Ambien CR or Trazodone?

[mark43brewer]

When I left detox last week for fentanyl abuse the doc gave me a script for Trazodone(50mg/tab).  It is to help you sleep and not supposed to be addictive.  I have been feeling **** no energy, and really hung-over each morning.  I have prior script for Ambien CR(12y. mg).  Any idea which one would be best for me to use without triggering anything and to feel better in the mornings?

[tracyroe]

I take trazadone 150 mg every night. It is an antideppresant. These are meant to be taken on a daily basis. It takes about 2 weeks before your body adjust to it. It does not make me sleep, but it definitely helps with my irritabilty, road rage, patience, and basically keeps me from wantingkill stupid or rude people. I have a personality disorder gives me these problems. Trazadone makes my life better. Instead of getting really upset about
stupid ****, I can focus more on things that matter. I am very high strung but trazadone keeps me calm and more together.

[JimjamX12]

My doctor prescribed 300mg trazodone at night for sleep. That **** really ***** me up, I thought I was going to die and it wasn't fun. Does 300mg of trazodone sound right to anyone, I have only taken it 3 times I'm afraid if I should keep trying it, I told my doctor that I would keep trying it out but I'm scared.

[minim]

interesting convo..
After what happened to me and opiates I was scared TO DEATH of another addiction arising that I would not ever EVER take the sleeping pills more than 2 nights in a row...
so i agree with chanon- some people are only addicted to their drug of choice- not everything out there- but not everyone is the same... i was responsibile and still have a cabinent full of pills that i do not abuse...

[chanandalerbong1]

i totally agree with that istatement- i thnk the most important thing you can do and NEED to do is tell your doctor youre an addict. it will save eveyone a lot of issues. including yourself... i know there are people who just have an affinity towards ANYTHING that may offer some altered state, i know someone like that, not joking she would probably take pet medicine if you told her she could get blasted on it... the only point i was trying to make is that some people, including addicts, may need medical and/or pharmacutical intervention to maintain some quality of life. anyonr who has suffered from something like severe insomnia, knows how much sleep deprivation cantruely effect a person. (just using that as an example). i think my first message was not worded correctly. i mean zero disrespect for anyone recovering from anything and i pray for everyones safe battle with the drugs... just want to explain what i meant. sorry for the misunderstanding everyone!

*Kristen*

[lady67]

I am sorry, I am one of the EXTREMELY rare cases.  I have an addiction to opiates (haven't used in almost a year, but still consider myself an addict), and find myself getting addicted to almost anything.  I have found that my blood pressure meds don't make me "feel good".  However, I have been put on klonipn, ambien, ultram, and others, and find myself taking more than I am supposed to get that certain feeling that we all know.  I have found a wonderful family doctor who I was able to be 100% honest with about my addictions and he not treat me like a leeper.  This is the only doctor I see and I use the one pharmacy that knows my condition and if they think something has been prescribed to me that may cause a problem, they tell me.  

I have found the only way I can stay clean and sober is to be proactive and not hide in the bushes with my addiction.  I know I got off topic here, but my point is this.  If you have any kind of addiction problem, you need to tell your doctor because certain drugs can trigger your addiction.

[chanandalerbong1]

that is your opinion. my doctor, who also happens to be a good friend of the family, knows what they are talking about. just because someone has an addiction doesnt mean they will get addicted to EVERYTHING. and i didnt say that if sleep aids arent your drug of choice you cant become addicted. of course it happens, but after going through recovery there is a difference between being scared of every single prescription and being responsible about what your doing. if your an opiate addict, but you have a sleep disorder and make the decision to take a sleep aid that does not mean that you are no longer sober or headed for disaster and that is a terrible insinuation to make about anyone! aside from that- each person is responsible for their own actions. its called taking responsibilty, a HUGE part of recovery. im not talking about addiction as a disease im talking about using a forum to make excuses for yourself to justify a binge on any drug. many people, specifically those who have chronic pain and/ or a sleep disorder need the prescription help. and getting clean doesnt mean that you should feel guilty for taking what you need to  have some kind of quality of life. and its comments like yours that make people terrified to seek help. there is a huge difference between abuse of prescription drugs to get a high and taking them because you actually need them for a medical reason. to even try to group the two together and make anyone feel guilty for taking their meds is just ignorant. its up to each individual to do the research and make a decision with their doctor as to which route they take. in fact i do believe that is mentioned somewhere in the rules of this forum- you know, the part about not using this forum to make your medical decisions and that we are not doctors. people deserve to have ALL sides of the story. not just one side. not every one person is the same as the next. which is why this is an open forum for everyone to speak!  im sorry if you had a bad experience with doctors or sleep aids, but that doesnt mean everyone else will. its the same thing with suboxone. it saved my husbands life, literally. by only talking about the negative aspects may just scare someone so badly that they just keep using because they feel they have no other choice. to group EVERY  addict into one category and to give advice based on one persons experience is not fair to people who want the full story.  so maybe you are the one who needs to think twice about being nasty and judgmental in a post.  you have perpetuated the idea that its not ok to get any kind of prescription help and also that if god forbid someone has something to say that does not represent your personal views they will be attacked and are wrong because you say so. this is not about calling people names or suggesting that they have commited some kind of sin, its about telling people what you know to be true. i find it amusing to think that anyone feels they have some authority or power over another person because they disagree with you. i dont even know why im indulging your "issue" if you dont have anything nice to say, then keep it to yourself. i will correct a few things i said- although it is rare for someone to become addicted to sleep aids, IT HAPPENS. and i mean to say that if you have an affinity towards opiates your brain actually seeks something to fill those receptors, but you can become addicted to another drug. i think we all know that. so just in case i mis typed- i didnt mean if you shoot heroin you will be fine shooting meth because its not your d.o.c. although i would think thats common sense. i meant most people that want to get high turn to their d.o.c. to do so- they dont get the same effects from every drug. so moral of the story- dont be afraid to post your opinion even if someone lashes out at you, and if you are in recovery, only seek prescription help from your doctor if its you actually need the help, not because youre wanting a new high. just to clear this up as well- i am an opiate addict. i blew a lot of oxys and some heroin for a long time.. i suffer from severe agorephobia and am manicly depressed.  i tried to kill myself because i was SO AFRAID that because i am in recovery from opiates( 2 years now ) that taking medicine to control my severe anxiety problem would get me addicted to something else because of the common idea that once addicted to something, addicted to everything. so i thought it wasnt worth living in that kind of misery because i had "no" options. i only thought that because of judgmental, thoughtless people. i also have recently been diagnosed with lupus. so according to those "common beliefs" i shouldnt treat my symptoms with a prescrption because i MAY become addicted. ok. so how is that for honesty? i have nothing to hide and i have let go of the idea that its the doctors fault, its the dealers fault, its a strangers fault. MY addiction MY OWN. likewise, MY recovery is MY responsibilty and MY battle and no one elses. instead of blaming your doctor or anyone else, focus on your recovery,  you might feel better. and i apologize to everyone else- im not a mean person, not even close to it. but i dont feel its appropriate to attack ANYONE for anything. its just not necessary. if someone makes a mistake in what the type- politely pm them, they may not even realize they have mis-said anything. before this i have had nothing but love coming from this forum and i thank you all for that. and i promise the next time someone posts to me out of anger i just wont respond. im not even sure why i did to this one. so i apologize for any mis-typing i may have done or for not making it clear what i meant.  sorry for that- but i dont apologize for saying it is okay to seek medical or pharmacutical help when its truely needed. its the opposite of that advice that led me to be so scared i wanted to kill myself. im glad that didnt work out and i hope i can help anyone that is even considering suicide as an option... it is absolutely not the answer. love you all.

*Kristen*