Trazodone for Sedation User Reviews (Page 3)

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

Desyrel (trazodone) "I was prescribed Trazadone 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 was the worst pain, including childbirth I had ever had. I really thought I was going to die. I took one (50mg) pill. I fell on the floor and was literally paralyzed. If I could have reach a phone I would have called 911. Don't take this trash-EVER."

• ackmac
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• August 12, 2016

"I got the prescription 2 years ago, I have for a long time 10 + years had a very irregular sleep pattern as my wife will say. So I don't like taking pills at all. So it took almost 18 months for me the try it. It works good. I actually get a restful nights sleep. I cut them in half so I can get them to last longer and I wake rather refreshed. I did take a whole one a while ago and was grocery after I woke. I think I went back to sleep and woke at 10 am. I usually go to bed before 10 pm. I am 55 300 5 10 . have thyroid problems. or no Thyroid any more. New hip last year New rotter cuff in 6 to 8 weeks I hope. I think it works great. I only use it one or two times a week. Hope this helps"

• Dallys
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• December 29, 2016

"Trazodone was prescribed to me as a sedation for sleep at night. I had a very bad night the first night. I had an extreme temperature and excessive sweating. However, this happened to me only in the first night. After that it worked fine. Weirdly I had taken it before and had discontinued due to lack of insurance. The very first time I took it I had the exact same reaction only on the first night. Vivid dreams, extreme sweat, elevated temperature. I felt very feverish. After that, nothing out of the ordinary except being able to sleep."

• H022695
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 27, 2017

"Trazodone was prescribed to me to help me fall asleep and stay asleep. I take 50mg each night as needed before bed. This medication makes me sleepy within 15 minutes of taking it and I'm usually asleep in 30 minutes. However, in the mornings it's been very hard for me to wake up because I feel the medication really effects me and keeps me still feeling sleepy throughout the day. But I'm overall happy with the results and would recommend this to anyone having insomnia or anxiety before bedtime."

• Geoff
• September 21, 2017

"I was on Trazodone for insomnia, and it did what it was supposed to: I would fall asleep within 30 minutes, and I would stay asleep through the night. The issue I had with it is that I would sleep for way longer than I'd want to, and I would no feel well rested after I woke up. I would have difficulty concentrating and I my mind would feel like it was slowed down, and that would last about 4-5 hours after I woke up (and I'd already have slept for about 12 hours, so that's about half of a normal waking day that I'd feel I lost to Trazodone). If I absolutely needed to sleep, Trazodone was helpful, but also a game of russian roulette: Would it be better to sleep but not feel rested, and feel sluggish for most of the day, or risk not sleeping?"

• Anonymous
• April 5, 2016

"I have taken 100mg for at least 10 yrs for sleep. It works great for me, a slight groggy feeling in the morning, but well worth it to have a full night sleep. I fall asleep soon after taking it. I have at times sleep walk. I will find out in the morning when I find stuff moved around, dusting supplies in the washer machine, and tools from the garage in the kitchen. But I have slept walked since I was a little girl. And it seems to only happen when I am worried about something. This drug has been around for a long time and the benefit out ways side affects for me."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• November 26, 2018

"I’ve been on trazadone for a year now and it has been a life saver! Before I would just lay in bed for hours without sleeping I couldn’t fall asleep due to nightmares associated with PSTD and depression but on this I sleep every night. Not many nightmares it’s amazing. I read some reviews it did take me like two weeks to not feel dazed outta my mind but well worth it"

• 58meh
• July 29, 2015

"My head spins with overactive thoughts at bedtime causing insomnia. Ambien worked, but changed to Trazadone 100mg. I fell asleep quickly, but woke up feeling dizzy, as if hungover. The feeling lasted throughout the day. I didn't like the lingering feeling, so I halved the dose, 50 mgs. Same side affects, felt drowsy and dizzy in the morning. I will go back to using Benedryl, as it didn't give me the Zombie feeling like Trazadone. (Xanax worked for me, but I didn't want to get addicted to it, so I don't take it.)"

• Barnzy
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• May 11, 2017

"This medication is an excellent sleep aider, I'd compare them to temazepam for sleep, less dodgy and it does really help you sleep, I'm on 150mg a night and it does knock me out, I love this medication and I'd recommend this over benzo's ad zopiclone any day."

• La mer
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• May 13, 2016

"I took for some years. It is addictive as you need for sleep. After a while you wake up at night with heart razing. I stopped and finally I need only 1/2 .5 clonopine. And even forget. It was hard to stop that drug. But if you need for other reasons it may work for others. I think it's bad. Thank God I'm off of it!! You need to withdraw slowly."

• andie
• July 15, 2007

"I have taken Trazodone for yrs in conjunction w/ Paxil. I was given the Trazodone for insomnia and it works for me. I take it at bed time and I am alseep within 15min. Generally I sleep throughout the night as well."

• Not...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• October 18, 2019

"I was prescribed trazadone to help with insomnia and it's not worth it. It certainly did it's job, normally sleep meds don't work well for me, but it would have me knocked out within 20 minutes. Problem was, next day I felt completely exhausted like I hadn't slept at all, and I had difficulty concentrating and performing at work. I felt like I was drunk or stoned all day, and I was making mistakes at work. My friends and family said I seemed like a different person. At first I didn't suspect that it was the trazadone, I thought I was just depressed or something, but after I stopped taking it I felt my normal, happy, energetic self within 2 days. Not recommended."

• Customs
• August 27, 2009

"I have taken this for three years, It has been a life saver in way of keeping me calm and relaxing me over all. I will take 100mg on average for sleep at night, I have also taken throughout the day to keep a stable mood. It has helped with depression and aiding well in sleep. You have to find the right dose for yourself though everyone will have a different reaction to different mg doses, the most common dose I have seen across the board has been 75mg at bedtime."

• sophia
• February 27, 2008

"I was prescribed this drug to help me sleep. I am on EMSAM for an antidepressant and it keeps me awake at night. I found that Trazodone works well for sleep, but aching muscles and bones has made the drug just not worth it for me."

• Sleep...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• September 17, 2017

"I have dealt with insomnia since 2005. I tried Benadryl, all the sleep aids you can name but it wasn't until I realized I don't sleep normal. I was feeling horrible on 2-3 hours of sleep at night. My doctor recommended Trazodone, which I had never heard of. On this medicine I know I'll sleep and feel good the next day. It did take a week or so to get over the "hangover" feeling but for someone like myself that does have severe depression and insomnia I recommend this medication"

• Mlefev
• June 22, 2015

"I started taking this medication due to an inability to go to sleep. For some reason it knocks me out no matter what doseage I take. 8mg is the same effect as 50mg. I sleep at least 8-9 hours straight and feel hungover the next day. It definitely makes me sleep but I have strange dreams and wake up feeling terrible the next day."

• Anonymous
• November 3, 2010

"I have taken Trazodone 150mg for 5 years. It has been a God send for me. I have chronic pain that would keep me up all night. Also my head would not stop working overtime and I had trouble falling asleep. Now I am asleep within 20 minutes and I wake at night with no problem getting back to sleep."

• Kel
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 9, 2019

"The hangovers from trazadone weren't worth me taking them one more night! It caused pounding headaches, irritability, and me being stuck in a fog all day. Besides, I'm on Lamictal (which has saved my life and kept me sober over a year now). Lamictal is a Bi Polar medication. My family friend who is a psychiatrist said the number one mistake doctors make is prescribing depression meds WITH bi polar meds. It is a horrible cocktail . I'm done with trazadone for sleep. Back to dollar store sleep aids it is"

• Shell
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• August 15, 2018

"I have been taking Trazodone for 5 years now for sleep. Before that I tried many over the counter meds and many prescribed meds. For some reason this one works. I didn't have insomnia but had bad nightmares throughout the night that would wake me up. This medicine is my dragonslayer that slays the nightmares before they get to me. As a result I sleep through the night without waking."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• July 23, 2017

"I am able fall asleep within a half hour and stay asleep at least seven hours. Prior to taking Trazadone I would wake up every two hours so it has allowed me to finally sleep after months of insomnia . Cons : I have new anxiety , sweating during the day , awful short term memory that is worsening , tremors and amnesia ."

• Katija
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• December 15, 2016

"I have had insomnia since I was 12, I started taking this when I was 14 and have been sleeping wellish since. My body adjusts to it very easily though, so my doctor had to keep going up on my dose, now I just take my 100 to 150 MG of trazodone at night and a melatonin if i need it. Works pretty well. I don't have any nightmares but my dreams are strange."

• Fried...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• July 12, 2015

"Had similar experiences as many have commented on - Primary reason for use was horrid insomnia lasting over 3> months (If I snuck in two hours a night it was a blessing.) Tried all the usual stuff and some older tricks my Dr. had.... Nothing. Biggest problem was I would doze off and have beyond horrible flash-backs from 5 combat tours and a chopper crash. Shrink says my mental status is not an issue, fit and sound. Just something that's gonna be trial and error. Lunesta was the worst as the flashbacks were nightly and freaked my girlfriend out to the point the relationship failed. Have NO idea why this works for several friends (civilian) and I think it's a placebo. Switched exercise hours, diet. Just did not work for me.."

• Blondie
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 8, 2019

"Omg. This is one of the worst meds I have ever taken. If you never had a diagnosed mental illness, you would after trazadone. And no, you’re not going crazy. Those horrific side effects are really happening: feeling like you’re being pricked by “is pins and needles”, they call it nervousness but it’s really an immense feeling of agitation, extreme sluggishness upon wakening which lasts most of day and feeling like you’re going to vomit all day. No kidding! Never again!! Did put me to sleep but good does not outweigh the bad."

• Wide...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 9, 2016

"I was given trazodone by mistake in the hospital after hysterectomy. I normally take clonazepam for sleep and asked for that but was given trazodone instead. One of the worst nights of my life. I was anxious and unable to sleep and whenever I closed my eyes I had visions of gory dismembered body parts that would not go away (like a vision of hell or something, crazy). It went on all night long, never experienced that before. I only took it that one night in the hospital (didn't find out til later it was the wrong drug). Evil, evil drug. At least for me."

• Yo sup
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• July 22, 2015

"I just started this medication a few months ago to get off klonopin. It gives me insomnia as soon as I pop one. When I finally get sleep it's bad dreams I don't feel rested when I wake up. I've never felt shittier."