DESYREL Reviews (TRAZODONE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.0 (290 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare DESYREL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR DESYREL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Insomnia | Severe sinus congestion and did not help insomnia. | F | 44 | 1 days 50mg | 1/28/2012 | 1 | Sleep | Did not work, plain and simple, believe it was the Pliva generic in particular and not trazodone per say | PLIVA trazodone did not work for sleep. Other generics worked fine for sleep in the past. This one does not or did not. Just wondering if anyone else has had this problem? What generic works for sleep? | F | 31 | 5 days 25 1X day | 1/13/2012 | 3 | Insomnia | Drying effect on mouth and membranes, sometimes very vivid dreams or nightmares. Can make you nauseous if taken without food. | Does anyone have a recommendation for an effective brand of generic desyrel (Trazodone) that will work for insomnia? I took this drug for years and it did work for sleep, but not without side effects. However, when I last tried it I got a generic made by PLIVA aka TEVA pharma and it had the opposite effect on me! I see another poster said that Pliva Trazodone did not work for insomnia either, it seems like a totally different drug. So, does anyone know what generic would work for insomnia? I believe the one I took years ago is off the market now (it had little divider marks in the pill to split it). The Pliva trazodone kept me awake and made me shakey, the one(s) I took before put me to sleep! | F | 30 | 3 years 50 1X day | 12/27/2011 | 4 | migraines | really the only side effects that I've experienced are the "nightmares".they are very vivid and haunting when your in that in-between zone of sleep & awake. | I was put on this med after being on two other anti-depressants for my migraines. they both worked..but, the ED factor came into play on both. then, came the chest pains. Since being on Trazodone, no ED & no chest pains ! | M | 41 | 35 days 50 1X day | 11/6/2011 | 4 | Anxiety/Insomnia | Nocturnal Erections | This stuff made me feel great and in a very short amount of time. Every time I woke, if I did wake, during the night I had an erection. Every morning I had an erection. It would go away using the traditional methods or after getting up in the morning. Doctor told me to stop using it because of priaprism risk. If I could use it agian, I would. | M | 47 | 5 days 50 MG 1X day | 10/1/2011 | 5 | Depression / Insomnia | I haven't experienced any side effects. This drug cured my insomnia. I usually would go to sleep and would wake up every 2 or 3 hrs. Taking trazadone let me sleep the whole night through. My only problem was when I ran out I went right back to the interrupted sleep cycle I experienced before taking it. | M | 62 | 5 years 75mg 1X day | 7/29/2011 | 5 | Sleep disturbances | I've been very happy with Trazodone. I was prescribed it for sleep issues.. Mostly waking during the night. I take one at night and my sleep is pretty good. I've noticed no side effects and have had no reactions. | F | 44 | 3 years 50 mg 1X day | 7/18/2011 | 1 | Insomnia | Tremor, awkward movement, dizziness, dry mouth, lost words, unable to focus. | The doctor prescribed this for insomnia. This is one drug that I have had every bad side effect a person could have. After an MRI to determine what could be the cause of the tremors, I figured out on my own that it was probably this drug. I feel silly for not connecting the two, but I have a lot of pain with RA, and initially I assumed the side effects were a flare-up. I know everyone will react differently to meds so I'm not warning anyone away. I just think there has to be drugs out there that don't have all these side effects. I have stopped taking this and it's been about a week. The tremors are better, but not yet fully subsided. | F | 40 | 3 months 50 1X day | 7/11/2011 | 3 | Insomnia | Initially panic/anxiety, severe ringing in the ears; now only have mild ringing in the ears and mild occassional headaches and inability to orgasm | I have not experienced any weight gain or hair loss like others have reported. I did not get any real relief from my insomnia until I gave it a couple weeks and now it works okay (not great, but not scary like ambien). | F | 46 | 2 months 100-200 mg 1X AN | 5/20/2011 | 3 | Anxiety, insomnia | None that I know of | I am able to go to sleep but not stay asleep. Sometimes Desyrel helps but often it does not. I take it around 9:30 for a 10 pm bed time. Of course waking up early doesn't help with anxiety only adds to it for me. From what I have read here I may ask the doctor to increase the dosage to 75 MG to see if that will carry me through the night. I will deal with morning drowsiness if I have too, | M | 61 | 2 weeks 50 MG 1X day | 5/4/2011 | 1 | Insomnia (one night) | Repeated falls, horrible nightmares, grogginess all day long, inability to carry on a conversation. | I was prescribed this after one rough night during a month-long hospitalization. For the first four or five days I had bad, lucid nightmares (and I *never* have nightmares), then I had trouble walking, especially to use the bathroom at night. After two bad falls, I had to have x-rays to evaluate the injury. Also, I felt groggy and "slow" in conversation even late in the day, when medicine should have worn off. Not recommended, especially for a sleeping problem that isn't ongoing. | F | 75 | 10 days 50 mg 1X day | 4/28/2011 | 1 | insomnia | severe congestion, severe constipation, blurred vision, diminished ability to orgasm , dry mouth. | Trazadone did help me sleep. At first I thought it was wonderful. It took 2 months for me to relaize that the new problems I was experiencing were related to the drug. I've been off of trazadone for over 1 month now. The congestion and blurred vision totally cleared up. I'm still having problems with constipation. I'm 41 years old and never had a problem having orgasms. I almost lost the ability all together while on this drug. I know it sounds crazy but I have no doubt it was from the trazadone. Luckily, that is totally back to normal now. | F | 41 | 60 days 150 1X day | 4/14/2011 | 1 | Made me a zoombie. awful nightmares. constipation. | will stop taking immediately. ambien was better than this! | F | 63 | 3 days 50mg 1X day | 4/8/2011 | 5 | Lifelong insomnia | Hair went from fine, to coarse. My legs were extremely uncomfortable, and, my sleep was just as awful as ever, until about the 2 week mark. | After taking this for 2 weeks, my life improved immensely.Sleep was a guaranteed 6hrs, sometimes, 8 or 9. I did have to give med time to work. It also lowered my blood pressure, I was a 200/100 person taking BP meds,now my pressure is perfect, and I take no BP meds!! That in turn, improved my sex life. Wonderful med for me. | F | 44 | 4 months 100 mg 1X day | 3/23/2011 | 1 | Insomnia | Although trazodone helped me sleep, the negative side effects out-weighed the benefits by far. I do not recommend this medication | I loved this medication for the longest time --but this was before I made the connection to all of these side effects: 1. Weight gain (gained 50 pounds over the year I was taking it. Have lost 30 in the last 6 months of being off of it!) 2. CHRONIC constipation. (I was considering getting a colonoscopy to check for cancer --I'm only 25) 3. Swelling/Water retention (my sister -who is a nurse- used to say I looked as puffy as her edema patients) I cannot believe how long it took me to connect these symptoms with this medication but I feel like a new person since stopping it. | F | 25 | 1 years 150mg 1X day | 2/7/2011 | 3 | Can't fall asleep | Nightmares, vivid realistic dreams. | It makes me fall asleep fast otherwise I would lie awake for hours. However, the horrible vivid dreams are freaking me out and I'm debating going off this. i just hope I'm not addicted! | F | 51 | 3 months 15mg 1X day | 2/3/2011 | 2 | insomnia | Terrific headache. Really, really painful. | F | 43 | 4 times 50 1X day | 1/18/2011 | 4 | Insomnia 1978 to 2011 | I took this medication in 2006. I was a miracle at first to go to bed for the first time in my life and sleep the whole night through. In time it didnt help any longer, so I would take more and more every night to help me sleep. I decided it wasnt helping me any longer, so I tapered down for about 6 months until I quit taking it. (long story with doctor and Walgreens insert here). My hair has become 50% thinner and is slowly coming back and I have sinus problems now on a daily basis. I thought these two symptoms might be from my job. (Stress and environment). I would recommend taking the written prescription with you and doing your own research on every medication before filling it or consuming it. Its amazing what you will read on the fine print. | F | 38 | 365 days 1X day | 1/15/2011 | 1 | insomnia | THIS IS NOT GOOD SLEEP MEDICATION IT IS KILLER MEDICATION USED TO KILL PEOPLE HOW CANNOT SLEEP BECAUSE THEIR BRAIN IS TOO DAMAGED. | Trazodone has nasty side-effects so it is only useful as really **short-term** treatment for sleep. Enough said? If you have mild insomnia NEVER start. If you have used for longer time periods DONT stop. | M | 20 | 564 years 100 1X day | 1/10/2011 | 1 | bi-polar insomnia | Had a major mental and physical freak out | very soon after taking just 1 50mg pill I had major cardio vascular issues. Felt like I was choking, suffocating, I had to purposely watch my breathing, kept feeling on the verge of fainting. Could not walk straight, was very weak and my body temperature dropped - I was shivering. I took some benadryl to counteract and calm down. Trazodone is a horrible "medication". My wonderful condescending doctor told me this was such a mild and safe option that would definitely help me sleep. Definitely the opposite. I think after trying so many meds I will pick up jogging everyday instead and do it right. | F | 40 | 1 days 50mg 1X day | 1/9/2011 |