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 |
| 3 | Depression/Anixety/Panic/Insomnia | Nostalgic, Lethargic, Low emotions | I first started taking Trazodone in 2012, back then when I was taking it everything was fine. ME being me I stopped taking it due to wanting to manage on my own. But as my mood swings worsted and insomnia got worse I have had to go back on Trazodone. Now I just feel like complete and utter crap and it's heightened alot of my negative feelings, Should also put in I started on 50mg to 100mg and soon to be going upto 150mg although that is not recommended. So I would say it helps in a certain aspect but in everyday life not so much. | F | 21 | 2 years 100MG 1X day | 7/2/2014 | 3 | Severe Insomnia | Slight nausea and lethargy upon waking, headaches, yawning | I was prescribed Trazodone HCL at 50 mg for insomnia, but it has a bonus of helping with my Major Depressive Disorder and Anxiety/Panic Disorder, which it is actually indicated for. An also added bonus is that it is not a benzodiazepine (which I have used two types of--Xanax and Restoril), but a tricyclic antidepressant, and is purported to be non-addictive per discussions in an addiction treatment website ( trazodone is used to help addicts cope with withdrawal). I took Xanax for anxiety/panic attacks but had to taper off of it due to hypotension (withdrawal was PURE AGONY), so taking a tricyclic antidepressant is doing well so far. Thus far at 50 mg, it is not doing much to help with insomnia, but I have only taken it for four days, and good affect is reached at two weeks. I have been told to take it one hour before going to bed, but I am going to dose at two hours to see if it will work better. | F | 49 | 4 days 50 1X day | 5/15/2014 | 1 | Antidepressant, sleep | Trazodone (50 mg.) - I took half a tablet (25 mg.) and it caused Cervical Dystonia within a few minutes. It also caused nausea, tiredness and some slight dizziness. I felt some indigestion as well. My breathing felt a little weird as well. This might be due to the anticholinerginic properties of it. | [Note: I only took it one time and stopped it]. Labeler - Teva USA | M | 52 | 1 days 25 MG. 1X day | 5/8/2014 | 1 | Depression, Sleep | I took half a tablet (25 mg.) and it caused Cervical Dystonia within a few minutes. It also caused nausea, tiredness and some slight dizziness. I felt some indigestion as well. My breathing felt a little weird also. This might be due to the anticholinerginic properties of it. | [Note: I only took it one time and stopped it]. Labeler - Teva USA | M | 52 | 1 days 25 MG. 1X day | 5/8/2014 | 5 | insomnia | None works well put me out could,the next morning I am fine. | F | 36 | 4 weeks 100 | 8/20/2013 | 5 | Insomnia for 9 years | I had insomnia for years after working night shift. I had finally switched to day shift and my normal cocktail of Benadryl, melatonin, ambien, and Xanax were no longer working. After not sleeping for 5 days straight I finally got put on trazodone. With the first couple of doses I did feel like I was short of breath with a racing pulse. I also had and still do have increased thirst. I am finally able to sleep! I now get 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep every night. I feel amazing and I feel that this medicine has given me my life back!!! | F | 30 | 2 months 100mg | 5/12/2013 | 4 | Insomina & Anxiety | No side effects. | This drug has been a miracle drug for me. I fall asleep quickly and the am less anxious overall. Nonetheless, I am considering discontinuing trazodone. In Dec 2012 I started to have some GI issues (not related to trazodone) and my doctor asked me to have a CAT scan. Results show that I now have a fatty liver (it was normal a year before). My liver enzymes are NOT elevated, so my doctor is not concerned. He says fatty liver is very common among Hispanics (I am Cuban American) and not to worry. I have read reports about trazodone and liver toxicity and wonder if anyone else has been diagnosed with fatty liver. My brother has been on trazodone for over 20 years and also has a fatty liver (and is diabetic). Anyone believe trazodone can cause liver toxicity? | F | 47 | 2 years .25 - .50 1X day | 4/21/2013 | 3 | Insomnia | None | I was prescribed Trazodone after dealing with a bout of insomnia that required some medical attention. The first few months of taking it, it did help me fall asleep faster, but I am not convinced it was just the medication. I think some of it could have been psychological. It never made me feel overly sedated and I could stay up for hours after taking it if I wanted to. A month ago, I decided I would try to stop using it since I debated whether it actually did much of anything, and I quit cold turkey. Do not ever do this. The second night without it, I had what I can only describe as severe panic attacks and sweating, nausea, shakes, etc. I quickly realized it was withdrawal. All the literature I'd read on it said it should not be this severe. Well, it was. I also did not sleep for four days and would sweat profusely throughout the day. I finally gave in on the fifth day and took it at night and slept for 12 hours. I know to wean off it slowly next time (but for now I am just going to keep taking it). | M | 28 | 1 years 50 1X day | 3/16/2013 | 4 | insomnia | Pretty good, taking half a pill everyday. Used to take a whole pill, but it knocked me out and it was hard to wake up in the morning. | F | 15 | 1 years half | 1/20/2013 | 2 | Insomnia | Within 15 minutes of downing the pill, I get terrible stomach pain and then I get super dizzy. I've also been having pretty bad back pain every day that I've been on it the night before. | Stay away. | M | 23 | 4 days 50 MG 1X day | 1/11/2013 | 5 | insomnia | none | F | 71 | 15 years 200mg 1X day | 12/28/2012 | 1 | insomnia | heart palpitation, blocked nose | hart felt like it will come out of chest. nose blocked completely so could not sleep at all all night. was breathing through my mouth the entire night. this happened 2 two times immediately after taking the med, so i know it is caused by the med. | M | 34 | 1X day | 12/3/2012 | 1 | Sleep | I had no sleep all night . I was trying to sleep got up in dark and saw what looked like blood all over the white walls and closet. Then I had animals in room flying walking I also had blacks spots as well. | I'll never take it again. | F | 47 | 50 1X AN | 11/9/2012 | 4 | insomia due to fibromajia | Weird dreams an hard to get going next morning. But it helps me fall asleep an stay asleep only thing that ever has | F | 22 | 3 months 50 | 11/8/2012 | 4 | for the high | 1 days | 11/8/2012 | 3 | Insomnia | I was prescribed to this for insomnia... after taking 50mg at night, I was so dizzy the next mornings and it dragged on to the afternoon. I couldn't maintain my normal work-out routine without giving up in the middle of it because I was mentally and physically drained for no reason. | The biggest difference in me is my loss of appetite. I usually eat everything in sight but now I'm only eating about 1000 cals a day which is causing me to be even more dizzy. I am going to start cutting the pills in half to see if this helps. | F | 21 | 3 days 50 1X day | 10/16/2012 | 1 | Insomnia related to fibromalaygia | Extremely groggy the next morning; Unable to sleep; slightly agitated; horrible nightmares | F | 40 | 4 days | 10/2/2012 | 5 | I requested this because after years on Ambien, then Ambien CR the past 2 years, I wanted something that would not need to be increased due to tolerance, and did not WANT to take Ambien for the addictive reasons which I've had. I do get a stuffy nose, and dry mouth, red eyes, and have the detailed dreams, but once I wake up and have my first cup of coffee, I do feel better! I definitely helps me sleep better than the Ambien did-although Ambien helped me "fall asleep" faster. My eye doctor put me on Restasis eye drops for the redness (he said he HAD heard of the redness from the Traz) and it helps a little. All in all I can live with these symptoms knowing that the alternative (and I literally have pretty much tried EVERyTHING for insomnia) is not something I want to live with! I feel "free" for the first time in years not being a slave to Ambien!!! | My Dr told me I could take 1/2 (25 MG) up to 2 (100 MG). The 100 mg dose cused worse dreams-so I cut it back to 75, then 50 and even cut a tablet so I was taking 3/4 of a 50 mg tablet. I get sleep with the smaller dose, and my dreams are not as bad. Best of all, I tell myself in the morning that I DID sleep obviously because I had dreams! That really helps me mentally to know I got sleep--which I will take over not sleeping at all any day!!! | F | 48 | 2 months 1X day | 9/21/2012 | 3 | Insomnia | None | My doctor prescribed this for insomnia and while I guess it helped somewhat, it wasn't something I'd rave about, either. I thought it was the dosage, as 50 MG seems like a small amount and my sister used to take 300 MG for her insomnia. The good news is that I had no side effects. Eventually, due to its lack of effectiveness on me, I asked my doctor to switch me to something with a bit more "kick" and he put me on another medication. Maybe it would have worked better at a higher dosage. | M | 27 | 5 months 50 MG 1X day | 9/13/2012 | 1 | insomnia | I guess what i had would be called a paradoxical effect. Four hours later I was wide awake an slightly agitated ( though not a panic attack). The only way I got to sleep ( after taking 1 mg melatonin to add to the Trazadone) was to take 0.5 mg Ativan, which I had successfully tapered from and gotten off 7 weeks earlier. | I know many people who swear by Trazadone. There really are individual differences. I had tried this drug a few years ago ( for 3 weeks with varying doses up to 100 mg) with equally horrible results but thought I'd give it another try. | F | 72 | 1 days 50 mg 1X day | 9/13/2012 |