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#1
Jun 25, 2016, 11:59 PM
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So once in awhile my seroquel poops on me and I'm stuck staring at the ceiling or taking some leftover saphris I have. Well there's no good movies showing on my ceiling and I don't like mixing too many APs. I remember a long while back a pdoc gave me trazodone but it didn't help. Well I'm willing to give it another go. Thing is I'm sensitive to ADs so will this knock me off my rocker as far as dysphoria or mixed episode?
Any suggestions or experiences on it? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
 Alone & confused, bizi
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#2
Jun 26, 2016, 12:11 AM
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I'm taking 300mg for sleep, and it's not doing jake. Giving it a week then calling pdoc again
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#3
Jun 26, 2016, 12:20 AM
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I used to be on Trazedone to help with sleep too, it didn't do jack either. I am sticking with Klonopin. The only way it works is if I am already tired and I drift off to sleep. And yeah friggin alcohol makes things a hell of a lot harder.
Give it another go if you want, but if you had a reaction to it last time I would reconsider.
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Jun 26, 2016, 06:35 AM
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Tried a pill I had from an old script. Didn't do **** either lol. After three hours of fighting I gave in to seroquel
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#5
Jun 26, 2016, 07:02 AM
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I find it interesting how so many of us have a variety of reactions to the same meds. Granted, I've never taken Seroquel, but Xanax does seem to help me with sleep. I actually prefer Ambien, but this will do until I can talk to my pdoc about possibly using Ambien.
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#6
Jun 26, 2016, 07:06 AM
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Trazadone didn't work for me either. It's an old antidepressant and now appears to be used as a sleeping pill. I've never had a sleeping pill work for me; I think I've tried four different ones. Trazadone was hands down the weakest one that I tried.
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#7
Jun 26, 2016, 07:40 AM
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trazadone made me manic!
The only thing that has consistantly worked for me is klonipin, .5mg at night 30 minutes before I want to sleep. But have to add that if I drink all bets are off....sometimes 1.5mg won't work...I know that I should not drink especially on a work night! bizi |
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Jun 26, 2016, 07:43 AM
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trazadone made me manic! Is saphris an antipsychotic? were you taking it regularly before? I take geodon 80mg twice a day and it is a life saver for me. bizi |
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Jun 26, 2016, 07:50 AM
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I'm glad you crawled out of the cave. Was missing you.
Trazodone is a royal piece of ****. A good hangover and not sleep. Produced priapism once. I stayed for too long in the hotub. Not funny. It can do it to women too. Stay the hell away from it. I'ts very hard to withdraw from.
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#10
Jun 26, 2016, 07:53 AM
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don't laugh but a hersey bar before bedtime works for me everytime .... if I wake at night and can not go back to sleep ... hersey saves me every time ...
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Jun 26, 2016, 07:56 AM
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Yes saphris is a AP too. I take it PRN when the seroquel doesn't work. Right now I'm trying Latuda again but my next route is geodon. Thing is I have a new pdoc that I see on Friday and I don't know if she'll be ok with me taking saphris as a PRN. And if she dare take away my benzo... I will destroy the office lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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#12
Jun 26, 2016, 07:57 AM
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Thanks for keeping me In your thoughts! Yea I've been MIA and cycling/mixed. Trazodone was for sure a joke and I just got off the phone and my brother said I sounded drunk lol. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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#13
Jun 26, 2016, 07:58 AM
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Hey man, I'm already on seroquel, don't need to add Hershey's to the mix lol  . But I wish it was that easy for me to fall asleep!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Jun 26, 2016, 08:22 AM
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I want to say that I'm concerned for you. I know you don't want to hear it, but I think you are a drug addict. I can't help but think that the bipolar is fueled, not controlled, by your use of meds. You are not getting proper medical attention and treatment. I'm sorry for the tough love.
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Jun 26, 2016, 08:32 AM
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A drug addict on my prescribed psych meds? Lol I'm confused. The only other issue I'm having is weening myself off of suboxone wich is going great. I WAS abusing stimulants months ago that I was prescribed but that's long gone. As far as my current meds, they aren't being abused soooo yea. However this posts is questioning a med, not talking about addiction. There's PMs for that but thanks anyway. Lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Jun 26, 2016, 08:37 AM
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Jun 26, 2016, 08:50 AM
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I just don't want to be attacked in this thread about something that is OT. I'm the first to admit I'm not perfect but there's really no fun in abusing APs and I don't even take my benzo every day. All I'm saying. I was away from this forum for awhile and coming back to this makes me just want to stay away again. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Jun 26, 2016, 08:54 AM
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You're a great person. I feel it's the medical professions fault that you are not getting what works for you. I didn't mean to make you feel attacked. I'm rooting for you and on your side.
I'm far from perfect, too, and not doing so great either. We kind of have to be our own advocates when there's no one to really help us.
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Jun 26, 2016, 09:11 AM
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Thank you. I appreciate that. Maybe if they wouldn't quit getting rid of there docs where im at then my meds wouldn't be such a disaster. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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#20
Jun 26, 2016, 11:20 AM
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Hi RX trazodone didn't work out for me either. Sorry your struggling so much with your meds, it sucks! HUGS
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Jun 26, 2016, 12:14 PM
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I was in a full time near psychotic state. Even dropping down to 50 mg made no difference. Never again! |
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#22
Jun 26, 2016, 01:51 PM
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That's scary! Ok no more trazodone for me then! I swear I need a elephant dart to put me down at night though  Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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#23
Jun 26, 2016, 04:47 PM
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trazadone is like the only sedative capable of knocking me out completely put but it puts me to sleep so hard, I wake up, not only am I still tired, I'm very angry and grougy in the morning so I don't take it anymore
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Jun 26, 2016, 04:53 PM
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Put me down for another who goes nuts on trazodone, throws me right into a mixed episode....never again.
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#25
Jun 27, 2016, 09:18 AM
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It looks like several of us have had bad experiences with trazadone.Bizi
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