Trazodone and Anxiety: What Users Say (Page 4)

• Lil...
• March 31, 2021

For Insomnia "I am writing this review at 4:30 AM. I have COVID now for about two weeks. I started getting insomnia about 4 days ago. My doctor prescribed trazodone. I took the first 50 mg at 9 AM and the second one at 11:30 AM. It made me so wired up, jittery, and more stressed. I am tired, but my mind is going 100 miles an hour. I just opened up the bottle because I was sure the pharmacist made a mistake and instead of trazodone gave me Adderall. I checked one of the pills and it’s stamped with big letters Pliva 433. It is from Major Pharmaceuticals. Then I googled and found these reviews. It seems like you are on hardcore drugs."

• mph...
• January 19, 2018

For Insomnia "I've been taking this for 3 weeks, and it doesn't help at all for my insomnia or my anxiety. I take 150 mg, but it still doesn't work. When I first started taking it, it made me really paranoid, but still didn't help me sleep."

• cra...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• September 3, 2025

For Insomnia "My problem wasn't falling asleep. I just can't stay asleep. Trazodone helps me stay asleep. The new problem is waking with high anxiety and high anxiety surges during the day. Anxiety to the point of paranoia. If I stop taking it, I don't sleep well and those side effects are bad too. I've been cutting my 50 mg dose in half to try to lessen the anxiety, but it only helps a little. Other prescribed sleep aids were just too expensive."

• got...
• February 18, 2017

For Anxiety "They took me off Valium after taking it for anxieties from a severe traumatic brain injury while in the military. Now with their new rules, they put me on trazodone for anxiety, and wow, it's the worst thing a person can take. Read about all the dangers and the side effects from SSRIs, they are killing American vets especially. Please, if you read this, don't ever take an SSRI. I have done a lot of reading and found that antidepressants are horrible for a person. Even the scientists have said they made a mistake, and they are not able to test the serotonin in a person's brain. So, basically, you are a guinea pig. They don't work and your addiction means no more sex!!! How can the drug companies make such a pill to help people when they're the worst drug a person can take."

• kun...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• May 7, 2020

For Insomnia "I tapered down from 100 mg to 25 mg until stopping. Withdrawal is awful and consists of extreme anxiety, horrendous nausea with vomiting, and stomach pain. Absolutely not worth it in my opinion."

• tes...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• September 12, 2020

For Depression "Made my depression worse, also weight gain, anxiety, did nothing at all for sleep. TERRIBLE MEDICATION."

• Mom...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• August 6, 2019

For Insomnia "Trazodone keeps me up all night. Ever since I have been on it, I sleep maybe 6 hours a week, and I'm more irritated and angry than I ever was. Also, my anxiety and depression are worse."

• Ski...
• July 9, 2010

For Insomnia "Kept me up all night. Was restless and nervous. Did not help my insomnia at all."

• Suz...
• November 9, 2022

For Headache "Trazodone caused side effects of a very bad headache, one-sided ear pulsating with discomfort and pain, dizziness, increased anxiety, and being very tearful. Awful, never again."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• August 23, 2022

For Depression "Worked well at first and then made my sleep worse and anxiety and depression worse. Took about 3 to 4 days of bad withdrawal symptoms, but much, much better now."

• wid...
• August 10, 2009

Trazodone for Insomnia "I experienced severe heart palpitations. I also experienced a marked increase in anxiety, sleep problems, and weight gain."

• Cod...
• October 27, 2016

For Sedation "Pure pharmaceutical trash. I gave the last 29 (of 30) pills to my doc and told her to keep it. Worst night of my life... jittery, heart racing, and trembling."