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 |
| 1 | Sleepliness | I started out taking 50 mg a day at night because I couldn't sleep. I went to sleep easily and slept great. After a while the dosage had to be increased to 100 and then to 150. I suffered from dry mouth and dry eyes terribly. I began to get acid reflux and was put on medication for that. I didn't connect the medication to the acid reflux which kept getting worse. Then I began to experienced racing heart. To the point where I had to go to the dr. And have tests. They concluded that the trazodone was causing the fast heartbeat..and took me off. I went thru hell getting off it. It took months. And then one day I realized that my acid reflux was gone. The stomach bloating was gone. The dry eyes and dry mouth were gone. I still haven't found a solution to my sleep problems but I'll never take trazodone again. | F | 69 | 3 years 150 1X day | 9/13/2015 | 1 | insomnia | Restlessness, terror, anxiety | My experience taking this medication was so awful I have been unable to bring myself to try another medication and it's been over a year. This made me tired. I have never been so exhausted. It made my brain sleepy but gave my body a mind of its own. I could fall asleep for a few minutes then would awaken with the over whelming need to shake my arms. I spent 10hrs sitting in my backyard crying and a good amount of that time; trying to punch my own arms until they fell asleep. I wouldn't wish the experience on my enemies. | F | 25 | 1 days 50MG | 6/22/2015 | 1 | insomnia | Horrible, DO NOT RECOMMEND!! 2 years after taking this, I still experience side effects. It messed up my vestibular system so badly. Dizziness, anxiety, blurred vision. Had to take welbutrin to curb EXTREME anxiety caused by trazadone. (A FEAR like I have never experienced before! I felt like my world was (literally) spinning out of control) I repeat, DO NOT TAKE TRAZADONE! It will mess up your life! This drug should be taken off the market! | F | 36 | 8 days 50 mg 1X day | 7/23/2015 | 1 | Sleep, ease anxiety | Restless legs, head and eye aches the next day, dry mouth, grogginess, severe nausea. | My doctor prescribed this medication to help me sleep and to hopefully curb my anxiety enough so I would be able to eat well again (my anxiety takes away my appetite and in some cases will not let me eat at all). I took this one night and had the worst side effects of any medicine I've been on--and I've tried a lot. It didn't make me tired, yet the next day I was extremely groggy. I couldn't eat at all since I was so nauseous. I took a small bite of a muffin and had to spit it out because I felt I was going to throw up. I have a headache advil won't cure and my eyes are sore and tired. I constantly feel like I have to use the bathroom and am quite gassy for some reason. I only took it one night, but I'm not trying it again. I can't afford these side effects when I'm already having trouble eating and I have a 3 year old child to take care of. I've been basically bedridden the whole day. | F | 24 | 1 days 60 | 11/17/2015 | 1 | Insomnia/anxiety | Trazodone turned my life upside down. Yes it worked for sleep but it nearly put me in liver failure. I don't recommend this for anyone. My drs won't prescribe it anyone else again. | F | 38 | 3 months 150-200mg | 5/3/2016 | 1 | Depression and insomnia | Didn't help with sleep at all. Feeling dizzy and all off balance all day. Bad taste in mouth. Muscle soreness and agitation. | F | 47 | 4 days 50 | 6/7/2016 | 1 | Chronic insomnia | Did nothing for my insomnia. I slept my usual 4 hours. Awakened with pounding head, dry mouth, dizziness, and nausea. I flushed the rest of the pills and will go back to benadryl and herbal otc sleep aids as my amount and quality of sleep are as bad on trazodone without side effects. Horrible drug. Reinforced why I am loath to take prescription meds. | See above. | F | 49 | 1 days 100 mg | 6/23/2016 | 1 | Insomnia related to anxiety/stress | 2nd night on Trazodone had pinging in my ear for 20 min. Woke up at midnight last night (3rd night) with horrible heart palpitations, burning in arms. In the a.m. I had dry mouth and felt out of it the rest of the day. | I wasn't consistent taking this drug in the beginning, started out with 25 mg but it didn't get me a restful sleep and not as much sleep as I expected. I stopped taking it last week when my daughter was ready to have a baby because I didn't want to be drugged out if I had to drive to the hospital in the middle of the night.. I resumed after that and when I was told to increase to 50 mg is when the dramatic side effects appeared. I thought I might have to call 911 last night no joke. I don't want to take it again, I hope I can sleep tonight since I will be going cold turkey. I HATE taking drugs and already dislike taking my antidepressant. I am very sensitive to medication and Trazodone interacts with my Lexapro but my doctor said since I am on such a low dose it shouldn't be an issue. Scary stuff. | F | 59 | 3 days 50 1X day | 3/9/2017 | 1 | Trouble sleeping | Clumsy, loss of balance. Lay on bed staring at ceiling. I just couldn't think. Bad nightmares. Threw them out. Too scary. | F | 70 | 14 days 50 mg 1X day | 3/20/2023 | 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 | Insomnia, depression/anxiety | Nasal congestion, frequent urination, dizziness, headache, bloating, extreme thirst, next day grogginess, sleeplessness, heartburn | After trying many different medications to treat anxiety and insomnia, zoloft, buspar, hydroxyzine, klonopin to name a few I had reached a point where nothing was working. (Benzos work well for me, but my doctor doesn't care to prescribe them often) I had talked to my PCP and asked to try trazodone. Big mistake. I'm usually a person who can wait out side effects because I know they aren't permanent but the side effects from this medication are some of the worst. The first night i took 50 mg during the day and 100 mg before bed. It did not cause any drowsiness whatsoever. I almost immediately got a pounding headache, felt extremely dizzy and felt more depressed (slight suicidal idealization) than I have in my life. Once I went to sleep I had continuous nightmares, and woke up several times to not only go pee, but to drink water. I would end up drinking about 4 bottles of water in about 25 minutes. I was so thirsty and miserable. However, once I went back to sleep about 3:30 I didn't wake up until almost 4 pm. No matter how hard I would try to wake up, I would fall right back asleep. Finally I woke up, took a shower and felt slightly okay. Still had a headache. The next few times I took it, I cut my dose down to just 50 mg and it did nothing for my sleep. The dizziness I felt was unreal and never went away. I still feel lightly heavy in the head and I took my dose yesterday at 2 pm. As far as I can tell this medicine has no benefits that are outweighing the bad side effects | F | 22 | 3 days 50mg | 5/25/2015 | 1 | Insomnia | Severe migraine | I was completely bed ridden the next day by a migraine not something I suffer from,not sure if it was due to taking this but will try again in another day | F | 36 | 1 days 150 1X day | 4/3/2015 | 1 | chronic insomnia | groggy, low in energy and tired. Shortness of breath, breathing through my mouth. Somewhat flu like symptoms, headache it's hard to bear the weight of my head on my body, dry mouth with chocking sensation and blocked nostrils so I'm breathing through my mouth. Very heavy chest with pounding heart. literally I'm hearing my heart beat from last 26 hours. Oh and I forgot to mention pounding and clog ears. Back pain, neck pain and some visual hallucinations. | I was happily taking Ativan 0.5 mgs from last two years but I asked my doc to give me something else with "least possible side effects". I asked because I was having absolute dependency and immunity to Ativan, so my doctor Rx trazodone stating that it's "ONLY" going make me groggy for a few days, and that's it, but last night around 9:30 p.m, and it knocked me out in about 20 minutes. It's good because I don't want insomnia, but it gave me hangover feelings. I had a very restless night because I woke up several times with thoughts of fear and confusion. My chest was very heavy and I had such a hard time breathing. It's been about 26 hours since I took it but my chest is still very heavy and I am short in breath and continuously breathing through my mouth. I hardly made it through the day because I was so low in energy and had a foggy mind. Yes my happy bubble has burst and I can't wait to get rid of these side effects.I am not going to take this drug anymore and I won't recommend it to anyone. Also, I forgot to mention my daughter took this drug a few years ago and she quit it within a week. | F | 50 | 1 days 25 mgs 1X day | 7/21/2015 | 1 | To replace Zopidem | within 10 minutes my nasal passage closed up, could not breathe through my nose and extreme dry mouth. | I will NEVER take this again, it did not help me sleep and I was alarmed at the immediate affect of not being able to breathe through my nose as well as the dry mouth. | F | 72 | 1 days 50 mg 1X day | 2/23/2015 | 1 | Sleep deprivation | Felt weird like I was high and just in a vegetated state and heart was pounding wanted to sleep but body wont shut down | Didnt like it | F | 27 | 2 days 100mg | 5/2/2015 | 1 | Insomnia | It makes me go to sleep, but I wake up every 1 to 2 hours with terrible acid reflux, which I have never had in my life. I split the pill in half (25mg) and experienced the same thing. | I will continue this for a week, but if the acid reflux continues, I'm going back to Ambien. Never experienced anything bad with that drug. | F | 52 | 3 days 50mg 1X day | 9/29/2014 | 1 | For joint pain | Horror! Within 2 days I fainted in my bathroom, hit my head and had to get stitches. I had to return to the ER 5 days later since I thought I may have a concussion since I was nauseous, dizzy, had a terrible headache and felt like I was having a panic attack. The result: all side effects of Trazadone | F | 31 | 6 days 150 1X day | 2/2/2015 | 1 | to help me sleep per my Dr | Horrible!! Within 30 mins, my nasal passages closed up & I struggled to breath! Plus, I didn't fall asleep until I cried myself asleep. I woke by 6am, confused, disoriented & with a debilitating migraine that caused silver flashes within my vision, nausea, illness like feeling, dehydration severely & nonfunctional for the entire day! I regret paying for such an expensive & terrible RX! | Don't take!! | F | 43 | 1 days 100mg | 3/11/2015 | 1 | Sleep | Started taking for sleep. Increased dose over a few days to 150 mg. Side effects: muscle and joint pain, headache, low energy, constipation, diarrhea, no appetite( LOST 7 pounds cuz of not eating, racing heart and mind, anxiety. Lowered dose to 50mg and still felt bad. Took it down to .25mg and most of the side effects went away. Not effective for sleep. Accidentally took 50mg last night and my stomach and nauseous bad all day. Interrupted sleep. I'm going to try natural remedy. Side effects outweigh the benefits! | F | 46 | 3 weeks Varied | 7/24/2014 | 1 | for insomnia | RLS and, next morning, severe headache. | F | 1 years 300 MG | 7/16/2014 |