Trazodone for sleep?

Nonsense. You should know as much about your meds as possible.I keep track of my meds and run a full check on interactions any time I start a new one. I have picked up some interactions that were serious. Upon reporting reporting them to my doc, she has been grateful.

@srush
What I do is when I am prescribed something I do research on it. Anything that bothers me I got back to the subscriber who prescribed it and asked questions.

Example, I was prescribed one medication that carried a side affect to another I was taken. I found this out by doing research. I contacted my PCP who ordered it and was advised that he knew of the contradiction but in my case it would not affect me as my condition was different and no problem. Then said I apologize I should explained that to you I know you research your medications.

The thing with medications everyone is not going to react the same. One will have side affects another will not. One will have significant side affects another will not. I find this out with statins. I did get some muscle pain but was advised to take co-q-10 and slowly the pain went away.

I read post where others have had really bad side affects with statins but that should not deter taking them if prescribed. Just do your research and if any of the significant side affects occur check with your doctor who prescribed it.

Another example. I was prescribed a medication by my heart failure doctor. He did not go over the side affects. I started having pain, tendernous, headaches. I read the drug information provided and sure enough was common side affects. Then I researched the drug and found the degree of side affects I was experiencing were in fact at a level of being allergic to it.

I contacted my heart failure doctor and he agreed and switched my medicaions. From my experience researching your medication can provide a good understanding of it's purpose and side affects you should be aware of. If those side affects are significant then check with your doctor about them and also explain you researched it as well as reading drug information.

We are all individuals and research will give you a wide information. Just make sure your research is from widely known medical institutions or medical information. What I do is research on WEBMD, Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, etc. and get a good feedback of why it is prescribed, what to be concerned with, side affects that are significant if you have them. And then if singificant contact my doctor who prescribed it.

I know when put on Entresto and Carvididol I felt horrible. I was told to try to hang in there for a couple of weeks and what I was feeling was common side affect. I worked through it and sure enough about 2 weeks in the fatique and feelling terrible went away. My EF which was main reason on it stablized with the medicaion and has never gotten any worse where it was going down and down.

Naturally, I understand your fear of the trazodone. I think that trazodone is the best medicine that was ever prescribed for me. I was having a horrible time sleeping and had a lot of problems at that time with my husband. After I started the trazodone it was so much better for me. At last I could sleep. I have continued to take trazodone through the years. Give it a try. Yes, you will need to taper off of it when you stop taking it. I believe it is a very safe medicine.

I have been prescribed trazodone for years for sleep. Yes it is technically an antidepressant, but it is used off label at low doses to help people fall asleep. I originally used to take 100 mg but due to health issues. I’ve lost a lot of weight in the last year and a half and can only tolerate 50 mg without being very hung over. As others have suggested you should consult your medical professional, but when trazodone is used as an antidepressant, it is taken multiple times a day at much higher doses.
I’m like you I have always needed more sleep. I really need 8 1/2 to 9 hours and waking up and not going back to sleep and getting seven hours of sleep or less doesn’t do it for me.

I have found that you can trust trazadone . A remarkable med for sleep. For me it worked for 6 months. It no longer works. I was given Ambien 10. Now I have to stop taking that. It’s too addictive. Diazapam happens to be my drug of choice.

@grammato3 thank you. They never should have taken me off Ambien cold turkey. I’m suffering. Diazapam would help but I have none.

@janetfree
Several years ago was really struggling with PTSD anxiety/panic disorder. My ability to sleep was non existent.

My phychiatric specialist prescribed ambien but it did not work. She then put me on Trazodone. It did work. For me it kept my mind from racing to one subject to another. KInd of put a brake on it and went to sleep.

I have been on trazondone for a couple of years now as with other medications and some life style changes (exercising) have improved my condition along with the serious issue I was under at the time.

No medication is going to work the same for every person. It is why don't give up but keep trying to find one that works. But from my experience never stop a medication without going through your doctors. Some require you to slowly come off a medication or you can have side affects.

@razorsharp actually, taking lorazepam for just a month has caused me all kinds of problems; I wish my doctor would’ve explained more about benzos before he put me on the course of treatment. Now I’m tapering off for two weeks. But while taking it, it caused more anxiety, even though it’s supposed to calm me down and it didn’t help me sleep all the time either, plus left me pretty groggy and lethargic much of the day. So it does help to do a little research and then you can ask intelligent questions of your PCP.

@razorsharp totally disagree. As a patient you need to be your own best advocate. Doing research using reputable sources (like Mayo or Cleveland clinic) is invaluable. Doctors and pharmacists are not experts on everything.

@jc76
@jc76 replying to @jc76. I am reading my post and as usual I make spelling errors or miss typed something.

Where you read on my post "I have been on trazondone for a couple of years now." It should have read OFF not on. Hope that mistake did not cause confusion with context of my post.

@jc76 you need to proof read your post. @jc76 okay @jc76 will try to do better. 🤢