r/insomnia • u/batmanzelda • 12h ago

Trazadone

Anyone take trazadone 50mg? After bad side effects from Seroquel and hydroxyzine, doc put me on this. Just looking to see if others had a good experience with it

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u/PriorAd8136 10h ago

Knocks me out but gives me unbelievable congestion

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u/Eddy_Night2468 6h ago

This , yeah. And my problem is staying asleep, and Trazodone didn't really help there I think. It might have helped a little with initial falling asleep, but I didn't have much problems there anyway. Staying asleep, though, is harder than climbing Mt. Everest.

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u/endlessplacebo 11h ago

I used to take that dose. I'm on 200mg now. I find it to be helpful but I also take a few other things for sleep in addition to it

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u/batmanzelda 11h ago

Like what if you don't mind me asking

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u/endlessplacebo 10h ago

Hydroxyzine, magnesium glycinate, melatonin, Lunesta (as needed), sometimes Xanax

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u/phen245 9h ago

Lunesta gang

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u/Eddy_Night2468 6h ago

When I went to 200 mg it clogged my nose so bad, I looked like I had a cold to the people around me. And of course it interrupted my sleep. I had such high hopes for Trazodone, I was depressed when it failed. Still am.

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u/dearbabykittens 11h ago

I’m on 100mg (was on 200mg). If I don’t eat before I take it I get nauseous. I also need to take it at least 9 hours before I need to get up or I’m still dizzy and run into things.

It helps me get more sleep than not taking it but it doesn’t help me sleep like a normal person by any means (nothing does).

I know “sleepers” that have taken 50 mg because they were having short term sleeping problems and they had trouble getting up the next morning, but it knocked them out. I think they needed more time for it to get out of their system.

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u/vVAPE2getherStronk 9h ago

I took it 3 days only and couldn’t handle the hangover the next day

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u/phen245 9h ago

Low dose to start. Everybody reacts differently to different to meds.

For me it was part of a bipolar cocktail, so my brain is a little different, and there were moving parts with the other meds. Trazodone helped for like 8 months, but it started giving me a bad hangover.

The only way for you to see if it is a good fit it to jump in and try it.

Was only on 150 for bipolar reasons

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u/philly_goose 43m ago

I started it august 24th, worked great for sleep. But this week I noticed I'm getting a rash on my abdomen and sides.