Hello All,

I was taking trazodone (100mg) to help me sleep during hypomania. Since I've been doing better my pdoc has suggested I stop taking the trazodone in order to feel less tired in the mornings.

He said it is not addictive and I could stop immediately, but it can help psychologically to taper off.

I stopped 'cold turkey' but had the most awful nights two nights in a row - almost no sleep, thrashing about in the bed involuntarily, weird frightening thoughts etc. I was not tired at all the next days.

I am wondering if this is 'withdrawal' from trazodone - if so, why would it only affect me at night?

Or is it maybe that I am still 'ill' in some way which the trazodone was masking before? Or maybe I just needed to persist for longer. I will try again, this time tapering off it.

I'm seeing my pdoc next week and will tell him this.

Just wondering if anyone had similar experiences coming off trazodone?

Thanks a lot,
Beebizzy