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Trazodone

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How many of you HAVE taken this with success?? Does it leave you groggy the next day?? Any other side effects??
I'm just tired of trying things that DONT work!! I've been on remeron, addavan (spelling? sorry), ambien and xanax ...... I'm crying out for help here. I have issues getting and staying asleep. I'm just so very tired and I feel like my family is suffering too ... I've missed plays at school recently, I am turning into a monster and absolutely cant deal with the lack of good sleep. I'm crossing my fingers this Trazodone will work and keep working !!!! I've gone a couple weeks without a single minute of sleep .... I went 8 days recently with NO sleep before going to the ER and asking for help .. I ended up with the addavan which worked for about four hours the first night and after that I went another 6 days on about 5 hours of "sleep" ...
Any advice on this medicine and getting to sleep would be GREATLY appreciated ... more than you know. Thanks!!
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the only thing i have used to go to sleep is lunesta and i totally fell asleep in the middle of typing so i never used again it was scary if this trazodone is anything like lunesta you should have a good noght sleep
manny
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How did this work for you? Both a family member and the doctor who prescibed it use it for sleep and rave about how well it works for them. I just started a week ago and can't tell, it's supposed to take some time to work.
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good luck to you as trazadone did nothing for me...only the xanax and seroquel mixtures help me get any sleep...
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Hi feelin2008.
I've been alternating ambiencr and lunesta for the past 2 yrs for insomnia related to anxiety/ibs etc.
I can cope if I can get sleep which I do with those.
I was hoping traz will replace both.
Sorry it didn't work for you.
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My husband is currently sound asleep with the Trazadone he got from our family dr. He had tried ambien and OTC sleeping pills but they didn't help him get a "restful" sleep, he would kick and thrash.... The trazadone hasn't completely resovlved his insomnia, he's still getting up around 4 am, but, i guess that would mean he's not groggy in the morning! lol! I stick with my xanax when my anxiety is high but other than that, maybe i should try the trazadone too!
Mary Beth
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I take 100mg of Trazodone every night and it mostly works in 30-45 minutes. I usually get a restful nights sleep and am not groggy the next day. For pain I take Naproxen 250mg 3 TID and Gabopenten 1000mg 3 TID. My pain comes from pulmonary fibrosis and arrthiritus. Tom
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The trazadone worked for me a while and i was not groggy the next day. I am on elavil now and it is great. I hope you get some sleep soon cause i know the tim period i wasnt getting good sleep i was in pain and none of my family wanted to be around me.
Good luck sweetie.
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I been taking Zanaflex for about 10 yrs for fibro. It is good, it helps me get to sleep quick. And usually is a good deep sleep. It is considered a muscle relaxiant.
Boxerlover
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For me personally, trazadone was horible. I was in a haze all day and felt like I was moving in slow motion. I'm in somewhat the same boat as you as I do not sleep either and I have nothing to take for sleep and some anxiety issues. My pcp is against all those kinds of meds and I'm struggling with wether to get a new primary or not.

Now my mother-in-law has been on trazadone for years and she swears by it. Like everything else I guess we are all different and process meds in a different way.

I hope it works for you.
Melissa
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One word: Xyem
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I meant Xyrem, sorry.
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I've been taking trazadone for years with good results. The only complaint I have is about 15 minutes after I take it I am starving. Food taste so much better. I have even eaten in my sleep. For years never told doctor about the eating; didn't want to be diagnosed with "another" illness that FMS causes. My ignorance. I found out about 4 yrs. ago this is prescribed to help people eat and gain weight. Well....duh....LOL.
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I have taken Trazadone with great sucess, I have been on 100mg a night for about 1 year now, it help me sleep very well.
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it have to accumulate...my autistic son couldn't eat or sleep without his trazadone 50, he's 13, been on it since 6 yrs...it's harmless, take with food, and go to bed...it's a good medicine..it does give dry mouth and some dizziness...drink lots of water...it works on serotonin, which relaxes your brain...
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Trazadone makes my face very puffy and I still have trouble sleeping through the night. I used to take Ambien CR and loved it but my pain dr wants me on amytriptaline and zanaflex for the fibro. It works soso. I want my ambien back. Its 345 am and I am still not sleeping. UGH! Good luck
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