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Feb 19, 2009 at 10:55 AM
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I was given Trazadone for sleep about a year ago. I took it for a while, but it made me so hungry. I wouldn't be hungry until I took it, then I would stay up and eat like crazy. I stopped taking it, but now I can't sleep. I was just wondering if anyone else has been on Trazadone, and had this problem. Also if anyone has any suggestions about other sleep aids, i would appreciate it. Thank you
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Feb 19, 2009 at 11:32 AM
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I would try Ambien or even melatonin which is over the counter. Those are the only two medications that worked for me when i was dealing with insomnia. I had horrible side effects to the trazadone... I took half the dose of what my doctor told me to take and I started getting really dizzy, unable to talk or walk, and I passed out... When I woke up I was vomitting... I hate that medication.
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Feb 19, 2009 at 01:22 PM
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Thank you for the advice, i will have to try the melatonin. My mom mentioned it once to me, but I never tried it.
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Feb 20, 2009 at 03:32 AM
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Yeah I think you'll do good with that because it's a natural sleep aid. You can get it over the counter and I swear.. It works better then sleep aids that you have to get a script for. It's great. Let me know how you like it!
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Feb 22, 2009 at 04:45 PM
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Any sedative has the potential to make you eat like crazy I think - at least from my experience.
I was up to 5 pills a day with trazadone and it didn't make me the least bit sleepy. It didn't appear to do anything at all to be honest. |
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Feb 22, 2009 at 06:23 PM
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You might want to ask to try Neurontin. It helped me with my sleep, letting me fall asleep very naturally and stay asleep.
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Feb 25, 2009 at 03:29 PM
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Thank you everyone. I did try melatonin, it actually worked for me. I didn't think it would, but I was wrong. I should have listened to my mom when she told me to try it. I guess I was just being stubborn. I guess mothers are always right.
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Mar 07, 2009 at 01:25 AM
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My pdoc told me to take 25-50 mg of benadryl a night b/c I got addicted to sleep aids. For me it worked better than prescription drugs but gave me dry mouth.
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