Posted by CG on February 11, 2000, at 9:44:01
In reply to Has trazadone helped you?, posted by Amy on February 11, 2000, at 8:27:58
I used trazadone for about 4 years, along with Paxil. I could not sleep with Paxil alone. The Trazadone kicked in quickly and really helped me sleep. I was on 30 mgs Paxil and 100 mgs Trazadone at bedtime. I slept like a rock but did have a hard time getting up before 9 a.m. Then a year ago I went on a long trip and forgot to take the Trazadone! Two weeks without sleep and then the cussed withdrawl symptoms too. I was in Hawaii where just seeing a doctor would have been $120.00. I didn't think I would make it back, but somehow arrived home in one piece. Then the Trazadone never worked again, but I was still taking it. I didn't realize what was going on. It wasn't helping anymore, but I though I was just crazier than usual. When you are in the middle of all this madness it is so difficult to understand it. Six months later I decided something had to get better. I went back to the Doctor who put me on Serzone. It has many less side effects...no sweating, no itching, more normal sleep when the dose is high enough... other things that were good for me...but it is terribly short acting. If I take a morning dose and then wait 12 hours for the evening dose, I turn into a stark raving witch. I wish I could slap everyone I run into and myself included. So I began taking the doses in halves and dosing 4 times a day instead of 2. That helps a lot, but it is still easy to forget to take something 4 times a day. Also, unless the dose is high enough it is usless to begin with. Low doses were BAD news. So then I get into the anger, hostility thing. I vote for good mental health whenever possible!! Damn the Damn meds!
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