[sky550]

hey folks - how many mgs of trazadone do you find yourself taking in order for it to be effective. i'm just trying to figure out if i need to take a higher dosage or if the meds are just crap (for me). i'm currently taking 150mgs and i still can't sleep...i just end up lying in bed feeling dizzy. and if i DO sleep, the drugs don't keep me asleep. my pdoc says it's ok to take more, but i'm kinda like "why bother"?

[_embrace]

I'm currently taking 50mg at bedtime, and it works for me. But I'm a lightweight when it comes to sedating drugs (ie: 0.25-0.5mg of clonazepam knocks me out.) I have heard of people taking 200mg+ of trazodone for sleep, but not every drug works for everyone, either.

[sassypants]

Hi there,

I just went through that phase last Friday. My doc prescribed 150mg.
Very bad side effect. Dry mouth, coughing, stuffy nose,nose sometimes
bled. Couldn't sleep. I told my doc and she try 300 mg . What a joke!
Then she also said go back to the clonazepam. I back to my 1 and a 1/2 mg. and have been sleeping like a baby. Problem is , I was starting to feel
less depressed with the Trazadone dosage.

Oh well,

Hope you find the right med.
Good luck

[sky550]

thanks embrace & sassy. i appreciate the feedback. i saw my pdoc today & she told me it was ok to take up to 400mgs. that really seems like a bit much. i'm just going to up it to 200 & see what happens. sassy - it's nice to know that your doc just keeps urging "up the dosage! up the dosage!" too.

[ELLIEANDMONKEY]

I am actually just going to start this med in one hour!

25 mg. I am very sensitive to meds.

The reason I am on this is because I can't get into a deep stage of sleep and end up sleeping for hours. This drug is supposed to get a person in a deep sleep and make them feel refreshed upon waking. I have my fingers crossed!

[jamox01]

I started taking it about three weeks ago. I have the 150mgs but I split them in half and take only 75mg because I the 150mg pills make me sleep for like 10-12 hours. the doctor tld me I could do this. On the 75mg I fall asleep within one hour and sleep well except for accasionally getting up to use the bathroom. I also have really vivid dreams since starting trazodone.

[sky550]

good luck to all of you starting the med. this is my 2nd time trying traz. the first time i was prescribed 50mgs and then up to 150. i have no idea why i need such a high dosage. maybe it just doesn't work for me. however...i just started taking 250mgs and have had 2 nights of decent sleep. and yeah, the vivid dreams are kind of weird - but i tend to have a lot of strange & bad dreams.

[ziggy1]

I took Trazadone at one time but not for long. I took 25mgs at bed time
it knocked me out for like 15 hrs and I even had trouble waking up for the
rest of the day!!!!!

I don't know how some people can take higher doses, Id think I would sleep for days if I took higher than 25mgs...LOL....I only took it once.

Then I threw it out!!!

I guess everyones system is different.

It also gave me a bad side affect called priapism, which was a little
scary for mee!!!

[skeksi]

I take 200mg. From what I have read, its therapuetic dose as an antidepressant is 200-400mg. When it is used as a sleep aid, the effective dose may be anywhere from 25mg-400mg, depending on the person and their sleep issues.

I hope you find relief soon.