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Trazodone for opiate wd?

I was givin some of this by a friend and wanted to try it for sleep as I haven't slept in 6 days, but I'm scared of priapism, what are the chances???
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1831920 tn?1320857757
Did you try the Trazadone?
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1827057 tn?1397520277
I can't say I had good sleep with the trazadone.I woke up feeling like I got no sleep and hung over.It is probably diferent with everyone but If you have not slept in 6 nights you may fall out tonight.When I took trazadone I fell asleep in 10 mins.10 min. later my phone rang and it was like 6 inches away from my head and I didn't even hear it.I was thinking the house could have burned and I wouldn't have gotten up.You could give it a try once.
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1831920 tn?1320857757
I have taken Trazodone without any side effects.  It is not as powerful as other sleep meds but I was able to get more sleep than I otherwise would.  Had lots of dreams so I know it was deep sleep.
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Sorry I hit the wrong button to soon.  Not to scare you but I had a real bad experince with  trazodone a few years ago.  I was given it for sleep and the first time I took it I was walking up to go to bed and colapsed with a glass of milk in my hand and never made it to bed.  My wife had to drag me up the stairs and call the Dr.  After that I tried taking half as much but it made me feel really sick in the morning.  I would look for an alternative if you can.  
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trazodone
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i know this sounds weird but the other day i couldnt sleep i took one of those energy drinks big mistake for me however i went to you tube and did a visual meditation i feel asleep with the compt on it works
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1258248 tn?1328775478
you need sleep, go for zopiclone, or melatonine, read up on insomnia, if you cant sleep, get up and read till you can try again, if you dont sleep within 30 min get up and read again, dont read in bed! dont watch tv, light makes you wake up, read in bad light makes your eyes tiered and makes you sleepy
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1809109 tn?1331803777
I took trazodone for insomnia for about a year without any side effects. Being a woman I didn't have to fear priapism though. But my psych said she preferred it because it had low side effects in relation to other sleep meds out there. Obviously it's just one doctor's opinion, but it worked for me.
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When I was in rehab they gave me trazodone for sleep. It didnt do anything, the RLS was just too bad. I didnt get priapism from it though, and I took it for well over 3 months after I quit heroin.
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