I was taking 25mg. of Trazadone for sleep for a while (just a few months.) The directions say to take it with food (which I did not do since making & eating a sandwich, or some such thing, at 10 o'clock at night just didn't work for me for several reasons.) After a while I noticed I was starting to experience pain in the area below my sternum. As a result, I stopped taking it. And as soon as I did the pains went away. So I don't take it anymore. I didn't experience any negative effects from stopping the Trazadone. Actually I was glad I decided to stop taking it because while I was taking it I always felt tired, sleepy & achy the next morning. Hope you're doing well now Travelinglady.