Irwin is home..I need some advice on possible euthanasia

[JustineNYC]

Moosmom, I am so sorry you had a negative experience with amitryptiline. I have had the exact opposite happen with Ming, he no longer fights with Mac, and he become even more of a super love cat than he was before. My vet said this med has different reactions with different cats. She said 60% of cats do very well on it, but for the other 40%, it is just as you described. I believe that this med has saved Ming's life, because he had chronic blockages and his bladder wall had thickened as well. He is such a happy, healthy, cat now that I would recommend that she should at least talk to her vet about it. When it works, and the dosage has to be tinkered with a bit, it works wonders!

Its an anti-depressant so Im wondering why it helps thickening of the bladder wall? Does it make them high to the point where they don't care about their bladder?

[Catty1]

Justine, my sister was on elavil to relax spasms in her bladder (she had MS). If the bladder and sphincter muscles spasm and contract, it will feel like one really has to GO but can't, because of the muscles tightening.

It doesn't change the thickness of the bladder wall, but helps the UTI problem in other ways.

It is a tricyclic anti-depressant, used in humans and other animals. Most find it may space them a tad, but it is not a sedating med (in my memory).

It sounds like you have tried it, though, and it didn't work. Or is your vet trying it again now that the stones are all flushed out?

Irwin is a SUPER handsome boy and looks like a very beloved kitty. He is sure to heal well with his meowmie's love and devotion.

[JustineNYC]

Justine, my sister was on elavil to relax spasms in her bladder (she had MS). If the bladder and sphincter muscles spasm and contract, it will feel like one really has to GO but can't, because of the muscles tightening.

It doesn't change the thickness of the bladder wall, but helps the UTI problem in other ways.

It is a tricyclic anti-depressant, used in humans and other animals. Most find it may space them a tad, but it is not a sedating med (in my memory).

It sounds like you have tried it, though, and it didn't work. Or is your vet trying it again now that the stones are all flushed out?

Irwin is a SUPER handsome boy and looks like a very beloved kitty. He is sure to heal well with his meowmie's love and devotion.

Thanks for the explanation!! No he is not on it anymore, but like you said, maybe we should try it again now that he's all flushed out. He was put on it for spraying but he has stones then so maybe thats why it didn't help. The vet we have now is not a fan of that but rather the Clomicalm....I am going to bring it up to our vet tho! If anything, we will go back to the vet that put him on it. Thanks!

BTW, good news is he seems better today, not as much in and out of the litter.