Bless your heart Mercuryfreeme. You suffer with a lot. I had a friend with sjorgren's (sp?0 an autoimmune syndrome that had that. (Vulvadynia). I think that was the name of it. Could be mixed up there.

I am 5'6.5 : ) I'm the tallest of my family (girls). My brother was barely taller...

I was on elavil for over 2 years, too, after I hurt my back. Helped me sleep....and supposedly helps with chronic pain. I got off it after I found out my eye nerves are enlarged and am a glaucoma suspect. It has been known to cause intraocular pressure changes. My opthtalmologist says its only for closed angle, but no way I'm going back on that. It took me a year to get off it. I had to wean down very slowly. Be wary of that if you feel you ever need to get off it.