Trazodone for sleep?

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My doctor talked to me about trazodone for sleep as a possibility in the future. I don’t really want to take another prescription if I don’t have to.

I was wondering if you used trazodone for sleep, did it work? Also, did it make you gain weight?

Thank you.

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I take trazodone as needed. It relaxes me then I wake up in the morning like what happened. I only take it when I can’t sleep, maybe a few times a month.

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It’s an antidepressant. I know someone who tried it as monotherapy for depression and it made them more depressed and a bit loopy.

Everyone is different when it comes to how they react to meds though.

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I took it years ago and it did help me sleep.

I don’t remember gaining any weight on it.

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Thanks. My psychiatrist said it was an antidepressant in the 60s, but in the 90s, they found that it didn’t work for depression.

I’m glad it works for you. What dose do you take?

Thanks. Do you remember what dose you took?

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I don’t. It was either 25 or 50 mg.

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Thanks @Gamera.

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I was on it for years 200 mg it helped alot i was also on 2 zoplicone for years aswell sleeping pills wore right off after years

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Took it two years ago, it helped at first but then just made me super angry and I wouldn’t sleep more than maybe tw/three hours - was in it maybe 6months

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Thanks @MisterApple and @JaBrown1.

@JaBrown1 did you gain weight on it?

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Im really sorry i honestly cant remember i never ever really had a scale sorry:(

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That’s ok! Thanks.

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I used to have a doberman named lestat haaha

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Haha! I’m thinking about naming cats in the future Esmeralda and Merlin.

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I take 100 mg’s for sleep

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Thank you @2Waynez.

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They gave me trazadone for sleep in the hospital. It didn’t work for me. Now i take 15mg of temazepam every night for sleep…it’s a benzo but it works for me.

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i feel like i almost died from it. i was on geodon tho and they have a major interaction affecting the heart. recently my new pdoc wanted to put me on trazodone for sleep but i told them my experience and they opted for quetiapine instead

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I took 25mg awhile back, and it helped me fall asleep but not stay asleep.

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I have been on and off trazodone for ~15 years @HollyHobbie . Currently not on it.

I took 200 mg daily and didn’t gain weight. A hospital nurse told me it doesn’t cause weight gain, that’s good!!

It helps. I take it for a while but then get used to it and it doesn’t work as well so get taken off it. In the hospital they usually give it to me.

I’d recommend it! Best wishes. Hopefully you get some good sleep soon!!

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