I find that taking 50mg Trazodone with 6mg Melatonin and 500mg Magnesium helps me fall asleep. Using Trazodone alone does not make me drowsy and using Melatonin alone doesn't help me sleep through the night...
Anyone have any better ideas? I've also tried Klonopin but have a hard time ordering it over the internet...alas, no insurance, no doctor, no medical care.
I am in need of some help. I have been taking Klonopin for about two years for sleep, I have taken many things over the years Klonopin was the most recent. Every few months I try to go off of it but of course I cannot sleep without it and I start to lose my mind completely after about 5 days with no sleep so I keep going back on it. Even if I try to taper off its a disaster because I do not sleep at all at a lower dose. I used to take 50mg of Trazadone for sleep for many years and it worked great then one day it stopped working. It has been about five years since last using the Trazadone so the Dr recommended I try it again but not with the Klonopin. For two nights I have taken the Trazadone and no Klonopin. I haven't slept at all. My body aches, my head aches, I'm shaky, nauseated and can barely talk to my clients on the phone as my speech seems all messed up too, I can't get a word out properly to save my life! I don't know what to do, does anyone know if soon this will end and perhaps the trazadone will kick in? Perhaps I am just having withdrawls from the Klonopin. Ugh, I just don't know what to do and if this will soon end. Help if anyone has any ideas?!? THANKS!!
I just started taking trazodone to help me sleep at night because I have anxiety and I worry the most at night, and the first night it did work! I didn't wake up the whole night, not to go to the bathroom or anything. It was nice to get some sleep. I am on 50mg and i think it was a bit strong. So, tonight i'm going to try cutting it in half down to 25 mg. I woke up tired from it and my eyes were red and dry and also my mouth was a bit dry. All of your comments on here were helpful! I'm usually afraid to take meds, but It's worth it to me so I feel better in the day and I'm able to drive and not be worried about getting in an accident because of no sleep. :)
I'm prescribed 100 mg, but I usually have taken (I've almost never taken trazodone on a nightly basis) around 250-300 mg.
At first it left me hung over in the morning, feeling kind of lethargic but not any more than seroquel did.
Now I find it doesn't help make me tired, but if I lay down, sooner or later I will just black out until the next morning.
I prefer to take seroquel - and still do, but am resorted to trazodone after I run out of seroquel too early in the month.
I was originally given it to use it for problems when taking seroquel with waking up in the middle of the night due to anxiety/stress/panic etc etc blah blah.
So yeah. Idk if this helps any one...