Desyrel for Sedation User Reviews

• Spi...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• September 16, 2016

"Unless I take this at bedtime, I have difficulty falling asleep as well as staying asleep. I am on the 50mg tabs, but usually only need to take half of the pill. Works VERY quickly, so it needs to be taken when in bed, and ready to sleep! It is just as effective now as it was many, many years ago when first prescribed, no need to adjust the dosage. It allows me to sleep later in the morning, and I no longer wake up every 2 hours. I take several other antidepressants during the day, but suffer from chronic pain. A good night's sleep makes a huge difference in my comfort level with no side effects either. I wake up feeling refreshed, ready to take on the day! I highly suggest you try this medication if the doctor suggests it."

• Bob...
• May 9, 2008

"I take a 50 mg Desyrel at night, about 10 min before I'm ready to go to sleep. I have been on it for 5 years, with no side effects. I used to not be able to stay asleep. Now, I sleep like a baby. I also take Zoloft in conjunction with Trazodone."

• Joh...
• April 3, 2013

"I really like trazodone. It helps me sleep and makes me feel more like getting up the next day instead of wanting to stay in bed. There have been a few times, however, that I took 100 mg instead of 50, and it made me so faint/lightheaded that I had to lay down on the floor where I was at. I couldn't make it to the bed. 100 mg doesn't always do that, but there have been 3 or 4 times that it did."

• Anonymous
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 3, 2013

"I took it for insomnia. I'll give it a two because it definitely knocked me out. I tried it for about a week or so, and the side effects didn't go away. I was mindless - a zombie. I was interested in absolutely nothing. A friend would point out hot chicks walking by, and the most I could give was a 'meh'. I did my school work, ate food, and sat around with friends - just sat there as everyone else had fun."

• dra...
• October 24, 2011

"I have been on trazodone for about five years, ever since I was going through a nasty downward spiral due to my personal situation at the time and couldn't sleep for three days/nights in a row. The doctor who prescribed it for me was an 'old-time' doc who wasn't into unnecessary medication (or any, most of the time) but saw there was a need that day with me. The fact that it was also an antidepressant was also a plus (but ultimately it wasn't effective enough on its own for that purpose). Taking trazodone at night (50mg) plus 1/2 a typical Ambien pill helps me sleep a good five or six hours straight--beats the way I used to sleep and thought was normal for most of my life; waking up every two or three hours."

• adg...
• February 8, 2009

"I had been taking 30 mg of temazepam but after getting out of the hospital recently, I have not been able to sleep. My psychiatrist added trazodone 100 mg tablets. This is a moderate dose and has helped tremendously. The only downside to the use of trazodone as treatment for insomnia is the early morning hangover, especially during the first few days of therapy. It's not addictive. You WILL go to sleep, just takes a little time."

• Mez...
• August 17, 2009

"I actually was taking this through high school because of depression and severe insomnia, and it worked wonders. As I got older, though, I stopped taking it, and recently the sleep problems have started back up again. My doctor gave me 100 mg tabs of trazodone (the generic), and I had really bad headaches when I woke up in the mornings. I think it was because when I was in high school, I was taking between 25-50 mg. Bought a pill splitter, and I split the 100 mg tablets into quarters and take 1-2 of them to equal the approximate dose of 25-50 mg I was taking. So far, so good, and I haven't had the headaches so far... been doing this for a couple of days so far."

• Har...
• November 23, 2009

"I am taking 200 mg a night for sleep for a little over a year. No problems, except when I miss a nightly dose, I feel hung over the next day. Recently, I have been waking with a headache. I am going to cut my dosage down by 25 mg and see if that will help. My worry is to have an uncomfortable withdrawal period."

• Dut...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 9, 2020

"I was prescribed Trazodone so I could get to sleep-many nights of awake all night with no relief! I am a very healthy and active 76-year-old woman. This drug is the worst excuse for 'medicine' I have ever tried. I vomited all night, had the trots, and the stabbing pains in my back, chest, and acid-burning stomach were the worst pain, including childbirth, I had ever had. I really thought I was going to die. I took one (50 mg) pill. I fell on the floor and was literally paralyzed. If I could have reached a phone, I would have called 911. Don't take this trash-EVER."

• Ant...
• February 3, 2020

"50 mg Desyrel. Took it to help sleep. Worked very quickly, but gave me a stuffy nose. Also made me have weird dreams."

• Jdo...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 3, 2021

"Prescribed for sleeping. Tried three times, and every time it gave a stuffy nose. Extremely irritating, and couldn’t fall asleep because of that. To me, it was useless."

• KBO...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• July 9, 2023

"I love it. I've had problems sleeping since I was a child. It plagued me for a long time because I was also suffering from extreme fatigue. It's a godsend."