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Trazadone

milily
milily
Does anyone who takes Trazadone for sleep have vivid dreams?
Wonderbaby
Wonderbaby
Yes! Vivid Nightmares. Kept me awake for days on end.

Just wasn't worth it for me. It's a bummer too because I thought it was working.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Yes, my dreams are very vivid. I sometimes even remember them for awhile. Until I started trazadone, I never slept long enough to dream. Now I sleep 7-8 hours each night. The dreams are never bad, just weird. When they are really weird and wake me up it's usually my bladder trying to send me signals. I am very happy with the trazadone.
fibrolizzy
fibrolizzy
I used to take it, and it worked great for sleep. It did make me have those dreams, though. One time when I woke up after one, I couldn't figure out if it was real or a dream!
CrazyCanuk
CrazyCanuk
I use it and have for about 3 years. I take 100mg nightly to help me sleep. I have PTSD and Fibro. I don't have vivid dreams or nightmares but I do find it works really well for. For me going to bed at night is difficult and this takes the edge off and allows me to sleep. I do find that some mornings I feel a bit hung over and it takes me a bit to get going, but that is only if I have been up late and took it anyway.
milily
milily
Trazadone has a long half life of 10 hours - I am groggy too when I wake up for awhile. It helps me stay asleep the majority of the time - but doesn't help me with the falling asleep. I have been taking it for several years and the vivid dreams are getting worse and lately sometimes scary.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Yes I take trazadone. I also take Veneflexine and I do not have the dreams but I believe it is because of the antidepressant I am on.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I take trazadone at bedtime. Find that my dreams are very vivid and I can also remember them after waking on occasion. I don't find they are any more frightening then my dreams were prior to taking trazadone. I am just thankful to be able to sleep at least a few hours.
mixedupmelly
mixedupmelly
I absolutely hate trazadone. Not only did I gain over 60 lbs with it, but I have PTSD and night terrors on occasion and it made them a lot worse. When it stopped working my doc had wanted to increase the dose by 100 mgs and I was already topped out at 500 I said no. I've been off it 8 months and I'm on zolpidem now. I take half a 10 mg before bed and if I wake up I take the other half. Between going off it and going gluten free I've dropped all but 10 of the 60 I gained.
mynameisD
mynameisD
I tried it once for a week. I had terrible dreams and stopped taking it.

I now take an over-the-counter sleep aid