Has anyone taken trazodone (Desyrel) for insomnia?

Posted by judybradford @judybradford, Mar 5 8:22am

Has anyone taken trazodone (Desyrel) for insomnia. If so, what was your experience with it?

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Trazadone seems to be one of the medications doctors like prescribing for insomnia because it’s non addicting. However, I don’t like the way it makes me feel. So even though it seems to help with insomnia, I purposely stay away from it. Right now I’m taking Seroquel, Hydroxizine, and Gabapentin together for sleep. This combination is working for me for trouble falling asleep and it gives me a wonderfully deep sleep.

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@lindalou1958

I have been on trazodone over 30 years and I still go through periods where I don’t sleep and I am on a high dose of 300 mg at bedtime

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A doctor once told me that anything over 150 mg of trazodone doesn’t really work for sleep.

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@aethos

A doctor once told me that anything over 150 mg of trazodone doesn’t really work for sleep.

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Wow, I didn’t know that my rheumatologist put me on that for sleep all those years ago. Thanks so much for the information.

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I've been taking 150mg. of Trazedone for sleep for at least 10 years.Works well for me with no side effects.

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