TRAZODONE HCL Reviews (TRAZODONE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.8 (229 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare TRAZODONE HCL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR TRAZODONE HCL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | racing thoughts, anxiety, insomnia | No side effects at all. | This was an excellent medication for me. I lead a normal life, I work two jobs, have a great social life thanks to it. I also take Klonopin in the a.m. and p.m. | F | 64 | 23 years 100-125mg 1X day | 6/14/2015 | 1 | depression with anxiety | Memory loss is my major complaint. Second is the drug's apparent addiction, as I've needed more and more over the years to relieve the same anxiety. Moreover, when I reduce the medication even a little, my anxiety is way beyond anything I'd ever had before I started taking the drug. It's a curse, and I haven't yet succeeded in getting off it even with my psychiatrist's well-meaning help. | F | 63 | 20 years | 10/18/2006 | 5 | insomnia | none | F | 71 | 15 years 200mg 1X day | 12/28/2012 | 5 | Sleep aid | None | Great drug- helps me unwind at night and to get a good sleep! Have gone up to 100 mg at night when necessary but very easy to triage back down to 50 mg again! | F | 66 | 15 years 50 1X day | 11/30/2019 | 2 | Sleep | Sleepiness, dizziness, anxiety, lack of motivation | I was on this drug for 15 years for sleep. In the beginning it was great for that. My body became dependent on it and it definitely caused big spikes in anxiety. I finally tapered and got off it three months ago, but am still feeling symptoms of withdrawal. My vote is stay away from this drug! Has anyone felt withdrawal symptoms this long? | M | 44 | 15 years 50-100mg 1X day | 8/17/2020 | 2 | Sleep, Anxiety | I was prescribed Trazodone for sleep. At first, it worked great. Unfortunately, I had to keep increasing the dose to have the desired effects, and I was sleepy ALL the time. | DO NOT QUIT TRAZODONE ABRUPTLY. THE SIDE EFFECTS OF DOING SO ARE SLEEPLESSNESS, TWITCHING LEG MUSCLES, DEPRESSION, ANXIETY | F | 58 | 15 years 300 1X day | 2/13/2021 | 1 | Insomnia | Initially started on 50 mg for insomnia. Worked great for awhile but then had to keep increasing for it to work. Was up to 150 mg. at bedtime when I found out I was pregnant and stopped cold turkey. I have never felt so bad in my life. Severe panic attacks, anxiety, depression, suicidal, vomiting, uncontrollable shaking, etc. It has been two months since I have stopped taking Trazodone and to this day I can't sleep and still have anxiety, depression and panic. | This is a wonderful drug in the beginning but be warned that it is addictive (the psychiatrist will tell you it isn't), you will have to keep increasing the med to get the same effect, and coming off of it is a living hell I wouldn't wish on anyone. | F | 41 | 15 years | 2/1/2007 | 5 | Insomnia and depression | Morning hangover | Keeps me asleep throughout the night | F | 58 | 14 years 100 | 6/1/2019 | 5 | unable to sleep | about 10 to 15 minutes after taking this I feel slightly dizzy if I'm still standing, but I now take it immediately before getting in bed for the night | F | 63 | 13 years 50 mg 1X day | 1/10/2011 | 1 | Insomnia | With chronic conditions, especially the invisible ones, they jam antidepressants down our throats claiming they will help for so many "off label" uses. Very rarely do they actually explain some possible side effects such as anxiety, depression, nausea, etc. They NEVER explain that just like the desired effects of the meds, the side effects also take time to start and to build up. You're not just super anxious or depressed or vomiting the next day. Could be weeks or months. So by then you never suspect this antidepressant they force down your throat is what's causing these horrible side effects. For 13 YEARS I suffered from constantly worsening debilitating nausea and feeling like I could constantly vomit. I stopped taking it and the nausea was immediately gone. But also was the horrendous debilitating anxiety that had been plaguing me all these years. had me wound tighter than 1000lbs spring. Lost absolutely everybody in my life due to it. Including my son and granddaughter, the only happiness left in my life. Does anybody else find it interesting that then whenever we complain about a new symptom or wanting further testing in the future, all these doctors claim we're just depressed. But then guess what, how much can we argue because we all just happen to be on antidepressants?!?! Just a coincidence, I don't think so. | F | 42 | 13 years 50mg 1X day | 4/18/2023 | 1 | With Prozac, for sleep | I suffered a terrible sleep paralysis incident after taking ONE 50 mg dose of Pliva Trazodone. Been taking Prozac and Trazodone for 12 years and never had this reaction before. Lowered the dose to about 1/4 pill, kept lowering the Prozac, finally had to go off both because I needed them both for either to work. The combination was completely unworkable, I felt like garbage. HOWEVER!!!! The debilitating fibromyalgia I've had disappeared with hardly a trace. I switched to a tricyclic (Watson nortriptyline) and the relief continues. | Pliva Trazodone is apparently a whole new drug, and acts entirely different from each of the other generic Trazodone brands I used in the past. | F | 58 | 12 years | 11/9/2009 | 5 | Took to help fall asleep | Hard to say; I am taking other drugs as well and not sure which drug causes what. | I've been taking 50mg of Trazodone before going to bed for many years. It really puts me out quickly but wears off during the night. My problem is falling asleep, not staying asleep; I'm not sure if it would help with waking up in the early morning. I've generally felt awake in the a.m. | F | 60 | 11 years | 7/11/2009 | 5 | Sleep aid | Nothing that I would term a complaint. | I have used Traz for 10 years, as a sleep aid. When used for this purpose, I am nothing but blissful with its effect. Up until a couple of years ago, I took 100 mg. at bedtime. I have met many people who complain about its lingering effects during the following day. I have never been anything other than grateful for its effect. I am a naturally high strung person, and this lets me drift into slumber, predictably each night. I was able to reduce my dosage in 2015, as my overall mental state had improved. I have never had its effects diminish. Thanks Traz. | M | 59 | 10 years 50 mg. 1X day | 11/27/2017 | 5 | Chronic long-term insomnia | Drowsiness, increased thirst | This is the only medication that has helped my insomnia. If I don't take it, I don't sleep. I have been on this for around 10 years and have had no serious side effects. Take with food and be ready to get in bed when you take it if taking for insomnia. It starts working fairly quickly. | F | 34 | 10 years 50mg | 3/25/2015 | 5 | Sleeplessness | At first, muscle aches, backaches and headaches. Then about 3 days. Sleeping through the night. A little out of it in the morning. As time progressed.... Ache's and pain's went away | F | 44 | 10 years 100 mg | 2/9/2017 | 4 | Bipolar depression trouble sleeping | Took it for 20 yrs but since I started takiking Lunesta also 9 yrs ago I have had side effects. I sleep with a cpap & need the Lunesta but if I do not fall asleep in one hour the horrible side effects start!! Feeling of restlesdness & inability to sit stil, muscle spasms & contractions, involuntsry muscle movement, aching. I have to tub my shoulders & legs!! It finally goes away after 2 hours!! I have had it & went cold turkey with Trazodone and was up till 4 am!!!! But just slight side effect so it must have been withdrawal! I have to get off this for good!! | F | 62 | 10 years 50 | 11/1/2015 | 4 | Insomnia | At 100 mg ER the drug causes excessive sleep. Always sleep at least twelve hours and often I will fall asleep during day for another four hours. | M | 80 | 10 years 100 | 4/7/2016 | 4 | insomnia | No side effects | Started with 50mg and then went to 100mg. Then it stopped working and they switched me to Seroquel and now I am sleeping like a baby and acting like a Zombie during the day. | F | 53 | 10 years | 4/2/2007 | 5 | Depression and to sleep. 300mg | Anger frustration major anxiety migraine thoughts of giving myself a black eye | I have been having severe migrains and have done all the "migraine". treatments. Now they have taken me off Trazodone in 10 days but at the same time adding ammitriptaline 30mg for headaches. So far still severe migraines and now eye stabbing pain and have felt nausua ANGER ANXIETY wanting to give myself a black eye frustration | F | 58 | 9 years | 10/31/2015 | 5 | Insomnia | Mild headaches | I've taken trazodone since I was 11 and I've had no problems whatsoever. | F | 18 | 8 years 300 mg | 4/12/2015 |
TRAZODONE HCL (TRAZODONE HYDROCHLORIDE): This medication is used to treat depression. It may help to improve your mood, appetite, and energy level as well as decrease anxiety and insomnia related to depression. Trazodone works by helping to restore the balance of a certain natural chemical (serotonin) in the brain. FDA Approval Date: 1986-10-10 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)