The antidepressant dose of Trazadone is generally much higher than that needed for sleep, 150-375 mg per day for depression. For sleep docs usually start at 50 mg a night. You don’t need to build up blood levels when taking it for sleep so taking it as needed is ok. It’s only when using for depression that you need to stay on it every day to let blood levels build up.

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