6-year old Girl OD'd on Amitriptyline/Mother Woke from COMA-Jan06

March 2, 2006

I know amitriptyline (Ellavil?) isn't an SSRI/SSNRI - it's a tricyclic - right?

Does anyone know whether the " old school " AD's cause similar side effects? This

is the drug my quack prescribed for me instead of figuring out I have sleep

apnea. He had me take one before bedtime - I was out within 30 minutes - but

still woke up 10-12 times a night due to my sleep apnea. I felt awful and kept

having to take stronger doses after I'd build up a resistance over a few months.

When we hit 125 mg/night and he said we'd eventually have to take me off for a

few months so my resistance would lower, I said " no more. " I went to a sleep

specialist and have been sleeping great ever since. NO DRUGS!

Terry

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Girl died from antidepressant overdose

Tribune staff reports

Published March 2, 2006, 9:49 AM CST A 6-year-old girl, whose body was found

next to her unconscious mother nearly two months ago in their Dolton home, died

from an overdose of an antidepressant medication, officials said today.

A toxicology report determined Kierra Garner, 6, died from intoxication of

amitriptyline, and her death has been ruled a homicide, a Cook County medical

examiner's office spokesman said this morning.

Kierra was found lying on a bed by her unconscious mother, Patrice Garner, 35,

on Jan. 5 in their Dolton home, officials said at the time.

The girl was pronounced dead at the scene while Patrice Garner was rushed to

Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey where she was initially listed in critical

condition and later awoke from a coma.

Patrice Garner's husband, Grady, a doctor, had been out of the state for several

days on business when the girl was found, , Dolton city spokesman

said at the time.

could not immediately be reached for comment on the case this morning but

a news conference was scheduled for later today.

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