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Trazodone

MonaP
MonaP
I take 100 mg of Trazodone for depression and for sleep. I'm going to let my pdoc increase it to 150 mg so I can rest better. I take Trazodone around 6 p.m. If I take it after 9 p.m., I will be drowsy in the morning. I go to bed early around 8 p.m. or 9 p.m. Is anybody taking Trazodone? If you do, what time do you take it?
deleted_user
deleted_user
I have answered this or something very similar before put in a search and see what comes up
I used to take mine when I got into bed then I read for a while before sleeping that would be anytime between 10-11
deleted_user
deleted_user
wow, I take only 50mg at night for sleep and I sleep amazingly. I take mine around 8ish in the evening. I felt drowsy in the mornings when I was on a higher dose of it though, maybe your dosage is a little high?
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deleted_user
I take mine about 10 and go to sleep about 10:30. I wake up about 7.
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deleted_user
Trazodone for sleep is a common, although awful off label use of the drug. I don't understand why people don't educate themselves about the drugs their doctors recommend.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I'm pregnabt right now so I'm not taking it. But when I did, I'd take it right before I fell asleep which was at any time. If I waited until it hit me while I was awake then it would give me restlessness and restless legs which obviously made trying to fall asleep worse. I was taking 75 or hundred.
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deleted_user
I take 100mg at 11 pm, sleep till about 4 am....going to try 150 mg in a week to see if it gives me another hour or two...hope it doesn't make me too sluggish....actually have better luck with xanax but my doc wants me to try the Traz first.