[Beebizzy]

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

[kj44]

I took 450 mg of Trazodone, it just didn't work for me, tried it for about 2 months. So I really didn't have withdrawals, Talk to pdoc, maybe it wasn't right for you in the first place.

[ohlala]

I've taken 400 mgs. Trazadone for years for sleep. Just lately I've been taking 300mgs. and sometimes 200mgs. It knocks me out for a good 8 hrs. with no hangover. Sleeping pills like Lunesta and Ambien didn't work for me. I'd sleep for 3 or 4 hours and I was up. P-doc tells me the most important factor in maintaining stabilization of BP is sleep. So it works for me and I'll keep taking it.

[Moose72]

Trazodone knocked me out and kept me asleep for hours at a stretch- unusual for me- and gave me long, detailed dreams. It did make it difficult to get up in the morning. I'd wake up late no matter what time I went to sleep. I quite taking it within the last year and use ativan if I need to.

[dejavu65]

My PDoc started me on Trazadone for sleep and it did not work at all.

I did not have any withdrawals but I was only on it for two months.