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 | Insomnia due to depression | this pill had me feeling groggy and disoriented. Couldn't concentrate, loss of memory. I was staggering during the day. Felt like I was in a trance. Lethargic. Took to long to wear off. | I decreased my dosage to 1/4 pill=12.5 mg and slept all day; speaking things out of my mind. Not gonna take it again although it keeps me asleep but takes too long to wear off. | F | 64 | 1 weeks 50mg | 3/22/2015 | 1 | insomnia | My heart felt like it was beating out of my chest, and I had a hard time breathing. I still feel like I'm in a fog and my eyes are blurry, I'm having a hard time focusing. | F | 57 | 1 days 100 1X day | 3/26/2015 | 1 | for insomnia | Trazodone made me feel groggy everyday. Woke up with headaches,had nightmares and didn't help with my insomnia. I still woke up 3x at night. Also was messing with my Psyche, I experience memory loss and couldn't focus. | F | 40 | 7 months 25mg | 3/28/2015 | 1 | Depression/Anxiety/Insomnia | Woke up with tinnitus - 2 years later I still have it. This was shortly after increasing my dose from 50mg to 100mg (I was on 50 mg for a couple of weeks). | F | 3 days 100 1X day | 7/7/2014 | 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 | 1 | insomnia | I took only once and at first felt groggy. I fell asleep within an hour but kept waking up with severe anxiety. I had really horrible dreams and they seemed to continue even when I woke up, sort of like a half awake half asleep state. Ugh! My insomnia worsened and I had dry eyes,dry throat, stuffy nose and back pain . I finally got out of bed at 4am because I felt so much anxiety, back pain and restlesssness! It was the worst night I've had in ages. | I took 100 mg just one time. Keep in mind that everyone reacts differently. This drug is not for me! | F | 55 | 1 days | 10/9/2008 | 1 | depression | Heavy headed, sore muscles,back muscles ached all the time ,first manic and then sluggish. constant fatigue.After 15 days tapered off and withdrawal was a NIGHTMARE. Felt like I needed to be in a detox center. Flu like feeling, constant nausea.indescribable discomfort. Crying spells . Didnt dress for days. After 10 days things are some better but I still dont feel good.This syndrome is listed on web sites but I had never heard about it A NEVER AGAIN DRUG for me. All this on 50 mgm for two weeks!!We are all so biochemically different. Amazing | F | 65 | 15 days | 3/4/2007 | 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 | 1 | depression | Heavy headed, sore muscles,back muscles ached all the time ,first manic and then sluggish. constant fatigue.After 15 days tapered off and withdrawal was a NIGHTMARE. Felt like I needed to be in a detox center. Flu like feeling, constant nausea.indescribable discomfort. Crying spells . Didnt dress for days. After 10 days things are some better but I still dont feel good.This syndrome is listed on web sites but I had never heard about it A NEVER AGAIN DRUG for me. All this on 50 mgm for two weeks!!We are all so biochemically different. Amazing | F | 65 | 15 days | 3/4/2007 | 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 | 1 | Insomnia related to fibromalaygia | Extremely groggy the next morning; Unable to sleep; slightly agitated; horrible nightmares | F | 40 | 4 days | 10/2/2012 | 1 | chronic insomnia | Incredible thirst (incredible urination follows), I felt achy pain in the flesh on my body, felt like I was bruised all over. | Tried maximum recommended dosage and still no sleep for me. Oddly, when a moderate amount of the drug was taken and then alcohol consumed, I a feeling of such sleepiness came over me that if I went to sleep, I'd never wake up. | F | 25 | 3 weeks | 3/25/2006 | 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 | 1 | Insomnia | 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 150 MG 1X day | 2/7/2011 | 1 | Insomnia | 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 150 MG 1X day | 2/7/2011 | 1 | F | 29 | 1X day | 5/2/2010 | 1 | Insomnia | Had the worst headache of my life for three days straight after taking this. Lost peripheral vision in my left eye for two hours before immediately stopping and calling the doctor. | The "hangover" feeling is a lot more awful than you realize: my mouth and throat were so dry, I started choking. Ambien was far more gentle to me. | F | 27 | 3 days 50mg 1X day | 2/7/2012 | 1 | Insomnia | Severe Allergic Reaction that started with a stuffy nose and progressed to hives, reddened skin, increased pulse rate, increased blood pressure and a major crisis which required medical intervention. The first time I took the medicine, I noticed my pulse rate increasing. I decided that maybe I took it too long before going to bed. The 2nd time I took it, my nasal passages immediately closed up, and I got up and took a dose of Benadryl so that I could breathe. By that evening, I had raised lesions on my thighs and my entire trunk was becoming red and hot. I contacted a dermatologist online who instructed me to stop the Trazadone, as I had experienced a severe drug reaction. My attending physician did a follow-up and confirmed the same. It has been 2 weeks, and my skin is now peeling, but not fully healed. | F | 56 | 2 days 50mg 1X day | 10/25/2011 | 1 | Anxiety and for sleep | Traazadone gave me a headache, jittery,more anxiety, awful feeling when I woke up. | F | 52 | 3 days 25mg | 1/14/2018 | 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 |