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Withdrawal from Trazodone. Need hope

Posted by extra @extra, Apr 22, 2023

I am on day 10 trying to wean off 50mg of Trazodone. Taking it to sleep about 6months. This is terrible. I am dizzy and weak. Very anxious. Sometimes nauseated. Have to force myself to eat Trouble walking. I am under a Dr’s care but no one helping. I got off Xanax easier. Anyone successful at this? I need hope.

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jmaclellan | @jmaclellan | May 23 10:41am
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@hrd

I had a very successful withdrawl off of Trazodone. I was taking 100mg nightly until I collasped in my bathroom and hit my head causing a severe concussion. That was my last time using Trazodone. After that I used lorazepam .5mg for quite a while but was eventually done. Three weeks ago I started using Amitriptlyne for headaches. I take .25mg before bed and I get relaxed and get a great night sleep. Good luck, try to get more support from your doctors office. Mine were so helpful wish the same for you.

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can i ask how long you were on the 0.5mg of ativan. im assuming you took it a night for sleep? im now on day 9 off trazdone. still having early morning withdrawl headaches.. im just about at a month off ativan..well 3 and half weeks. trying to start a very low taper..like 0.4mg, 3.7mg , 3mg, 2,5mg...etc. but the daytime trazdone headaches are horrible..shorter lived, but so hard

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jmaclellan | @jmaclellan | May 23 10:41am
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@jmaclellan

can i ask how long you were on the 0.5mg of ativan. im assuming you took it a night for sleep? im now on day 9 off trazdone. still having early morning withdrawl headaches.. im just about at a month off ativan..well 3 and half weeks. trying to start a very low taper..like 0.4mg, 3.7mg , 3mg, 2,5mg...etc. but the daytime trazdone headaches are horrible..shorter lived, but so hard

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that on ativan about a month...never more than 0.5mg

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jmaclellan | @jmaclellan | May 25 11:04am
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@kawanhee

Totally agree. I was in .5 mg of Ativan and it took six months of a very slow taper to get off it. Too many long term issues with benzos.

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how long were you on 0.5 mg...,did you take for sleep .

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kawanhee | @kawanhee | May 26 7:25am
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@jmaclellan

how long were you on 0.5 mg...,did you take for sleep .

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It was originally prescribed due to short term anxiety when I was diagnosed with cancer. I then began relying on it for sleep. Was not working after awhile plus my doctor wanted me off it; I was on it for about three years.

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jmaclellan | @jmaclellan | May 26 8:02am
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@kawanhee

It was originally prescribed due to short term anxiety when I was diagnosed with cancer. I then began relying on it for sleep. Was not working after awhile plus my doctor wanted me off it; I was on it for about three years.

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Thanks. It's been on for 1 month. 0.5, stated to taper to 0.37mg..only taking at night for sleep. But I'm only 12 days off 6wks of taking 0.50 of trazdone. Still having headaches but less intense. But now have chest tightness. Not sure if it's ativan or trazdone. Dr want me to rapid or quick taper the ativan..it's all awful

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jmaclellan | @jmaclellan | May 29 10:55am

Day 15 trazdone withdrawal...has anyone tried excedrin migraine in the morning only , for the never ending headache? I don't want to use advil or my ritriptan too much. ...im wondering if something else is wrong with me. Still bad headache at 15 days? After taper and only 6 weeks of use? Ct ,mri, echo, heart monitor all normal. I'm really getting scared.

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cindisue | @cindisue | May 30 9:00pm
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@jmaclellan

Day 15 trazdone withdrawal...has anyone tried excedrin migraine in the morning only , for the never ending headache? I don't want to use advil or my ritriptan too much. ...im wondering if something else is wrong with me. Still bad headache at 15 days? After taper and only 6 weeks of use? Ct ,mri, echo, heart monitor all normal. I'm really getting scared.

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jmaclellan, I am so sorry you are going thru this. You should try the Excedrin migraine. Can't hurt to try it. It may help. It's good the MRI didn't show anything. Is the headache constant? All day? I hope you're better by the time you read this!

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jmaclellan | @jmaclellan | May 30 10:23pm

Bit better today ...day 16. Yes headache was all day. But not today just morning

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jmaclellan | @jmaclellan | May 30 10:55pm
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@cindisue

jmaclellan, I am so sorry you are going thru this. You should try the Excedrin migraine. Can't hurt to try it. It may help. It's good the MRI didn't show anything. Is the headache constant? All day? I hope you're better by the time you read this!

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How are you? Any better. I'm hoping to be ok by day 21. Or at least manageable

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cindisue | @cindisue | May 31 8:43am
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@jmaclellan

How are you? Any better. I'm hoping to be ok by day 21. Or at least manageable

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Hi, I am doing great! But I haven't withdrawn from anything... I was just reading the posts....I take Amitriptyline and 1.5mg of lorazepam at night. Also take Magnesium glycinate to help with sleep. Alot of people don't know that Magnesium Glycinate helps sleep. Good luck to you!

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