on the amitriptyline.  the bonus that i experienced with using amitriptyline was that for the first time in over 20yrs i was able to get more than 4 hours of sleep per night.  this has changed my life dramatically as i have energy that i haven&#039;t experienced in many years and i wake up fully rested and ready to meet the day."