Posted by spoc on May 7, 2004, at 12:49:55
In reply to Re: How sedating is Trazadone » 1980Monroe, posted by chemist on May 7, 2004, at 2:33:46
>.... deep sleep and viagra-reduction are in your future, and you get the TCA side-effects as a bonus.... <
I think maybe this just sounded stronger than one person's opinion, but more like a guarantee. I don't read much of the med board since I am not currently on or close to being on anything (unfortunately), but from the little I have seen I had thought you normally supported the position that people shouldn't alarm others based on their own experiences. I think the priapism thing is actually pretty rare, isn't it?
Of course, it's understandable that it sticks out in people's minds to a greater extent than is based in statistics, due to the chilling image it conjures! I think you've defended Effexor users from those that would discourage them, and wouldn't bring up the rare side effect that a permanent change in the brain can take place, in which the person will always feel crummy without Effexor, even if feeling crummy *on* it was why they went off it. An incidence of priapism surely pales in comparison, but neither are probably reasons why someone shouldn't try them.
But no matter probably -- I think the poster may actually be asking about traz as an AD, not a sleep aid, going on the fact that he/she mentioned being under the impression that "initial sedation" could occur.
But in a meds discussion is admittedly not somewhere I belong, for long anyway. Happy Friday, all the best to you too!
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