I started having insomnia bout 2 months now some nights i sleep some nights i dnt i was prescribed trazodone 50mg is 50mg to low should i take a little more, i wanna get some advice or what you people use to help you sleep and stay asleep??? I was also put on generic ambien 5mg i took it once only didnt like the hangover feeling and i did not sleep so i stopped it, should i give the generic ambien another try?? I saw a psychaitrist He put me on 25mg serquel and i dnt wanna go that route because im still young 28 only i dnt wanna be on it the rest of my life, i used it the first night but it didnt put me to sleep just feeling a lil weird the first night so i stopped the second night and went back on trazodone 50mg... i sleep but not long maybe an hr or at most 3hrs only... if i was to stick to trazodone how many mg should i take to put me completely asleep?? 2nd question if i was to go the Seroquel Route how much mg should i take for it to put me to sleep and be effective??
Insomnia and 50 mg trazodone, genric ambien 5mg, and 25mg Seroquel?
Question posted by shong916 on 25 June 2015
Last updated on 30 June 2015
3 Answers
Hi, Shong916,
I hope you get my response dated today - Sat.June 27,2015.
Right now for sleep I take Trazodone and Ambien so I do have firsthand knowledge to share with you.
Don't take the Ambien. I sleepwalked on it and broke my wrist, and I don't remember a thing.
This sleepwalking side effect is mainly seen in Ambien and Halcion.
If you need a quick acting hypnotic among these "Z drugs," try 10 mg. Sonata. Take it when you are IN the bed. Another "Z drug" hypnotic is Lunesta. As your doctor for Sonata instead of the Seroquel and Ambien.
I take 100 mg. Trazodone and 10 mg. Sonata at bedtime with terrific results with no sleepwalking.
Trazodone can be taken for sleep in 50 mg. increments up. 100 mg. would be a good dose for you with or without the Sonata - double what you have been taking.
Stop the Seroquel because it is an antipsychotic medicine used to treat 1) schizophrenia in adults and children who are at least 13 years old and 2) bipolar disorder (manic depression) in adults and children who are at least 10 years old. It is also used together with antidepressant medications to treat major depressive disorder in adults. You will have to wean off of Seroquel once you have taken it for awhile, and you do not want that. You did not mention if you needed bipolar, schizophrenic, or depressive meds, so don't take it.
Main thing for you - stick to the same regimen - Trazodone and Sonata or just one or the other. The body responds better to the same routine rather than switching back and forth.
All the best,
Tony
Thank you tony for your advice i will ask my doctor for sonata
Hi tony i have kasier for my medical health insurance, i emailed my doctor lastnight and today i got her response she said she dnt recommend sonata she says for me to stick to 25mg seroqel but i dont wanna go that route like i keep telling my doctor im not losing my mind or going crazy i jus have a hard time falling asleep, unless its my very last option like i said before the trazodone puts me to sleep but not long an hr to 3hrs at most and i dont sleep right away it takes an hr or 2 for the trazodone to even put me to sleep i take it around 8 or 9pm then i usually dont fall asleep till like 1030 or 11 and i would wake up around the same time which is around 130am to 2am all the time but then i would fall asleep for another hr or so
Hey, Shong, again!
I had the same trouble getting Sonata through my insurance. What the doctor didn't tell you is that it probably is covered if the doctor sends an override or makes an exception.
I really don't understand why your doctor is so insistent on Seroquel. Why is this doctor so pushy about you getting on that medicine which has a host of side effects? Stick to your guns and emphasize that you DO NOT WANT it and you want something else for sleep! In the interim try 5 mg. melatonin which you cannot take too much of. Try taking 30 mg. or more. Also diphenhydramine 100 mg. at night will most definitely make you drowsy!! That is a generic sleep aid that comes in 25 mg. tabs or 50 mg. gel caps. I have taken both together WITH 100 mg. Trazodone. It will work.
Good Luck!
Tony
Ive tried melatonin already when all this insomnia started happing 2months ago i tried almost everything on the self already valerian root, benadrly, unisom, calms forte, sleepytime tea almost everything i see at the store lol none have worked the trazodone 50mg works but i only sleep 1 to 3hrs a night and have dreams n nightmares with the trazodone, i emailed my doctor today she responded back with do what your pyhscrist says take the med he gave you which is seroquel 25mg, im thinking i will try the whole 25mg tonight, since the last time i only used half of the pill and felt weird but didnt even get drowsy and sleep at all that night, then the next night i went back on trazodone and my tea and fell asleep for only 1 to 3hrs like i said so tonight ibwas thinking of giving seroquel another shot and try the whole 25mg pill what do you think???
Ive tried melatonin already when all this insomnia started happing 2months ago i tried almost everything on the self already valerian root, benadrly, unisom, calms forte, sleepytime tea almost everything i see at the store lol none have worked the trazodone 50mg works but i only sleep 1 to 3hrs a night and have dreams n nightmares with the trazodone, i emailed my doctor today she responded back with do what your pyhscrist says take the med he gave you which is seroquel 25mg, im thinking i will try the whole 25mg tonight, since the last time i only used half of the pill and felt weird but didnt even get drowsy and sleep at all that night, then the next night i went back on trazodone and my tea and fell asleep for only 1 to 3hrs like i said so tonight ibwas thinking of giving seroquel another shot and try the whole 25mg pill what do you think???
Hey tony so can i take trazodone 50mg and ambien 5mg together?? I still have my ambien thats the first thing my doctor prescribed me and i only used it once and i dint fall asleep so i emailed her and she prescribed me the trazodone 50mg
Yes, Shong, you can take the Trazodone and Ambien together as well as the over the counter diphenhydramine. That should ensure you of a good nights sleep! Especially with the diphenhydramine.
All the best to you,
Tony
Hi tony i took 1 seroquel 25 lastnight around 830pm and didnt feel a thing... then 2hrs later i took half of the 25mg pill which is 12.5mg and maybe slept for an hr or less... i was gonna go back on the trazodone tonight because with the trazodone i do fall asleep but jus not long maybe 2 to 3hrs at most... can i take the trazodone tonight without any side effects or interaction of the seroquel?
Hi you guys i took s seroquel lastnight and i took two 25mg of it it did knock me out but for a few hrs i got up and fell asleep again, i am afraid of using this because of what i read on it im not crazy or have any pyhcological problem jus hard to fall asleep so tonight im stop the seroquel... im use what i ordered online from amazon... its called NutraCraft ProDoze
Hi, although i don't really agree with taking strong antipsychotics for sleep, I know that Seroquel have helped many people with their insomnia... I have heard that most commonly, people take 25mg or 50mg for sleep related issues. It can take quite some time to work to it's full capacity, so after just one night your wouldn't really know if it was the right medication for you... I would recommend trying Amitriptyline (if your doctor agrees). I was prescribed it when I had a back injury, it helped me sleep through the pain. I continued taking it for sleep after my pain had subsided
The reason i stopped the Seroquel after 1 night only was because my phycrist gave me all the info i need to know bout the good n bad of using Seroquel... he said a young man like me who's only 28 shouldn't be having trouble sleeping n staying asleep n said that Seroquel changes the chemical in the brain n so on... so it kinda scared me lol... so i wanted to try other things first before giving Seroquel another try n plus i dont like the drugged out hangover feeling the first night i tried it n plus i didn't even sleep at all that night
You probably made the right decision. It's easy for your doctor to say that you "shouldn't" have these sleep issues but that's not very helpful... What has he suggested as the next step?
My doctors a she... lol n yes she just told me the same thing the Psyhcrist said go to the insomnia class and good sleep hygiene practice good sleep routine the same stuff all of us hate hearing lol... n yes i do all that stuff still no sleep it seems that everytime when it gets close to sleep time im nervous and the feeling of how am i gonna get through the night comes again
I emailed my doctor today she said do what the Psyhcrist says take my seroquel, but im a little scared of taking the seroquel lol i dnt know if i will sleep or not because the first night i took half of the 25mg pill and it made me feel a little wierd but i didnt even sleep, if i was to just knock ouy and sleep that night then maybe i would give it another try, so the last 3nights i went back on the trazodone and kept having dreams and nightmares and when i wake up i probably slept only 1 to hrs at most
Wow for a minute there I thought you were talking all three a one time. That would be nuts. trazodone works great for me. I started out with 50mg years ago now I'm at 300mg a night. I sleep very well and it helps with my depression and anxiety . Ambien work very little for me. Like it gave me a 15 minute window opportunity to fall asleep if I missed that 15 minute window then I couldn't sleep at all. Seroquel darn near put me in a coma I slept for like 15 hours I do not remember the milligram but I will never try it again. I think if you're going to continue the trazodone you need to work up to a dose that works for you. Always take to you doctor first.
Lol no i dnt take them all at the same time... my doctor prescribed me the 50mg trazodone first then the 5mg ambien... i was still having trouble sleeping when on the trazodone i get weird dreams from the trazodone so i stop a few days then saw my doctor she prescribed the ambien 5mg i took it a night and didnt sleep and had a hangover i didnt like... so i kept tellin my doctor she told me to call a physicist and he precribed the seroquel 5mg i used it the first night didnt like it n didnt put me to sleep so i stopped and when back to the trazodone 50mg... and yes i agree with you on the ambien i d get kinda drowsy but if i dnt fall asleep within that drowsy timeframe then i wont sleep at all... like said i dnt wana go that route of taking seroqel... but yes i will talk to my doctor bout taking a higher dose of trazodone
Related topics
ambien, seroquel, insomnia, sedation, trazodone, sleep, prescription
Further information
Similar questions
Search for questions
Still looking for answers? Try searching for what you seek or ask your own question.
