DESYREL Reviews (TRAZODONE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.0 (290 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare DESYREL with similar:
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| 4 | insomnia | hair loss with Pliva brand | I'm just writing to say that there is a huge difference between brands of trazodone. I was on Apotex the entire time until they had a problem with the FDA. Then they switched me to the Pliva brand. The Apotex brand totally agreed with me (and I actually think it made my hair grow) but it seems that once I started the Pliva brand my hair started falling out. I don't think it's a coincidence but it could have been the stopping of the Apotex brand. I stopped taking the Pliva brand and was able to get some Apotex until they are back on the US market. My hair loss seems to be lessening. So side effects can vary widely depending on the brand. I read on another site that a doctor will never recommend Pliva. He thinks it's the worst brand of trazodone. | F | 54 | 2 years 50 mg. 1X day | 6/14/2010 | 3 | Sleep Aid | First night dry mouth, but actually went to sleep after 2.5 hrs. Horrible sick feeling for the first 5 days, minimal appetite, normal foods lost their appeal, bad hang-over feeling, had headache all day long. Very sick to stomach. Felt like a zombie. ( I think my dosage was too high ) | For me on 100 mg a night it still takes me 2-3 hrs to fall asleep-which is frustrating because I think the dosage is a little too high for me. I take it 3 hrs before I want to fall asleep too negate the morning drowsiness- because it is tough- you can't get going- and I don't feel like eating anything or drinking coffee. I do sleep pretty well though, but if I have more side effects such as weight gain-or the headaches not going away- I will go off this medicine | F | 27 | 6 days 100 mg 1X day | 6/9/2010 | 2 | insomnia | The next day I was a zombie. I had no personality, was very indifferent towards everything and couldn't eat for the first half of the day. | It never helped me to fall asleep which is one of my main problems. I would fall asleep a few hours before I had to get up and would sleep so deeply I wouldn't wake up to 6+ alarms. If you don't have problems falling asleep, though, it'll probably work just fine. | M | 20 | 2 months 50 mg 1X day | 6/3/2010 | 3 | could not fall/stay asleep | HAIR LOSS! | hair loss is not listed as a side effect, medication did help me sleep very well | F | 32 | 1 months 50mg 1X day | 6/2/2010 | 1 | insomnia | Felt wierd like I was tired mentally but not physically. Stuffy nose, severe dry mouth. Wierd restless dreams all night. Couldn't get in deep sleep. Made me loopy next day. | F | 44 | 1 days 50 mg 1X AN | 5/27/2010 | 1 | Paxil-induced insomnia | Only extreme weight gain; withdrawal is the devil though and should be posted in the material as such. | Will make you super-hungry!! If you try to withdraw from it, it can be just as bad as withdrawing from a benzo (World's hardest substance to withdraw from)! Dont take it kids! | F | 32 | 9 years 100 mg 1X day | 5/27/2010 | 4 | depression, insomnia | Severe depression pretty much went away. I went from very, very high to very low sex drive. In fact, I can barely orgasm. When I decreased the mgs from 300 to 100, sex drive and strong orgasms returned. Also: I have memory loss...some confusion. | Not being depressed means the world to me. Unfortunately, this translates to low sex drive and almost nix-ing orgasms. Right now I have no partner, so I'm not minding this too much. It's worth not the inexorable sadness I felt all the time...for no reason. | F | 52 | 3 years 300 1X day | 5/14/2010 | 5 | insomnia and anxiety | mild weight gain from improved appetite | I am not on any other medications and have never taken any prescription meds other than antibiotics, so I was a little reluctant to start a routine med. My anxiety and insomnia improved within the first week of starting the drug. Started with 50 mg. at bedtime for one week, 75 mg for one week, then ultimately 100 mg. At this dose I fall asleep when I go to bed, sleep restfully all night, fall back asleep easily if I do awaken through the night and wake up refreshed and rested in the morning. I would like to wean off the medication now after 3 months and am already having difficulty sleeping well after cutting back to 75 mg. Will have to decide which is my priority: being on no medications or sleeping well at night. | F | 51 | 3 months 75-100mg. 1X day | 5/6/2010 | 4 | insomnia, mild depression | 100 mg trazedone works perfectly for me _if_ I take it about 10 hours before I want to wake up - so by 8-9 pm to get up at 7 am, since it doesn't kick in immediately. I only take it every other night or so to avoid side effects/addictions, alternating with either Tylenol PM or nothing. My brother (both of us middle-aged), however, who recommended this to me, is knocked out immediately by his nightly dosage of 100 mg and swears by it for sleep. He also takes other meds, though, and that may make a big difference in people. I would also say that it lifted my spirits some, though it's hard to tell whether that is because of the mild anti-depressant qualities or just because I'm finally getting more sleep! Anyway, no side effects at all. | F | 56 | 1 years 100 mg 3X W | 5/6/2010 | 1 | to lower my need for clomipramine | The last straw was when my eyebrows started falling out. Now they are just there in patches. I have researched this at Drugs.com etc. and found it is not an isolated instance – that hair loss on trazodone/Desyrel has been reported fairly often from post-marketing experience even though it never showed up in clinical trials. | M | 63 | 2 weeks 100 mg 1X day | 4/23/2010 Patient History | 4 | insomnia | dry mouth,dizziness,sleepiness, | works somewhat for insomnia,doses higher than 150mg may not work better for insomnia or it could it depends on your chemistry,if you still have insomnia you could try taking other sedating meds with it:vistaril,ambien,elavil,seroquel | M | 38 | 10 years 150mg 1X day | 4/20/2010 | 5 | insomnia, pms, migraines | At first, I felt very drugged. As long as I take it knowing, I will get a full night of sleep, it has worked so well. Years of insomnia, years of migraines, years of extreme pms - they are all 95% disappeared. | F | 40 | 1 years 50mg 1X day | 4/19/2010 | 2 | to help me fall asleep | I had an horrible night of hyper insomnia,punctuated but "naps" which were filled with some of the worst anxiety dreams. I also had extreme night sweats. The ONLY good thing that happened was I had an orgasm in my sleep and I am a 53 yr old post menopausal woman. | I am super sensitive to meds, so i intentionally took 1/2 of the prescibed dose which was 50. My doc is saying if you felt thi sbad on 25, do not take 50. I am not going to try it again. Other than my pleasant sexual side effect, it was one of the longest nights of my life. i should have thrownin the towel and gotten up, as it was clear a good nights sleep was out of reach. | F | 53 | 1 days 25/50 mg 1X day | 4/19/2010 | 3 | Anxiety, Insomnia | Hangover-like feeling, difficulty waking, mind fog | I still have mixed opinions about this one. I was given Traz by my Dr. to help with a bout of injury-related insomnia, and immediately hit this site to see what the feedback was. I was concerned about loss of hair, and did not like the memory loss that people had reported. I've been taking Tramadol for about 3 years to help with an old knee injury, and was a little resilient in taking Traz along with it. Last night I broke about a third of a 50 mg tablet off just to see what it was like. Let's just say this is very strong stuff. I have a high tolerance for medication, and could feel this working quickly. Libido shot up immediately, and within minutes I was falling out. Slept deep for 9 hours for the 1st time in years, at that very low dose, and had a really hard time getting out of bed the next day. I can't even imagine what a full 75 or 150 mg would feel like, or how anyone could take this and go to work. Be careful... | M | 37 | 25 mg 1X day | 3/27/2010 | 1 | depression linked insomnia | head felt like it weighed 500 lbs, felt drugged, vomited, did not help me sleep AT ALL, could hardly walk when tried to get up to go to the bathroom, anxiety | HORRIBLE! I took this for the first time lastnight and I will not take it again. It did not help me sleep, at all, literally. I just felt drugged and extremely drousy, yet still could not sleep. This also made my anxiety worse. I didn't start to feel sick until I got up to go to the bathroom. Then I couldn't even stand up anymore and ended up vomiting. Felt better after this and tried to go to sleep but still didnt work. | F | 18 | 1 days 1X day | 3/25/2010 | 2 | Insomnia | Made me very dizzy and drunk feeling. Even the following day! | This drug did help me to sleep and sleep well but the side effects were not worth it at all. I felt very dizzy and drunk about 30 mins after taking and entire next day. Give me Ambien anyday. | F | 35 | 3 days 100 1X day | 3/19/2010 | 4 | sleep aid | A dry mouth at first but that has since subsided it seems. | So far.....so good with this med. As a middle aged male I've been having poor sleep for about 4 yrs now. Although I eat well, drink (alcohol)little and exercise everyday, my sleep habits have been slowly deteriorating. About 2 weeks ago my Dr. prescribed this med for me and so far it's been like heaven to me. I've been taking it about 60 min prior to bedtime and although the first few nights I had a terribly dry mouth that has since been getting better. I'm slightly concerned as to whether or not it will cause weight gain but otherwise I'm love love love it so far. | M | 47 | 10 days 100mg 1X day | 3/8/2010 | 4 | insomnia & muscle stiffness | dizziness, light sensitivity | i've had insomnia for awhile, probably made worse by ankylosing spondylitis which causes pain and stiffness during sleep. am taking meds now for the AS and been trying to find a sleep med that will work for my insomnia. so far nothing has kept me asleep - have tried OTC meds, changes in bedtime routine, lunesta 3mg (put me to sleep well, but still wake frequently and can't always get back to sleep), Temazepam (still felt lethargic/needing nap during the day). now trying desyrel with the hopes that it will help me sleep and relax my muscles so i don't get so uncomfortable at night. Love the way it helps my muscles - so much more relaxed! Jury is still out on whether it will help more than the other meds for insomnia - first night woke up every hour. Last night woke less and able to get back to sleep quickly. Don't feel like I need a nap during the day, but don't like the dizzy feeling - hoping that will subside and I can keep taking it. | F | 39 | 2 days 50mg 1X day | 2/26/2010 | 5 | insomnia | at first vivid dreams and morning grogginess. That went away very quickly. | Feel very good taking this medication. After years of lack of sleep, I finally found something that gave me rest without having to increase the dosage every few weeks. | F | 54 | 1 years 50mg 1X day | 2/9/2010 | 1 | insomnia (bipolar,chronic depressio | headaches, stuffynose, hallucinations, eyepain - vision blurry, bright lights painful to my eyes, nausia, extra hungry after I took it, I could not wake up, slept in one position all night so total body aches | I have been on what I like to call Traza Zone for several months, I have always had troubles sleeping and I had only been sleeping for 2-3 hours during the day for about 3 weeks. My mind was bending, but not as bad as now. The first night I took my 200 mg dose of Traz I hallucinated the entire night, I wrote it off as my body adjusting, I was already sick from not sleeping the next night, I fell asleep and slept for like 14 hours. The length of my sleeping events grew longer and longer and if I set my alarm, I was way too tired to get up. This lasted for a month. This could also be be because I was sucking down 1more traz during the day (if i was awake, so an extra 50 mg) 300mg of Effexor,2mg of ativan a day, and in addition to my Traz at night, I took 800mg of seroquel, and 400 mg of topamax. I was on those other meds for awhile and the coctail stopped working. Now I am living with so many side effects - but it is clear to me that Trazodone is the culpret and I am over medicated, I can't get off the couch most days. Now I have at least 3 headaches a week, but a stuffy nose every night, but I am pulling myself off Traz. I used to be so smart and quick witted, now I am slow as a turtle. Sounds like the ativan needs to go as well. So I hope this info helps someone else, This is scary stuff. Good Luck and feel free to e mail me! | F | 39 | 6 months | 1/26/2010 |