I still can't believe that doctors are still prescribing Trazadone. My husband swears by it, but my experience with it put me in to a state of "duh".....I didn't like it....I have been taking Cymbalta for 2 years now; 60 mg. Not only does it help with anxiety, it also helps with the physical pain of depression. Ask you doctor...There are SO many newer medications on the market now with less side effects than those archaic pills...
Yes, they are continuing to prescribe, and my "old school" mid 60s doctor prescribed it for me too (I'm 49). I was on Cymbalta, a cheaper alternative to Lexapro, when I complained of insomnia... He said that the trazodone is an older med that is often prescribed for insomnia and has been around a long time and sure enough it's helped my insomnia. At 50 mg it's given me about 6-7 hrs a night all the way though (and I still usually need an afternoon nap)...
But the state of "duh" is definitely the the trade-off in my my life. I'm glad to hear I'm not the only "duh" girl. Last week I came home from being away on a trip for a few days, and the hot water which normally takes a couple of minutes to pump into my 4th floor aparment was taking an an unusually longer period of time. Long story short... I waited over a long weekend for a repair man to work on our boilers and recirculating pumps to get the tepid warm water up to where it's supposed to be. Interestingly, no one else complained about a lack of hot water in the building. But then I finally realized on the fourth day, duh, what a real dumbass I really am! That I had been turning the fwater aucet to the cold position instead of th hot. Ice cold water had initially come out of the left faucet and tepid warm water out of the right three days ago and the apt's maintenace main mentioned something about a fault recirculating pumpt that sidetracked me, so I was a bit dumbfounded, nevertheless I'm still in a "duh" haze or fog often and enough so, I've decided to taper off the trazodone by 1/8th now every Sunday for the last six weeks. I'm now down to 1/8th this week with no signs of withdrawal, but my insomnia has returned, so I'll probably need to find an alternative but I'm hoping the need for an SSRI is now behind me after about 4years on antidepressants. I never felt the "duhs" while on Cymbalta or Lexapro. There have been other instances and I'm glad they were not life threatening -- just stupid stuff, at least this time.
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We, humans, are all different. We have different chemical makeups. What works for one person may or may not work for another person. Just like, echinacea may work for some but not for others. Its not because the drug is horrible. It is because your chemical make up is different than the persons that it is effective on.
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Hi, I am facing clonazepam withdrawal because a doctor made an error and now they did not fix it fast enough. If you continue with benzodiazapine you will need to face a medical detox at some point, because the withdrawals, include seizures, coma, delerium tremens, severe gastrointestinal problems and it is as life threatening to go off the benzo as if you were a severe alcoholic going cold turkey. I will be very sick, then on top of that I have PTSD bad and when the meds come off I expect to blow up with all the anxiety and anger the medicine was keeping under control. I don't know what to tell you I would do but, just wanted you know medical withdrawal at a clinic will probably be required. If you don't have good insurance it will be a financial mess. I am seriously thinking of suicide because the withdrawals are that bad.
xanax and clonazepam are almost identical.
good luck
Amanda
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Don't be so rediculous, if it was that dangerous it would not be so widely prescribed.
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