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.