I've been taking trazedone for about a month and it started helping me sleep better the first night I took it.already I don't feel like its the end of the world every time my kid yells at me and if I have to get up in the middle of the night with my baby I can and I'm not stoned like every other sleep medicine I've tried...even if I only get 3 hours it is more solid and I feel better BUT I would be very careful about using it if I was not chemically depressed..The good news is its completely non addictive and has very few side effects..BUT taking antideppresant when your not depressed can do things to you like make you dpressed or give you high anxiety so careful OK
Everyone's info has been so helpful that i wanted to share my experience as well. I was first prescribed Trazodone in Nov 07, as a sleep aid for my insomnia. My doctor told me to take 75mg,, but surprising i slept even worse. I actully never fell asleep because my nose got sooo stuffy i could hardly breath, and i felt more alert. So i decided not to take it again. Then about a month ago, a friend mentioned he was taking it to sleep, and that it worked great,,, so i thought i should give it another try. This time i took about half of that,,,37mg. Now it works! Some nights it seems like 25mg works even better,,,, but lately i've been switching between the doses,,since it doesnt always work great. I seem to fall asleep for 3 or 4 hours,,, then i can fall back asleep. I guess i should increase the dose,,,just hesitant i suppose.
I slept great all of my 27 years,, but since a bad breakup over a year ago now,,,i havnt slept. I really hope i can go back to normal one day,,,, but i'm glad i have trazodone in the mean time :-)
I slept great all of my 27 years,, but since a bad breakup over a year ago now,,,i havnt slept. I really hope i can go back to normal one day,,,, but i'm glad i have trazodone in the mean time :-)
Hi, Trazadone did not help me sleep 2x50 1x50..On 2 I was wired, I came off it once before with no problem. This time I was ill for two days when I realized what was going on..Back on 1/2 pill each night till I ck with the Dr. I cannot find anything to help me sleep.
I asked my doctor for something to sleep and he gave me trazodone, if i could go back i would have never asked him for anything. I too decided to try to stop taking it cold turkey and it messed me up. I was never aware that trazodone was an anti depressant as well, and when I stopped taking it it threw me into this wierd depresion. I had never had problems with depresion before. It took me a while to get everything straitened out. This pill is a bad idea to take just for sleep, its purpose is a sedative for severely depressed people and it should only be used for that.
Trazadone is a great drug for people who have issues with sleeping. I have been dealing with insomnia for years and find that just 50 mg of Trazadone is just enough to help with getting to sleep and hopefully staying asleep, as long as one of our children doesn't have a a sleeping issue themselves. If you are just trying it stay with it! Everything takes takes time. I have learned that a good nights sleep really does make a difference. :)
ive been takeing trazodone for two months 200 mg a nite i sleep like really well. as otthers have said dont sleep for 48 to 72 hours.ita a real****
ive seen no ill side effects yet
if ive worked for 16 hours or so i sleep fine
but other then that id be up for days
ive seen no ill side effects yet
if ive worked for 16 hours or so i sleep fine
but other then that id be up for days
I was having a lot of trouble with interrupted sleep - I would drop right off at bedtime, exhausted, then wake up about three or four hours later and that was it for me. This was exacerbated when I started taking Prozac, even though I'm on a fairly low dose of 20mg daily. My doc prescribed Trazodone, at 50mg in a splittable tablet, and I have been sleeping the whole night through ever since. (Something I haven't done since my late teens.) Most of the time I take a half, unless I'm feeling unusually tense at bedtime, when I may take a whole one. Since the very first day, I have felt completely rested, and not as irritable. I can't say if feeling more relaxed is a side effect of the Traz, or if it's simply because I'm not perpetually frazzled from sleep deprivation. But it's nice, and I'm sure my kids would agree. I am a little groggier in the morning, but nothing that my usual black tea can't clear away, and I have not had any headaches at all.
It looks like the people who have had problems stopping have generally tried stopping cold-turkey. I'm not sure why they would feel that's the best way to go.
It looks like the people who have had problems stopping have generally tried stopping cold-turkey. I'm not sure why they would feel that's the best way to go.
I've had insomnia for over 2 yrs. since my daughter was born. I'm on Lexapro for anxiety/depression. I was taking Ambien to sleep but want to wean off of it and try to sleep w/o meds. My doc recommended Trazodone for sleep temporarily to get off Ambien. I tried it for the first time last night (100 mg) and didn't sleep very well and had a wicked headache all night and this morning. Also felt very groggy. I'm debating whether or not to try again and lower the dosage to 1/2 tab or just go back to the Ambien. I don't want to rely on meds to sleep for the rest of my life, but I need the sleep to take care of my 2 yr old.
I have been having trouble sleeping due to a back injury and my doctor just prescribed trazodone to help with the lack of sleep. I didn't know until I filled the scrip that it was an antidepressant.
I don't understand why this type of drug would be prescribed for someone who didn't suffer from depression. I am scared to take it because one of the side effects is "increased suicidal thought and actions". I don't really want to become suicidal just to get a few hours of sleep.
I don't understand why this type of drug would be prescribed for someone who didn't suffer from depression. I am scared to take it because one of the side effects is "increased suicidal thought and actions". I don't really want to become suicidal just to get a few hours of sleep.
I tried Trazadone briefly as once I took it-I think even half-I was literally a zombie. Look into Seroquel. It was my miracle drug to get me to sleep. Now I don't need anything. Good luck!
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I've just been prescribed Trazodone for sleep but haven't started it yet so I don't know about it's effects. But, I took Remeron (mirtazapine) for sleep and it worked great. I also didn't have any problem stopping it. The only reason I stopped was that I couldn't stop eating.
I've just been prescribed Trazodone for sleep but haven't started it yet so I don't know about it's effects. But, I took Remeron (mirtazapine) for sleep and it worked great. I also didn't have any problem stopping it. The only reason I stopped was that I couldn't stop eating.
Hi,
I haven't had a good night sleep in 10 years since my father past away and became a caregiver to my mother. I would go to bed at a normal time but would wake about 1 a.m. where I would lay there with racing thoughts until morning. I tried over the counter, health food store and P.M. aspirin for a good night sleep but nothing worked. My doctor put me on Resoril, which helped for awhile, but soon I'd be waking again in the early morning. Then I tried TRAZODONE, I had a hard time falling asleep with it, but once I did I'd sleep till morning.. The only problem, I'd wake up as a zombie and would have to go to work. I realized it was time to get off of TRAZODONE when I couldn't make my hour drive home from work because I'd become very sleepy. I'd have to pull over and get out of the car to wake up. The meds threw my whole body out of whack so I quit. For the next 3 years, I continued to suffered with poor sleep until a friend told me about AMBIEN. What a life saver....I'd take my pill., fall asleep and wake up refresh, not tired at all. The generic is ZOLPIDEM, which was half the cost of AMBIEN. Not having prescription coverage, I have cut my pills in half and they work just as well. I don't know if there will be any withdraw affects if I ever decide I want to go sleepless again.
I haven't had a good night sleep in 10 years since my father past away and became a caregiver to my mother. I would go to bed at a normal time but would wake about 1 a.m. where I would lay there with racing thoughts until morning. I tried over the counter, health food store and P.M. aspirin for a good night sleep but nothing worked. My doctor put me on Resoril, which helped for awhile, but soon I'd be waking again in the early morning. Then I tried TRAZODONE, I had a hard time falling asleep with it, but once I did I'd sleep till morning.. The only problem, I'd wake up as a zombie and would have to go to work. I realized it was time to get off of TRAZODONE when I couldn't make my hour drive home from work because I'd become very sleepy. I'd have to pull over and get out of the car to wake up. The meds threw my whole body out of whack so I quit. For the next 3 years, I continued to suffered with poor sleep until a friend told me about AMBIEN. What a life saver....I'd take my pill., fall asleep and wake up refresh, not tired at all. The generic is ZOLPIDEM, which was half the cost of AMBIEN. Not having prescription coverage, I have cut my pills in half and they work just as well. I don't know if there will be any withdraw affects if I ever decide I want to go sleepless again.
Seems to be the only thing that helps me sleep if I get out of a normal sleep pattern. I usually taper off and need lower and lower dosages to fall asleep - then don't need to take it at all - seems to have taught my brain to sleep again -- works great for me. Wouldn't recommend going off of it cold turkey -- you need to taper down.
I have taken trazadone for 15 years. I started years ago when I started on prozac and couldn't sleep at all. Over the past 15 years I've taken several different doses - anywhere from 12.5mg to 150mg depending on what other medications I've been on for depression, stress, anxiety, etc. When I had just had my baby, I didn't take it at all b/c I was desperate to get any sleep I could. Anyway, I'm currently on 75mg. I have absolutely no complaints about this drug and have never had any problems with it or the various doses. I really feel that it mimics real sleep - most of the time I sleep fine but every once in awhile I have a sleepless night like everyone else does. Anyway, I've found it be safe and effective for the past 15 years at all different doses.
Many medications require a slow weaning process. Antidepressants are in a category of usually needing to be slowly weaned off of them so its not a surprised that you had a bad reaction. No one should ever quit a prescribed medication cold turkey - its not like cigarettes or another sustance addiction. Your doctor will give you the best advice on how to get off of any medication in a safe way.