trazadone for sleep

[Josh26]

has anyone ever used trazadone for sleep i went to a psychiatrist today and they prescribed me 150mgs a night before bed for sleep i was wondering if anyone has taken it and if so did it work and what were youre side affects is it additcting? the more info the better ..ive taken lunesta and it was way too weak and taste like ****...anyhelp?

[Josh26]

well i took the pill and i fell asleep around 1 am woke up at 3:15 couldnt get back to sleep finally at 5:30 i took 3 excedrin pms and then i fell right back to sleep until 11:30 ...so i will not take this trazodone again ... i called the doc today and he called me in a prescription for ambien i will try that tonight...god this stinks
Josh

[Josh26]

woops i took the pill i took 150mgs thats what the doctor ordered i'm feeling wooozy..phew its been 36 minutes when should i goto bed..i mean i can type ... i wonder why he put me on such a high dose he said if its too much split it if its not enough take more.  he said he knows what hes doing any thoughts on that?

[wickedwanderer]

omg, trazodone is amazing stuff.  is 150mg a whole pill?  ok wait i just looked at my bottle and i have 50mg pills.  if i took a whole one, i'd sleep for like 1.5 days.  i suggest maybe not taking so much.  you should be able to split the pills.  i take 25mg or sometimes 12.5mg (split into quarters).  the only "side effect" i've noticed is that i have no memory of what happened for 30-60 minutes before i fell asleep, when i wake up the next morning.

[tippy1124]

Is that something that differs from person to person??  I know I've seen a lot of ppl writing about Lunesta having a funny/bad taste.  I've been taking the Lunesta for over 3 months now, everynight, and I have never experienced a bad taste.  I was just having trouble staying asleep since I had my back surgery.  I think it works wonderfully at fixing my problem, but I will say I have experienced a couple of the "not likely, but possible" side effects from it.  If I don't sleep the full 8 hours they recommend, I wake up with a horrible migraine.  Also, I've noticed I have terrible nightmares.  I mean, everyone has an occasional nightmare, but this began almost as soon as I started taking it and continues quite frequently.  The last, and probably scariest, side effect I've experienced is having memory lapses ("black outs" is the term my doc used).  It's not often, but it does happen.  Now that I'm thinking about it, it just happened to me again last night.  I'll go for periods (an hour, maybe 2) where I have no recollection of anything.  It's like I was asleep or something.  I don't remember anything.  

Then again, just so everyone understands, most of the side effects I'm having are listed under the information about Lunesta, but my doc thinks it has something to do with all the medication I'm taking.  I take 18 pills everyday, 10 different prescriptions.  So, I was just wondering about the bad taste and if anyone else has experienced some of the side effects I have.

[NautyOne]

Omg 150 mg.  Holy ****.  I suggest you try it at least once, but I'm gonna tell yu it is some wicked stuff.  150mg.  will put you out, just put on your drewl bib.

[mlbrjs]

i know i am late reading your question about trazadone, my ex-husband, a physician, gave me trazadone for sleeping, stay away from them.  Along with the nasty taste they leave in your mouth, the drug builds up in your body, once I woke to use the restroom and my knees buckled underneath me.  I was taking 10 mg once nightly.  
  If you have to use something to sleep Ambien CR once in a while is the best.  Most of the time try exercising during the day, meditation at night, sex, alternative actions will help you sleep, you just have to get out of your mind that you need a pill.
  I cherish my sleep, all 8 hours every night, but if something is keeping me awake, i get out of bed and listen to music, meditate, clean.  Loosing a night sleep won't hurt you at all, it's the trazadone that will hurt you.  For what it's worth

[Josh26]

i did take lunesta and it did not make me sleep that great and the taste sucked but i will try this trazadone the doc said it will knock me on my butt sounds good to me. :) i need that i want to stay away from ambien ive heard way too much about it as far as addcition goes ... he prescribed me 150 mgs a night i can take less or more it doesnt matter whatever level works for the ammount of hours i need ..
i will let you know how it goes
Josh

[GA Guy]

I've never taken trazadone before, Josh..but I did tried Lunesta. Did it work for you? If it did..I can tell you one way to reduce the taste. Take a full glass of water..drink half...then swallow the pills with the last half of water. It works for some reason. May work for you. I use AmbienCR occasionally now.