I've taken 100 mg of Trazodone for insomnia for 20 years and I have no mental illnesses. My father committed suicide a long time ago. In 2000 my mother was murdered in her own home, and a year later my only child, my 17 yr old son Jordan was killed in an automobile accident. Trazodone was the only medication that helped me! Should I have just kept taking Seroquel, which made me lose my teeth and messed up my mind terribly? Psychiatrists do not always know the right answers regarding meds. We are guinea pigs sometimes!

@user-hk8gp7ui6s

5 ай бұрын

I’m so sorry you’ve had to go through all this.

@ccxfrank109

Ай бұрын

made you lose your teeth?!

Years ago, I was prescribed trazodone, bu-spar, and ambien all at the same time. Long story short I lost my mind, my home, my family, and livelihood. I ended up homeless and now I am okay. I quit all mess like that and got better

@nenadcubric2663

8 ай бұрын

Trazodone and Buspar toogether is a bad combination

@KernitTheFont

7 ай бұрын

I feel like you should be suing someone for poor patient management and supervision.

@stephaniesteed7653

7 ай бұрын

@richarddawdy8488 did you taper or cold turkey?

That trazadone made me psychotic

I took it at only 25 mg a night for insomnia for almost a month and suddenly found myself suffering panic attacks, which I never before in my life had had. It took almost nothing to snap into one. I stopped taking it as I came to the conclusion that this may be the reason. The attacks started trending down a day or two after I stopped taking it and seemed to have since ceased a few days later. Prior to this, I thought it was the greatest thing for sleep. My opinion is that it banks up over time and can potentially cause this to happen in some individuals.

@macktheripper2292

Жыл бұрын

Trazodone at 100 mg has been true hell. Panic attacks, more like the literal meaning of despair. Coming off of it is putting me on the line of having seizures, very sensitive to flashing lights, sounds, etc. Never taking psycho meds again.

@LC72457

Жыл бұрын

This happened to me, too. I took it off and on as needed; at first not too much help with sleeping. During a bout with COVID, I was unable to use my CPAP machine, so started using the Trazodone to sleep. I started experiencing some panic attacks and attributed it to COVID. The nocturnal panic attacks persisted after COVID, so thought it was “long COVID.” I finally realized it was the drug itself after an unusually horrific panic attack and mind/body disassociation event. Took pill at 9:00 p.m. within 30-40 minutes I felt as if I could crawl out of my skin. Paced the floor until 2:00 a.m. next morning. It was pure hell!! Once I stopped Trazodone the nightly panic attacks disappeared. Unfortunately, the experience has left me a bit fearful of getting ready to go to sleep.

@andresjauregui8200

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting. I've been taking it for 2 weeks but not I'm getting chest pains and feel anxious ?! I'm throng about stopping and going more natural marijuana or cbd

@stephaniesteed7653

7 ай бұрын

@@macktheripper2292I only take 50 mg for three months but I am so depressed taking it. Did you experience withdrawals? I want to stop it but still sleep.

@KernitTheFont

7 ай бұрын

Weird, I was given it specifically for panic attacks and anxiety and it seems to have worked. Just went back to work today, not drenched in sweat getting to the office. No dissociation or that knot in my stomach. It does properly knock you out for the first week though and affected my balance a bit. Sleep like a baby. Guess you've just got to find out what works for you. Had the worst time on Prozac and Mirtazapine…

According to my experience, trazodone can actually induce an unusual kind of withdrawal psychosis, which is probably due to its 5HT2A-antagonism (so a counter-effect occurs during withdrawal).

Thank you for this video. I will consider it carefully. You are a good person to take the time to make the video.

on my 4th day of taking trazadone, important to remember that one person's experience will not be every person's experience. so far ive been sleeping great (wake up a lil groggy but who doesn't?) and feel great through out the day.

@AskAPsychiatrist

Жыл бұрын

It’s a very useful medicine for many people. I point out unusual but serious side effects, just to help the people who have experienced them to perhaps better understand the cause. Or to maybe prevent them from being given a new (wrong) diagnosis instead of having a side effect correctly identified.

@LiquidHuge

Жыл бұрын

@@AskAPsychiatrist meant no ill will to the video, i really appreciate content like this that gives the facts with no bias.

@TeslaEmperor

Жыл бұрын

Nice man! I hope it works the same for me. How bad was your insomnia?

@pyarepiyush

5 ай бұрын

Hey, one year later, how's it working out for you?

@nrx9gaguser

2 ай бұрын

​​@@pyarepiyushthis kinda comment is from "begginers" in regards of taking nerve agents, the end always the same, bad issues, neuro-immune issues, neuro-imunological events that leads to all kinds of mental symptoms, (called as withdrawals syndromes) then he will be further drugged with non sense psychotropic drugs stacking until full disability and no way out aside from years of recovery or s..ide

First let it be stated that I am neurodivergent. I have PTSD, ADHD, and am autistic. I say this because having a differing neurological landscape, I believe, matters a lot in terms of my personal experience. I was prescribed trazodone for sleep and took it only once. I felt as if sleepiness were a sort of helmet. But there was within my mind a sense of nervousness, fear, and anxiety accompanying the sleepiness. This seems counter intuitive, but it was my experience. I was informed of this before I took it, so being aware that I could feel that way as a side effect helped me find a solution. I paired it with 1 mg of Xanax and it did the trick. But I won't be taking trazodone again.

Man oh man, where do I even start. When i was alot younger in my teens I was put on trazadone 50 MG and Abilify at 30 MG. After 3 years of taking these straight it turned me into a different person, literally a walking zombie. Sadly I had no one around to try and see what these things even did on there own and ultimately what happens together with the new studies coming out when taking both of these together. Now i deal with restlessness in my legs, I can walk 10 miles everyday and still feel like my legs are ready to run, from trazadone. I believe taking them both is what really F'd with my emotions. I USE to be motionless to every single thing, even seeing others I love in pain. After years of cbt and also just working hard on myself I see how damaging these drugs were to me.

That might explain a lot. I feel totally disconnected

I have schizophrenia with prominent negative symptoms, and trazodone does an interesting effect. At 25 mg in the evening, it alleviates the negative symptoms during the day. However at 50 mg it simultaneously gives energy and worsens emotional blunting, brain fog and sexual function.

@jaysilverheals4445

Жыл бұрын

I aint buying that

@Patrick-ig1qc

4 ай бұрын

hello I have paranoid schizophrenia I take trazodone 100 mg it helps me sleep and my depression is a lot better thank you.

He estado en esto durante unos 9 años. Absolutamente ayuda con el sueño, pero en ese momento tengo tantas cosas inexplicables sucediendo. Hasta ayer busqué efectos secundarios en Google. Sugiero que todos lo hagan, hay muchos y, por suerte, tengo cada uno de ellos y todos mis doctores lo saben y nunca insinuaron que podría ser Trazadone. Así que ayer dejé de tomar. Me he desmayado a plena luz del día, estreñimiento crónico y al leerlo me puede provocar y tiene Ansiedad, ataques de pánico y me conozco y eso no es mi normalidad.

Thank you for this excellent talk.

@AskAPsychiatrist

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback!

just started it... great for sleep but it got me feeling many of those things you mentioned (when bringing up m-CCP) I have CPTSD, which was misdiagnosed in the 90s in my teens and 20s as bipolar 🙄 which I’m not surprised about at this point….. but that’s something to think about in regards to what you mentioned about bipolar, and from my understanding, is all too often confused with PTSD 💁🏻‍♀️ I left a message for the APRN to call me back earlier today

@AskAPsychiatrist

2 жыл бұрын

My intention in posting these lectures is to give people information that they can use to talk with their clinicians to get better results. So your comment lets me know that I’m accomplishing what I set out to do. Thanks so much for letting me know. I hope things go well for you.

@ferrariunicorn

2 жыл бұрын

@@AskAPsychiatrist I made the call and decided to independently research what I was feeling - which bright me here - thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!! Very informative & helpful!!

Dr. prescribed Trazodone an anti-severe depression resulting in sleep so used for insomnia, but when used with Buspirone an anti-anxiety med, it dropped my blood pressure down to 90/57 p54. Couldn't sleep and couldn't get out of bed, and dizzy as hell when standing up. Awful and scared me to death.

@TeslaEmperor

Жыл бұрын

Did you find a better drug for insomnia?

@cybco

Жыл бұрын

@@TeslaEmperor I switched Dr's who allow Xanax and zolpidem. But what seems to also work is Phenibut HDL. Be careful with it.

@TeslaEmperor

Жыл бұрын

@@cybco Thanks for the reply man I wish you well. I'm gonna look into those meds.

Tried it once. Never again. Nightmares, heart racing, made sleep impossible/

Last night I took my first dose of 25 mg for insomnia. I really did help. I do feel tired today, but that in itself is not that unusual for me. I also use CPAP machine for sleep apnea, and I only had one apnea event per hour.

@andreacarrion6462

3 ай бұрын

Update?

@Denise0752

3 ай бұрын

@@andreacarrion6462 I had to stop using it after a few days due to side effects. I was so disappointed.

@AskAPsychiatrist The uptick in off-label prescriptions of trazodone to dogs, as a anti-anxiety medication or to provide sedation, might lead to similar cases of unintended behavioural changes at high doses-something I have experienced first hand!

It's prescribed as a "harmless sleep aid." It did help me get sleep after not sleeping well for about 3 months due to stress. However, I feel so groggy in the morning and never look "refreshed" like I do when I'm getting good sleep. I will usually awaken at 5 or 6 when I want to wake up around 7. I feel very, very groggy and out of it while on it during the day. I will try to get off it.

@Byrd_Gaming

Жыл бұрын

i got prescribed this while in the military and had the same effects. However, my doc told me it was due to water intake, Once i adjusted that, no more lethargic feeling.

@TeslaEmperor

Жыл бұрын

​@Jose CFDC do you remember the brand names?

@dayanamejia8985

Жыл бұрын

Did u lean off of it?

@TeslaEmperor

Жыл бұрын

@@Byrd_Gaming Did you drink more water?

@Byrd_Gaming

Жыл бұрын

@@TeslaEmperor yes, been on it since getting back from iraq in 2014-15, got the water situation under control around mid 2016, the rest is history. I can actually sleep, with no night terrors like with ambien.

I had a nightmare the other night; I threw my pillow while sleeping against a shadow in my nightmare that woke me up, and that scared me, too. I'm not taking it anymore. No more Trazodone

Disturbing, vivid, personal dreams as a side effect

@TaylorStJohn-fp9zs

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Indescribably terrifying dreams...and sleep paralysis for me!

@mikechampion1614

3 ай бұрын

Weird dreams are really the only side effects I have with trazodone. But the physical side effects from other sleep meds were so much worse.

Trazadone just makes me sweat profusely. And thereby get zero sleep. So I stay awake 2 or 3 days at a time. And eventually pass out. But the insurance company won't buy that fact. So I'm stuck with it....

Taking 50 MG and it makes me feel like a train hit me the next day but sleep is pretty damn good 90% of the time

I took my second dose last night, felt groggy but not sleepy and after only 5 hrs of sleep I now have a bad headache and jaw pain. Had to call in to work 😕 probably not taking this ever again

When i firstvtook trazodone it worked to help me sleep but then the tablets stopped working now i am fightingvfor my life don't use it ever

Wish this medication was in a longer form. I always wake up in the middle of the night with it. Also another cool thing it does is basically completely stop a serotonin based psychedelic trip in almost 30 minutes.

@sharon8121

2 жыл бұрын

Never had a psychedelic trip but I do have vivid dreams.

@Truth-Seeker-1111

2 жыл бұрын

@@sharon8121 Hi Sharon, are they nice dreams? Or negative dreams… The majority of the time I don’t remember my dreams, but if I do wake up their usually dreams with people in them who I know, but not nice dreams. I don’t really need the tablets, and have tried many times on 50mg to stop… The only side effects are pretty much bad sleep, so feel kind of trapped on them…

@TeslaEmperor

Жыл бұрын

​@@Truth-Seeker-1111 So do they not help you sleep?

@Truth-Seeker-1111

Жыл бұрын

@wartok Yes my friend they do seem to get me off to sleep okay. But if I say take them at 10pm ? Half Ten and I'm normally asleep, yet it's usually broken sleep, and then once it gets to around 3 - 4 a.m, I seem to awaken like it's 7am, and then I usually have trouble getting back off to sleep, and even if I do, It's basically like meditation, very light sleep. Which then makes me tired by lunchtime and I then have a nap for a few hours, and it's like I've been drugged, I actually have to fight to stay awake. Thing is Wartok when I wake up at silly O'clock in the early hours, as soon as my eyes open, my mind just races through so many thoughts and their not usually happy thoughts 🙃 Why do you ask brother.. Are you on any meds from your doc 🤘🏻

@TeslaEmperor

Жыл бұрын

​@@Truth-Seeker-1111 So I took 50mg last night for the first time and experienced exactly what you went through basically. I woke up maybe 3-4 times but always ended up going back to sleep. I think you have to time it perfectly. Since my circadian rythmn is used to sleeping around 5am I think it's best to use the drug an hour or two before you usually fall asleep. Going to test it out! Thanks for the response friend hope all is well with you.

The easiest drug I ever started or quit and now only one I keep to address long term chronic depression and I do take at bedtime because it helps tip me over in to time to sleep. It does help mood. I only ever used 50

So then could this potentially be a problem for a young women who has a family history of psychosis schizoaffective disorder? The young person was recently in a roll over car accident as well has trouble sleeping. Was prescribed this drug..

I have been on this for about 9 years. Absolutely helps with sleep but in that time I have so many unexplained things happening. Until just yesterday I googled side effects. I suggest everyone do it there are a lot and lucky me I have every dang one of them and all my Drs are aware of It and never even hinted that it could be Trazadone. So yesterday I stopped taking. I've blacked out in broad daylight, chronic constipation and upon reading it can lead and has for me Anxiety,panic attacks and I know myself and that Is not my normal.

@ginasalazar8090

2 жыл бұрын

What kinds of side effects? Did it cause any weight gain for you?

@sungod.nasty1

2 жыл бұрын

My guess is you quit cold Turkey right?

@KernitTheFont

7 ай бұрын

I think you're supposed to taper off psychiatric medications for this precise reason.

It made me so tired the next day, terrible aches and pain. Racing thoughts, and metal taste that was awful.

My 85 year old dad is a diabetic, recently suffered a heart attack and stroke. The stroke cause permanent short term memory loss. He was prescribed Trazodone on Thursday because he wasn't sleeping. Was given to him at 9 Thursday night. He slept 3 hours, woke up and was awake for 26 hours. Wide awake. When I researched and realized it was the Trazodone. I immediately stopped giving it to him. He was mentally and physically exhausted. He kept trying to get up every 5 minutes. He was seeing and hearing things. Very scary

@veronicahaleyeah

2 жыл бұрын

@@darrinsiberia so very sorry to hear this. It's a very scary drug.

@TeslaEmperor

Жыл бұрын

Did you find him a sleeping med that worked for him?

@veronicahaleyeah

Жыл бұрын

@@TeslaEmperor never did. He passed last April.

@TeslaEmperor

Жыл бұрын

@@veronicahaleyeah I'm so sorry to hear that. I wish for you to find only happiness going forward friend. I was prescribed this drug and I hate the feeling it gives, but I needed something for sleep. I'm going to try getting off of it as soon as possible.

@veronicahaleyeah

Жыл бұрын

@@TeslaEmperor thank you. I hope you find something better that doesn't give you that feeling.

What happeneds if your 2D6 is a very poor metabolizer.trazodone made me feel very disphoryc and i ended up going for a genetic test.

Made me feel like I was being pulled down to hell

I was going to ask can you please also make a video on the medication invega? I have been on it for about 2 years now I heard it was a new medication I don't really know too much about it thank you

@healingwithhope662

2 жыл бұрын

Does it work for you some one I know was prescribed

excellent information, thank you. you said "um" and "uh" 428 times in your delivery... you might want to be aware of this lingual tic?

@pyarepiyush

5 ай бұрын

Lol😂

if i weren't on 300 mg per day for PTSD. i would've had a better relationship with my mother before she died. i'm tailing it down myself. panic attacks are shit i'm coping with them and am starting to realise my life again

@lucasmazzoli4426

3 жыл бұрын

I feel your pain, man's 19 from UK, tried zoloft, mirtazapine, annd weed and hennesy, I haave bad ptsd from child trauma aand being chased with machetes when 3 people jumped out a van on me, I live alone with my mum and she has a bad cough feel she's ill, but she hasn't got it checked and dosent want to

@misfitcentral837

3 жыл бұрын

please give me advice. 16 on 300mg for over two years if i don’t take it i don’t sleep i’ve been having severe panic attacks that i’ve never had that keep getting worse and it only knocks me out for four hours at a time and i get night terrors and sleep walk

@monstersince

3 жыл бұрын

@@misfitcentral837 too much too young. what are and can you do anything about the root causes of your present condition. myself i'm down to 200mg at the moment and concentrating on getting back to a balanced diet and early night sleep pattern, a banana with pills before sleep (four hours sound :) have HTP 5 (recommend it :) with orange juice, another 4 hours strange dreamy sleep. getting better. try new things keep your mind active and focused. best wishes x search youtube for HTP5 and confer with your doctor about reducing your dosage

@misfitcentral837

3 жыл бұрын

@@monstersince i’ve talked to and been through any doctors and every time i’ve asked about reducing my medication i’m always told to wait. i turn 17 in two months and can’t get a drivers license because of my panic attacks. thank you so much for your advice. i’m going to start taking some of the pills and dividing them into about 250-275 so i can finally be in some control of myself. i’m ready to start my life again. i wish you well too my friend

@monstersince

3 жыл бұрын

5HTP helped me reduce my dosage@@misfitcentral837 always listen to a doctor, don't always take their advice magnesium feel less anxious x

I've read everyone's post..and i feel like all of them and i haven't even started takin the drug yet...im screwed..i may not start now...thx everyone!..

@TeslaEmperor

Жыл бұрын

Did you try them?

@SlayerHawkX

Жыл бұрын

@wartok lol. No i did not...

It can even help for People with BPD 👍

How come the other SSRI's are strong inhibitors, bur not Sertraline/Zoloft?

so far, so good for me. Taking it for sleep after being on benzos and only 50 mg. The only side effect so far is a dry mouth.

This gave me insomnia depression sky rocket and now I’m up feeling like a tweaker

@williamdouglas7062

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

I hallucinated badly after taking 50mg and staying awake

I’ve been working out and trying to get in the best shape of my life, and this medication, although helpful in the sleep department, has gotten in the way. my body is storing fat like crazy even when i’m on a caloric deficit. also, when I wake up the night after taking, for the first like 3-4 hours in the day i feel like im in a drugged out half-conscious state. i’ve made the decision to stop taking this drug. anything that alters the hormonal balance cannot be good for you also made my hair fall out

@LitPenguin713

3 жыл бұрын

How do you know it made you lose hair? You sure it’s not something else u take or stress in your life

@babynaysc

2 жыл бұрын

Bad medication. It makes me gain weight, it didn't solve my depression at all, and now there's the suffering of weaning. Only take it if it's really necessary, because to take it off afterwards, the body feels it (stomach pain, brain zaps, dizziness, chills...)

@oloxhossono1956

2 жыл бұрын

@@LitPenguin713 i’m not exactly sure but it’s just a feeling. when i stopped taking my hair got healthy again. could be other factors, but i feel as though the sleep it gives you isn’t real rest

@markalexander3659

2 жыл бұрын

It is physically and biologically impossible for you to gain weight on a calorie deficit.

@babynaysc

2 жыл бұрын

@@oloxhossono1956 I had to wean this medication because of weight gain and I couldn't lose weight. I used 150g for 4 months, I was weaned and now I have withdrawal symptoms, it seems that the depression is getting worse, even though I use Zoloft in the morning. To withdraw these medications later, the body is sorry. The curious thing about trazodone is also that I felt my nose blocked shortly after taking

Any Weight Gain on Trazodone??

Bad withdrawal happened to me on it dropped to fast from 50 to 25 im now at 37.5 and doing a little better but not great.

If you want to see killer leprechauns hanging from your ceiling fan, like to move things at night to only find them weeks later, or wake up in a car running in a closed garage close too death? I say go for it!! Tramadol is for you. Good Luck!

@jspla

Жыл бұрын

Trazadone or Tramadol?

I quit taking this crap because of sleep paralysis and some how I sleep walk also. I trash my room and walked around the house naked. My landlord called the cops it was a very humiliating experience. I dumped the rest out

@afkmarz8303

2 жыл бұрын

How are you doing now?

@bullmarket3927

2 жыл бұрын

@@afkmarz8303 I’m ok just taking over the counter melatonin and Unison

@afkmarz8303

2 жыл бұрын

@@bullmarket3927 did you just stop taking them like in a day? Cuz I just stopped taking them since Wednesday I experienced some anxiety but I feel normal now I don’t know if it gets worse or not?

@bullmarket3927

2 жыл бұрын

@@afkmarz8303 I stopped two days after and was fine. I was only on them for a 12 days. I have anxiety but I take hydroxyzine for it

@bullmarket3927

2 жыл бұрын

@@afkmarz8303 did you have bad experience too?

I been taking it on and off for insomnia and it has worked with no side effects. It works fast and leaves no hang over. I have a anxiety disorder but it never caused a psychosis. In your opinion is it safe to take with zoloft?

@jesenialopez9724

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, i take Zoloft daily & only take the tradazone as needed :) but everyone is different!

I've just been prescribed Trazodone (150mg at night) but I'm already on an SSRI (Sertraline, 150mg/day) and a sedating anti-histamine (Cyclizine, 150mg/day...although admittedly I sometimes take up to 300mg/day...not in an abuse way but because my allergies are so bad)...it sounds like both those meds I already take do some of the same things as Trazodone, so is this all safe together? Not to mention I also take Percocet, Morphine, Neurontin and Amitriptyline (could Sertraline + Trazodone + Amitriptyline give me Serotonin Syndrome?)

@user-ek5zj1sj7k

10 ай бұрын

Holy Hitler your taking the whole pharmacy G😆

@markalexander3659

10 ай бұрын

@@user-ek5zj1sj7k That's not even all my meds lmao I also take Gliclazide, two forms of Insulin, Depakote, Omeprazole, Thorazine, Testosterone, Bisoprolol and Naproxen

I take trazodone for many years for sleep. Is it safe to continue. Will it related to dementia

i’ve been on this for probably 3 months at 50mg for depression, not sure if it has done anything for me other than make it much harder to get up in the morning

@TeslaEmperor

Жыл бұрын

So it didn't help you sleep?

@nenadcubric2663

6 ай бұрын

I take 150mg and it helps verry good

@firecrusades3397

6 ай бұрын

yeah have fun destroying your brain. try functioning without it and see what happens lol @@nenadcubric2663

How do you recommend getting off of trazadone? I get sleep anxiety when I don’t take it

@spiritualwarfare1013

Жыл бұрын

JESUS is the WAY, the TRUTH, and the LIFE, Vince, JEHOVA is our Father, PRAYER, Vince is my recomendation, Find your relationship with Him thru Prayer. I Prayed for you now, you're Healed now, just Believe, and Trust in God. Go in Peace, God Bless, and share you're testimony, others need the good news as well!!! O and read your bible daily, if you don't have one, go look for one, for he who seeks shall find, Amen!

@TeslaEmperor

Жыл бұрын

Hi friend hope all is well with you!

No more trazodone for me.

I have taken 100mg for a long time. And I have no side effects with my bone pain it's the only thing that let's me get a night's sleep. And I wake up fine

50mg was prescribed to my 22 year old severely Autistic son for sleep today. After my research and through the feedback from actual users, there is NO way that my boy is taking one pill!! I’m going to take the medicine back to the pharmacy and go back to the drawing board with the Dr. 🤷🏻‍♀️

@mattcofer1522

Жыл бұрын

I’m telling you right now there is no such thing as a magic sleeping pill you better start looking into holistic health options for insomnia.

@zavinovacka

Жыл бұрын

Have you tried hydroxyzine?

It can cause emotional overreactions like crying excessively in situations that require action.

@nenadcubric2663

8 ай бұрын

No, this is probably more the Depression and not from Trazodone

@timrockman7

8 ай бұрын

@@nenadcubric2663 I'm sure that plays a major part. Like some of the other anti's, it could make things worse for some individuals.

I take 25 mg only when needed

My psychiatrist prescribed trazadone and it had the opposite effect. I was awake 3 days straight. They quickly took me off it and said I had an allergic response and put it on my file as Allergic.

@TeslaEmperor

Жыл бұрын

They didn't give you any other med to help put you to sleep while you were up for 3 days?

@gregchandler900

Жыл бұрын

Zyprexa

@TeslaEmperor

Жыл бұрын

​@@gregchandler900 thanks friend hope you are doing well!

@grandfury5609

Жыл бұрын

Did the same with me along with a severe headache and jaw pain

Trazadone makes me feel incredibly hungry after i take it at night.

@mattb9054

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah same i usually take it about half way through my dinner

@jeaniethomas1506

3 жыл бұрын

Without fail. Glad I'm not alone. I've grown to expect it and have low calorie foods ready. I used to go with the hunger and PIG OUT. ..

@monstersince

3 жыл бұрын

it kills my appetite and keeps me awake for days

@mrRnDe

2 жыл бұрын

Oh damn, same here. I get hungry and starving next morning

@BandlerChing

Жыл бұрын

I hope this happens to me. I’ve had a very hard time keeping weight on. Going through a separation and earlier in the year I dropped 15lbs down to 94. Managed to gain it back, but now I’m back in that cycle. I would LOVE if it makes me hungry. Starting on the weekend.

If your taking 25mg for about a month for sleep can you just stop taking it and switch to an over the counter sleep aid?

The generic Trazadone 100 mg tab( from Amazon pharmacy) is more potent than the 150 mg tab BELIEVE IT OR NOT

Trazodone makes my heart race it makes my anxiety worse what causes me to get very light-headed and dizzy and I have this weird tingly fuzzy headache shortly after kicks in I've been taking trazodone for about 4 years I'm thinking of switching to something else I have insomnia anxiety PTSD depression and schizoaffective disorder what would be a good medication? As of right now the only other medication my doctor will give me is Seroquel and I don't like that option either it makes me feel like a zombie I am 29 I've been on medications of All Sorts since I was 15 years old I just want something that will help me fall asleep but won't cause these types of side effects I forgot to mention it also makes me have sensitivity to lights and sounds

@monstersince

3 жыл бұрын

Trazadone is a popular medication as it's difficult to OD on it. high doses as you say fucks you up. i've been replacing it with HTP5 and i feel far more lucid and can cope with shit far more easily. always tail down an antidepressant usage

@mattb9054

3 жыл бұрын

i only take 1/4 of a tablet, so (12.5mg) with dinner. Maybe youre taking too much? Also try taking your Traz with food, like your dinner? the effects will come on a lot lighter and you wont get that super light headed "whoosh" feeling that a lot of people report

@monstersince

3 жыл бұрын

the problem is the root cause is never addressed Candice you just get more sedatives that make it more difficult to help yourself. Good luck honey

@monstersince

3 жыл бұрын

you obviously don't need medication so why take it?@@mattb9054

@ceo.n1773

2 жыл бұрын

Xanax or Klonopin

I said this was the the devil in pill form..

@MrBernardo06

2 жыл бұрын

wtf, there are far more dangerous drugs than this one

@michaeljohn7467

Жыл бұрын

All pills they have, have demons attached to them, its part of the evil destroyer world, it depends what demons you get from them n what these demons do to you, also depends on your own body chemistry n how much it messes it up

@Akadehmix

Жыл бұрын

I have heard this phrase or similar associated with so many medications

@davidcotto8955

Жыл бұрын

@@darrinsiberia Thanks for sharing this. This explains alot.

@nrx9gaguser

2 ай бұрын

I saw people who smoked crack for years, stopping and recovering without major issues, getting arrested and working out in the ward 2 weeks later I saw folks using heroín for years and recovering, saw folks drinking for years, recovered, there is no CRACKSSD subreddit. Now with antidepressants and others, people 10+ years without recovering from pssd, Years disabled due to benzodiazepines, years to recover from neuroleptics, even from brief exposure, yea, that's a realistic comparsion

Trazodone Best Drug, ever, for Depression Anxiety Panic and sleep ❤

I had the worst experience on this drug. I know I was totally awake but couldn’t move and couldn’t open my eyes. I felt a very bad presence standing behind me and something was pulling my whole body down. I was trying to lift my head up and turn to see what’s behind me but couldn’t. Had goosebumps all over my body. Scary stuff.

@sungod.nasty1

2 жыл бұрын

That’s sleep paralysis. Common for people who are sleep deprived

@adamlemp

2 жыл бұрын

@@sungod.nasty1 yes. You’re right.

@williamdouglas7062

2 жыл бұрын

Yesssss horrible

@SlayerHawkX

2 жыл бұрын

Thats call an "alien abduction"...🥴

@TaylorStJohn-fp9zs

2 жыл бұрын

I am prone to sleep paralysis, but trazodone always made my episodes more frequent. Absolutely terrifying! I always saw the dark presence as well. I swear one night it picked me up and threw me into the wall across the room.

Not working for me no more. At first it was okay. 100mg is not working for me no more. Kinda increased my anxiety if I can't sleep.

@TeslaEmperor

Жыл бұрын

Did you find something to help you sleep?

@nenadcubric2663

8 ай бұрын

You can take up to 300 mg, in Hospital even up to 600 mg

I am human trazadone, on God. Bipolar people love me.

I was up to 300 mg. at one time and work myself down to 100mg. per night plus 20mg. melatonin . I still wake up at 3 am grrr

I don't sleep to much, wakeup at midnight or 2 or 3 am. Feel confuse, desee , dry mouth, very hungry, short Memory loss. Worry because,I don't resting, my heart beat. Arritmia

Trazadone seems safer than gabapentin for sleep and MUCH safer than benzos.

I found a better medication for sleep that actually improves sleep and a lower dose has the sleep effect while a larger does not. It is called mirtazapine. Only issue is tolerance can happen kinda quick so try not to take the full tablet and don't take it every night. It also can make you very hungry so something like 5 htp that can lower hunger or a healthy snack is needed. Maybe patients can trade off trazodone and mirtazapine. I am not sure of a cross tolerance but there is a possibility that there is one.

My step dad is hearing voices and is suicidal from it, but it worked wonders for me I only took it for a week cured insomnia in 3 days. But my step dad is old and on all kinds of meds

@teresahoang6593

3 жыл бұрын

Do trazodone help u sleep? U on 50mg?

@Ravi-Singh-001

3 жыл бұрын

Wow that’s amazing. I got mine today. I will keep you posted and see if it does samething to me

@TeslaEmperor

Жыл бұрын

​@@Ravi-Singh-001 how did it go friend?

@Ravi-Singh-001

Жыл бұрын

@@TeslaEmperor Bro It didn't do much to me. I decided to go gym and started working out like a serious athlete last year and have been doing pretty well now. Let me know if I can be any help bro to pass through this time

@TeslaEmperor

Жыл бұрын

​@@Ravi-Singh-001 Wow I'm really happy for you man. Thanks for giving me the time of day to listen it's really kind of you. Bad insomnia due to some unknown cause of brain fog/lightheadedness/dizziness. I'm thinking it's because of a neck issue or heart arrhythmia. Hoping the doctors can tell me soon! Anyway wishing you to have a great year ahead of you man thanks again

been on it for 5 weeks to withdraw from zopiclone...take 50mg 11pm...I get 6 hours...side effects headache and a hard on!now im getting worst anxiety..never liked antidepressants although this isn't that good unless I take more and probably sleep all day...anyhoo just looking on you tube for answers like us all...bollocks!

@AskAPsychiatrist

2 жыл бұрын

Hi @farralad73. I really try to avoid dispensing any sort of specific medical advice in the comments section. However, I’m making an exception in this case. First. Look up the term “priapism” or “trazodone-induced priapism.” Second. Immediately contact whoever prescribed you the trazodone and tell them what is happening, especially about the erections. Third. Ask that person if there are options that don’t involve medications that create a priapism risk.

@farralad734

2 жыл бұрын

@@AskAPsychiatrist yeah symptoms are just like viagra...hard on...headache i noticed on lots off vids about that side effect I really think I need a proper anti depressant buddy...im at my wits end 😥

@TeslaEmperor

Жыл бұрын

​@@farralad734 did you find a med to help you sleep?

@farralad734

Жыл бұрын

@wartok zopiclone 7.5 ml....prescribed by pchyco hospital were I ended up !

@TeslaEmperor

Жыл бұрын

@@farralad734 Hope you are doing alright now friend. This feeling can suck.

I have insomnia with paranoid schizophrenia I take 50 milligrams of trazadone

200 mg at night +450 mag glycinate + strong weed. Still wake up every hour to an hour and a half... SUCKS

thank you for this please do more talks on this poisonous medication it didn't give me psychosis imo but heavily affected my vision my quality of life is impaired because of it & i only did it for 19 days

@josesy-_-boi8354

3 жыл бұрын

What happened to your vision?

@Genesis817

3 жыл бұрын

@@josesy-_-boi8354 i get weird flickering in my peripheral vision, also get this messed up pattern glare that makes lines vibrate all day , heavy BFEP, an increase in dark floaters i never had before.

@josesy-_-boi8354

3 жыл бұрын

@@Genesis817 have you done benzos before?

@Genesis817

3 жыл бұрын

@@josesy-_-boi8354 trazodone & hydroxyzine are the only meds ive ever taken in my life for mood/sleep etc. I'll never try another pharmaceutical in my life after what i went through. I've also heard coming off Benzos is hell too so i won't touch it.

@josesy-_-boi8354

3 жыл бұрын

@@Genesis817 That sucks man. Has your vision improved at all? And yeah, stay away from benzos. The withdrawal really is hell

It can cause psychosis? I take it for insomnia and I have schizophrenia lol

I went hypomanic almost manic on it,and I could not sleep on it and I became hyper sexual.It probably happened because I am bipolar 2.I liked it though.It certainly beats mixed episodes or depression.

@nikoashford3640

2 жыл бұрын

What was your dosage? and how long were you taking it when you started to feel manic?

@scrapper276

2 жыл бұрын

@@nikoashford3640 It was probably with in an hour or two.It wasn’t full mania though.It was hypomanic.It says on the insert from the pharmacy that can happen.They do have extended release trazadone which is what I would take since it isn’t all at once and I would not have that issue.It would make a better antidepressant that way since it wouldn’t be a burst of it and it would just be gradual.

@scrapper276

2 жыл бұрын

@@nikoashford3640 It was 50mgs also.

Wowsers. I tried overdosing on trazodone and I'm still alive????? God must love me because I'm still living and breathing. I took a whole months supply in one setting. Thanks to whoever called 911 and got me to the hospital. Thanks be to God for keeping me alive through something like this. God bless. Is it true that I could've died from an overdose like this????! They told me at the hospital that I was "lucky" to be alive.

@LegendExpressProject

2 жыл бұрын

I am so glad that you are alive and I cannot wait to see the awesome things you do with your life!

@leiurus.

6 ай бұрын

❤❤❤

What's worse than not sleeping? Getting your hopes up with a prescription sleep medicine that causes the inside of your head to look and sound like the TV static from the 70's. ALL NIGHT LONG!! Useless.

Trazadone is wonderful and no side effects at all