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 |
| 2 | Insomnia | Increased libido, arrousal, and erections during the morning after. Loss of orgasm. Frequent sleep paralysis, night terrors, death like panic attacks. | Although my libido and such increased, I was unable to orgasm through manual stimulation or sex with my wife. She complained that my penis was harder then usual when engaging in sex, I had noticed this as well and it became uncomfortable for the both of us. The frequency of sleep paralysis and night terrors was negating the effects of falling asleep and soundly. I have had sleep paralysis since I was a kid and this really took it to the edge. Ever have a conversation with the devil, with him asking you to turn around and look at him? It's an awful state to be in, body is dead, but the mind is working wonders with your imagination, and the thought of death coming over you as one of them. Needless to say, I gave it a chance but it was to much to handle. I am now on low dose (5MG) Lunesta and sleeping soundly! | M | 29 | 2 weeks 50 MG 1X day | 8/7/2012 | 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 | 2 | Insomnia and minor depression | No changes in sleep for first week, second and third week it felt like my whole body was asleep except for my head which happened on multiple occasions, terrible feeling. | M | 17 | 20 days 50mg 1X day | 7/23/2012 | 2 | insomnia due to abdominal pain | Throbbing in head, some drowsiness, but no sleep | Yet another weird antidepressant pushed on me by dr. reluctant to prescribe a benzo. My first experience was in ER. I was in a holding room in a the ER walk-in area & it was COLD. The night nurse gave me Trazodone; it only made my head throb (tho not ache); the nurse said it might help my IBS pain too...well it didn't & I still cldnt sleep until she broke down & gave me Ativan (yay!)I will say this for trazodone: at least it didn't drive me nuts like paxil or zomb me out like remeron; it was merely ineffective. | M | 60 | 1 days ? 1X day | 4/10/2012 | 1 | Insomnia | My experience was horrible. It was like the drug took over my body from the neck down, but did nothing to shut my brain off for sleep. I didn't sleep a wink! For a couple of hours after taking it, It was like my body would not breath on it's own. Like I was having to remember to breath in every time. Will never take again. | M | 50 | 1 days 50 1X day | 4/13/2011 | 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 | Stress during flight turbulances | I passed out in the flight and the flight had to be aborted. Apparently 3 Drs on board could not locate my pulse and they had revert back to port for EMT. Woke up in ER. Would not recommend this to my worst enemy! | M | 57 | 1 days 50 2X day | 8/16/2012 | 1 | Sleep Trouble - Wake in 3-4 hrs | Within half hour of taking shortness of breath - like an elephant on my chest. Had to sit up and watch TV for a few hours before I could lay back down and try to sleep | Did not help with terrible side effects. I take no other medications that would have contradicted. | M | 46 | 1 days 100 MG 1X day | 11/30/2010 | 1 | Insomnia | Severe leg cramps | This was prescribed for my insomnia. It put me right to sleep. What was not nice was waking up my roommate in the middle of the night screaming my heading off as I sat bolt upright with the worst leg cramps I had ever felt. I ate banana's. Same thing happened the next night. Took potassium supplements. Same thing happened the 3rd, 4th, and 5th night. Never will take them again! | M | 34 | 5 days 50mg 1X day | 7/25/2012 | 1 | Insomnia | Five terrifying episodes of sleep paralysis in one night (usually have only one or two a year); extreme anti-cholinergic effects: sinuses dry and blocked and only remedied with neo-synephrine spray, otherwise breathing was impossible; incredible dry throat; thirst; confused and exhausted in the morning; mentally very dulled and slow. All this from one dose of 100mg (generic by Pliva). Lost an entire day waiting for relief from side effects. | A week later I tried taking only 25mg and got more side effects than benefits. No sleep paralysis, but anti-cholinergic effects at lower intensity. Similar mental dullness. In sum, the worst prescription drug experience of my life. | M | 49 | 1 days | 6/8/2006 | 1 | Insomnia | Severe back pain, cold extremities,migraines. | Helped at first before all the debilitating side effects. | M | 47 | 10 weeks 100mg | 4/2/2015 | 1 | insomnia | last;night i took one, heart like pounding out of my;chest,not to mention dry mouth, also it did not help me sleep at all! | i am not sure why so many are successful with it, | M | 43 | 1 days 50mg | 4/29/2015 | 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 | 1 | sleep | E.D. | I GOT PRIAPISM. E.D. and now it as not wokded since. please be carfull take this drug. | M | 41 | | 8/12/2008 | 1 | depression | profound and immediate memory loss; mania; symptoms of dementia | I am entering this information for my husband, who was prescribed this drug and bupropion (Wellbutrin) at the same time. He had already been taking citalopram, but it wasn't helping much, so the doctor added these two new drugs. Within a couple days, my husband's mood changed dramatically. He had energy and was happy. By the end of the week, however, he had lost both his long- and short-term memory. He didn't just forget the names of family members, he forgot that he had them. He couldn't tie a tie. He couldn't sort socks. He couldn't recite the alphabet correctly. The doctors, a feckless bunch sometimes, decided that he has dementia. At my insistence, my husband started tapering off this drug and his memory has improved. Last night was the first night he was completely off this drug. Today, he is working on our home computer network. He's not all the way back, and I don't know what tomorrow will be like, but I am encouraged. Thank you all for your comments. Your stories gave me the co | M | 57 | 3 weeks | 9/23/2008 | 1 | Insomnia, depression | Very strange dreams,very hung over next day | For me it did help with sleep, but give me Ambien any day, this is one drug I don't want to give it a try, 2 days and I feel awful. | M | 54 | 2 days | 7/12/2009 | 1 | Depression, anti-anxiety | Insomnia, Sinus infections, horrifying debilitating nightmares, sweating | Every brain is different, and I have found that because my career and hobbies all revolve around my creativity, and financial dependence on my ability to be wildly creative at the drop of a hat, taking any drugs or medications is a long difficult decision for me because my creativity is my life, my sanity, my financial stability, my love, my emotions. THIS DRUG WAS DANGEROUS AND FRIGHTENING FOR ME. It created frightening dream states before, during and after sleep where my creations, designs, drawings, turned into attacking me, chasing me, literally to where deep REM sleep was equivalent of death, beyond my control even. I was so sleep deprived at one point I craved death, but still couldn't get to sleep (over weeks). I'm sure this sounds entertaining to a reader, but many people who work in many creative industries cannot afford this to happen, and I think might feel better knowing someone else experienced this terrible side effect. I started to fear the Trazodone like it was a poison | M | 42 | 3 months | 5/4/2008 | 1 | Sleep disorders | After 2 years on this med I have now been diagnosed with premature ventricular contractions of the heart. It has sent my life into a total downslide now dealing with a heart issue caused by this medicine. Please research trycyclic antidepressants before choosing these types. They are harmfu and better medicines now exist. | M | 33 | 2 years | 12/10/2007 | 1 | Insomnia | Insomnia constipation depression anxiety panic attacks confusion | Felt like the walking dead. | M | 38 | 2 months | 4/1/2016 |