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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / September 2004Amitryptilline has changed our lives!
OMG - I have my house back again, and I can sleep through the night (ok, other things do keep me awake sometimes!). Carey has been off phenobarbital and prednisone for a few weeks, and has been on amitryptilline for about 10 days. We have had no more nighttime (and random other times) vocalizations, and no peeing all over the place! I don't know how to handle not washing things on a daily basis! We wasted a lot of time with the neurologist, and the meds had just made things worse as far as the urination went. Glad I saw my regular vet when the situation was becoming unbearable, and we've ditched the neuro vet. She's still got her OCD sucking and mounting behavior on the dogs, but we can live with that! Diagnosis is still "weird little cat", but I love her to pieces. Janet Boss http://bestfriendsdogobedience.com/ http://photos.yahoo.com/bestfriendsobedience Great news!! Gail > OMG - I have my house back again, and I can sleep through the night (ok, > other [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > http://bestfriendsdogobedience.com/ > http://photos.yahoo.com/bestfriendsobedience > OMG - I have my house back again, and I can sleep through the night (ok, other things do keep me awake sometimes!). > Carey has been off phenobarbital and prednisone for a few weeks, and has been on amitryptilline for about 10 days. We have had no more nighttime (and random > other times) vocalizations, and no peeing all over the place! Wonderful to hear. Do you know how this drug works? Just curious. >> OMG - I have my house back again, and I can sleep through the night (ok, > other things do keep me awake sometimes!). [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Wonderful to hear. Do you know how this drug works? Just curious. Amitryptiline is a tricyclic anitdepressant. In humans, as well as treating depression very low doses are used to treat chronic pain. Sounds like, in this case, it's being used to treat depression! > Sounds like, in >this case, it's being used to treat depression! or at least mood swings! She's a pretty lively and happy little cat, but she is definitely a little off her rocker and always has been. The peeing everywhere and all of the time was getting to be a very stressful way to live. I think I can safely say that we are all (2 dogs, 2 cats, 2 humans) much happier now! Janet Boss http://bestfriendsdogobedience.com/ http://photos.yahoo.com/bestfriendsobedience > > Sounds like, in > >this case, it's being used to treat depression! [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Janet, how much is she taking? >>Janet, how much is she taking? 1/2 pill - let me see how much that is...... they're 10 mg tablets, so 5mg - once a day. She loves taking pills, so I'm almost grateful to be giving her something - I thought I was going to have to find a placebo. Janet Boss http://bestfriendsdogobedience.com/ http://photos.yahoo.com/bestfriendsobedience >>>Janet, how much is she taking? > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > to > find a placebo. Wow, that must be quite a dose for a cat. I was taking 10mg a day for 9 months for chronic pain, and I suspect I'm quite a bit bigger than your cat ;-) Interesting that she loves taking them - you obviously have quite a character there! > >>>Janet, how much is she taking? > > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > ;-) Interesting that she loves taking them - you obviously have quite a > character there! Hey, have we seen pics of this little weirdo?! :) > Hey, have we seen pics of this little weirdo?! :) Never mind, I found them there in your sig! She's a cute little tortie with a wild look in her eye! Skipjack is alarmingly beauiful. Mary wrote:> >Never mind, I found them there in your sig! She's a >cute little tortie with a wild look in her eye! That would be her! She's a very funny little cat. >Skipjack is alarmingly beauiful. Isn't he though? And you should feel him - he's the softest cat and incredibly snuggly. He's just 3 now. I love his coloration - he definitely stole my heart. I was giving someone a tour of the shelter and took him out to say hello. He sniffed the edges of my glasses, and curled up in my arms. I carried him around for a few hours! How could I not bring him home after that? Janet Boss http://bestfriendsdogobedience.com/ http://photos.yahoo.com/bestfriendsobedience > Mary wrote:> > >Never mind, I found them there in your sig! She's a [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Isn't he though? And you should feel him - he's the softest cat and incredibly snuggly. It seems like gray cats often have the softest fur, at least in my experience. To this day I have never felt a cat with softer fur than my Gnarly had. (And, aside from having a pulse, it was her chief virtue, so it was a good thing! lol!) >He's just 3 now. I love his coloration - he definitely stole >my heart. While he is much more beautiful, my Cheeks has just a little of the same sort of gray and white thing going on in her face, but without the pretty white boots. See her here: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/crazyaboutfelines/detail?.dir=9d3a&.dnm=e5ea.jpg >I was giving someone a tour of the shelter and took him >out to say hello. He sniffed the edges of my glasses, and >curled up in my arms. I carried him around for a few >hours! How could I not bring him home after that? Lucky you, lucky him. Cheeks was in a room full of lovely cats but captured me from across the room with the look in her eye. Then she tilted her head and leaned into my hand, and I saw that long, long tail and sleek little weasely build and I was a goner. :) She carries that long skinny tail like the mast of a tallship, always. It's hilarious when she zips by with that thing pointing heavenward and says "mrrrrrp!" Don't ever tell me she looks and acts like 100 million other cats because I will never believe you. <G >my Cheeks has just a little of the same >sort of gray and white thing going on in her face, but without the pretty >white boots. See her here: > >http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/crazyaboutfelines/detail?.dir=9d3a&.dnm=e5ea.jpg She's lovely! She looks very sweet as well. > Don't ever >tell me she looks and acts like 100 million other cats because I will never >believe you. <G> LOL - I'd never say such a thing! ;-D They are all unique - some more than others....... Janet Boss http://bestfriendsdogobedience.com/ http://photos.yahoo.com/bestfriendsobedience > >my Cheeks has just a little of the same > >sort of gray and white thing going on in her face, but without the pretty white boots. See her here: >http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/crazyaboutfelines/detail?.dir=9d3a&.dnm=e5ea.jpg > > She's lovely! She looks very sweet as well. Thank you. She is my pride and joy. Sickly little scaredy cat, maybe so, but every morning she comes up to the back of my head (I sleep on my side) and begins a series of little meows as she walks all the way down to my feet and around--asking permission, or "Are you awake yet?" then pauses at my face and peers at me until I open my arms and invite her to stretch out beside me for a scritch and pet. Then this little 7 lb wonder stretches out beside me to about 6'3" and I rub her little spotted belly. :) She goes totally limp, I call it the boneless cat. Hilarious. > > Don't ever > >tell me she looks and acts like 100 million other cats because I will never [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > http://bestfriendsdogobedience.com/ > http://photos.yahoo.com/bestfriendsobedience > While he is much more beautiful, my Cheeks has just a little of the same > sort of gray and white thing going on in her face, but without the pretty > white boots. See her here: Whereas my Cassius is very similar but with the white extending up over his nose (hence a pink nose), white boots and a white tip to his tail. Several people have commented on how "pretty" he is,and I've been heard to say he's so pretty he should be a girl :-). He's got slightly longer hair, a tendency to like his food a little too much, and is coming up to 10. > > While he is much more beautiful, my Cheeks has just a little of the same sort of gray and white thing going on in her face, but without the pretty white boots. See her here: > Whereas my Cassius is very similar but with the white extending up over his nose (hence a pink nose), white boots and a white tip to his tail. Several people have commented on how "pretty" he is,and I've been heard to say he's so pretty he should be a girl :-). He's got slightly longer hair, a tendency to like his food a little too much, and is coming up to 10. Well, I would say this calls for a pic. Eh? :) > Well, I would say this calls for a pic. Eh? :) I'd have to figure out how to use my scanner first. You may be waiting a while! ;-) > > Well, I would say this calls for a pic. Eh? :) > > I'd have to figure out how to use my scanner first. You may be waiting a > while! ;-) Ebay has decent digital cameras for, like, $250. 5 Megapixel ones. Check it out! > Ebay has decent digital cameras for, like, $250. 5 Megapixel ones. > Check it out! Not on my list of priorities at the mo, sorry > > Ebay has decent digital cameras for, like, $250. 5 Megapixel ones. > > Check it out! > > Not on my list of priorities at the mo, sorry Oops, sorry. Best of luck with the scanner, they're very simple to use. >Hey, have we seen pics of this little weirdo?! :) There should be a few shots of her in my link to yahoo photos. I need to get more (and better!) ones up there. Janet Boss http://bestfriendsdogobedience.com/ http://photos.yahoo.com/bestfriendsobedience >I suspect I'm quite a bit bigger than your cat >;-) Since she weighs about 6.5#, I'd say so! Animals metabolize meds very differently than we do though. Interesting that she loves taking them - you obviously have quite a >character there! That she is - couldn't love her more! Janet Boss http://bestfriendsdogobedience.com/ http://photos.yahoo.com/bestfriendsobedience > >>Janet, how much is she taking? > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > almost grateful to be giving her something - I thought I was going to have to > find a placebo. Thanks. I want to ask my vet about whether or not this might help Cheeks stop overgrooming. She has a growing bald spot with no apparent medical cause. It started when Buddha started hanging out in her territory; I thought it had stopped, but noticed that the spot has grown. She loves taking pills, so I'm > almost grateful to be giving her something - I thought I was going to have to find a placebo. By Jove that is a weird little cat you have! I don't know your backstory, and forgive me for top-posting, but this sounds like it's GREAT news!! I want to ask, if I may, what was the original behavior you were treating for with Pheno? We've got one or two cats who are also peeing all over the house, and have clean bills of health - we're trying many things to stop it, but so far no dice. Washing things often is routine here, and losing important things happens, too. My Birkenstocks & husband's Leather Ecco's, to name the latest. If you don't want to post the answer here (duplication?), please feel free to email me at thinggtwoo at gmail dot com. Thank you!! Cori > OMG - I have my house back again, and I can sleep through the night (ok, other > things do keep me awake sometimes!). [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > http://bestfriendsdogobedience.com/ > http://photos.yahoo.com/bestfriendsobedience >From: "C P" thinggtwoo@comcast.net >I don't know your backstory, and forgive me for top-posting, but this sounds >like it's GREAT news!! I want to ask, if I may, what was the original >behavior you were treating for with Pheno? A once suspected brain tumor and "seizure type" episodes. In retrospect and after trying a few other things, it's unlikely the diagnosis was right at all. We've got one or two cats who are >also peeing all over the house, and have clean bills of health - we're >trying many things to stop it, but so far no dice. Washing things often is >routine here, and losing important things happens, too. My Birkenstocks & >husband's Leather Ecco's, to name the latest. Yeah - I had several pair of shoes ruined, and I leave shoes everywhere and have for the entire time I've had her (11 years). She just did that starting this spring. >If you don't want to post the answer here (duplication?), please feel free >to email me at thinggtwoo at gmail dot com. If you look in dejanews.com, and search for the word Carey in this newsgroup, you can probably find backstory. That and "unearthly vocalizations". Boy is it nice to not hear those at 3 a.m. anymore! Janet Boss http://bestfriendsdogobedience.com/ http://photos.yahoo.com/bestfriendsobedience |
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