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Trazadone

Posted by sue417 @sue417, Mar 23, 2025

Hi
Wondering if anyone has tried trazadone for their fibromyalgia . It helps sleep, depression and anxiety. I have started with 25mg. It actually has helped my tinnitus.

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mmwagner46 | @mmwagner46 | Oct 24, 2025
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I wanted to make sure I answered accurately on dosage so went and got bottle.

Yes the dose I have is 50 MG tablet. I was prescribed to take 1 tablet at bed time. That dosage really worked.

My psychiatric medication specialist asked me when (this was some time ago) I felt I could lesson dose to try going to 25 mg. The pill has a crease in it to break in half.

When I went to 25 mg I could tell the difference between the 50 mg. and 25 mg. Then over time started skipping a night and eventually stopped taking all together. I think in the last year have not take at all but it took about a year to get to the point of not needing a dosage.

I think I mentioned that I still have the tendency to have my mind focus on something bothering me or race between things. So I have developed a technique of focusing on something that requires me to focus on one thing. Like last night I went to bed and when I found myself starting to worry about something and mind moving around I tried to add up all the calories I ate at breakfast, then lunch, then dinner, and any snacking inbetween. Never got to dinner. I guess it is a form of counting sheep which trying to count sheep. Counting sheep never worked for me as could not visualize the sheep jumping over a fence.

My wife also takes Trazodone for anxiety disorder and to help her get to sleep. She has had a lot of surgeries over the last few years and a person who has trouble relaxing.

She will take a 50 mg when she is suffering to get to sleep and a 25 mg when she is not upset or worrying. She too has tried to wean off and for most part lately she has not had take every night.

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@jc76 Thank you. I have my Alexa play music which i fall asleep to...I tell it to turn of after 30 minutes since I'm usually asleep by then. I might try taking 100mg instead of my usual 150mg
tonight although I have no side effects from the higher dose.

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nannybb | @nannybb | Oct 27, 2025
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I average about 6-7 hours of sleep daily, sometimes more, and sometimes less. My optimum sleep where I wake up and feel well rested is 8-9 hours, which happens once in a while. I generally don't like taking anything for sleep I'll take a Benadryl 25mg tablet occasionally and that gives me about 7 to 7.5 hours of sleep.Recently I was prescribed trazodone 25mg for sleep, but fear taking it because it's classed as SARI anti depressant and I'm afraid of side effects as I had an extremely bad experience with an SSRI that kept me up all night and made me worse at the time many years ago.I'm thinking since Benadryl 25mg does a decent job maybe I can try Trazodone at 12.5mg?Thanks!

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I took trazadone for years. It helped me with sleep and depression. I honestly went off of it when the pharmacy switched to a different manufacturer and I was having panic attacts. Of all the anti-depressants I've ever tried, trazadone has the least side effects for me. I did not gain weight etc. Everyone can have a different experience, but initially it was great.

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mmwagner46 | @mmwagner46 | Oct 29, 2025
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I took trazadone for years. It helped me with sleep and depression. I honestly went off of it when the pharmacy switched to a different manufacturer and I was having panic attacts. Of all the anti-depressants I've ever tried, trazadone has the least side effects for me. I did not gain weight etc. Everyone can have a different experience, but initially it was great.

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@nannybb Can't you switch to a different manufacturer or a different pharmacy?

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nannybb | @nannybb | Oct 30, 2025
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@nannybb Can't you switch to a different manufacturer or a different pharmacy?

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@mmwagner46 I tried both, multiple times with no success. Oregon is much different than Florida, where I never (honestly) had a problem. I even had my son come with me to speak to the pharmacist. My son has worked in pharmaceuticals for years. I received the proper brand exactly one time with his help. They just made up excuses after that.

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berekann | @berekann | Dec 8, 2025
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I average about 6-7 hours of sleep daily, sometimes more, and sometimes less. My optimum sleep where I wake up and feel well rested is 8-9 hours, which happens once in a while. I generally don't like taking anything for sleep I'll take a Benadryl 25mg tablet occasionally and that gives me about 7 to 7.5 hours of sleep.Recently I was prescribed trazodone 25mg for sleep, but fear taking it because it's classed as SARI anti depressant and I'm afraid of side effects as I had an extremely bad experience with an SSRI that kept me up all night and made me worse at the time many years ago.I'm thinking since Benadryl 25mg does a decent job maybe I can try Trazodone at 12.5mg?Thanks!

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Different drugs have different potencies. 25 mg of Benadryl is not equivalent to 25 mg of trazodone. Likewise, 5 mg of Ambien is not equivalent to 25 mg of trazodone or .5 mg of Ativan -
I tried trazodone once and didn’t sleep for 2 1/2 hours. My current PCP prescribed it again and I will try it - taking it earlier & adding some melatonin. Both doctors suggested that.
I’ve heard it can cause drowsiness, but I’ve read that taking it with a meal will lessen that grogginess effect as well taking it earlier in the night

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mmwagner46 | @mmwagner46 | Dec 9, 2025
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Different drugs have different potencies. 25 mg of Benadryl is not equivalent to 25 mg of trazodone. Likewise, 5 mg of Ambien is not equivalent to 25 mg of trazodone or .5 mg of Ativan -
I tried trazodone once and didn’t sleep for 2 1/2 hours. My current PCP prescribed it again and I will try it - taking it earlier & adding some melatonin. Both doctors suggested that.
I’ve heard it can cause drowsiness, but I’ve read that taking it with a meal will lessen that grogginess effect as well taking it earlier in the night

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@berekann I've been taking 150mg. of Trazodone for over ten years with absolutely no side effects. Sleep through about 7 hours

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berekann | @berekann | Dec 9, 2025
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@berekann I've been taking 150mg. of Trazodone for over ten years with absolutely no side effects. Sleep through about 7 hours

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@mmwagner46 thanks for the encouragement! I’ll give it a good try

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