So what do you think? I told my boyfriend to get one of the old tricyclic antidpressants for back pain. And possibly neuropathy. Or ALS. He hasnt reallybeen diagnosed with anything except sciatica so far. Hes defintely depressed though. and his hands are always tingling and hurt. Anyway. He came back with Effexor. Which eems ike it does weird things to your nervous system., which he doesnt need. Do you think one of the old antidepressants would be better since they have been tested for back pain and seem to have less weird nerve things associated with them? Please, need opinions...tks...