Guest guest Posted April 21, 2012 Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 I use to take 200mg of trazadone and it makes a huge difference. I have been able to cut it down to 100mg along with 10mg of Flereril at night (and Topomax that I take for neuralgia). Trazadone was initially used for depression, but the docs found out that it helps a great deal for sleep. It seems to help me way better than Ambien ever did. It may actually help your high blood pressure as sometimes it can lower BP. (Well for me it did, which is why I had to lower it as I have Low Blood pressure and it is often a problem to manage). I hope you can call your Doctor and ask him/her to call some it. Maybe it will help right away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2012 Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 I too have been prescribed Trazadone in the past for many years for the anti-depressant properties as well as a sleep medication. The way it was explained to me years ago by a doctor was that the medication I took at that time for sleep was a type that gives you sleep for just a few hours and then you can easily wake up. And as you said, pain would always wake me too. I didn’t get that while taking Trazadone years later. Whatever you decide, I hope you can talk to your doctor soon so that you will suffer less. Good luck, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2012 Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 I too have been prescribed Trazadone in the past for many years for the anti-depressant properties as well as a sleep medication. The way it was explained to me years ago by a doctor was that the medication I took at that time for sleep was a type that gives you sleep for just a few hours and then you can easily wake up. And as you said, pain would always wake me too. I didn’t get that while taking Trazadone years later. Whatever you decide, I hope you can talk to your doctor soon so that you will suffer less. Good luck, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2012 Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 I too have been prescribed Trazadone in the past for many years for the anti-depressant properties as well as a sleep medication. The way it was explained to me years ago by a doctor was that the medication I took at that time for sleep was a type that gives you sleep for just a few hours and then you can easily wake up. And as you said, pain would always wake me too. I didn’t get that while taking Trazadone years later. Whatever you decide, I hope you can talk to your doctor soon so that you will suffer less. Good luck, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 i cannot take ambien but iam able to takeover the counter unisom works for me but i do not take it every night ________________________________ To: Stillsdisease Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 12:10 PM Subject: Re: sleeping pills  yes i missed the chat because of my friend, she came over and i totally forgot about it, by the time i realized the chat is that night it was already too late. this week ill definitely be there. thank you for all the help, i took 10 mg ambien yesterday night and finally had few more hours of sleep, and ill ask my doctor about trazadone, hopefully he will prescribe it without a problem, and if not then ill give melantonin a try -ewelina > > Hi Ewelina, > > We missed you at chat on Thursday, hope you are doing ok? I need a sleep aid or I cannot sleep through the night, something I realize is necessary for health and well being. So I do take Ambien, but currently my dose is 10mg. It works for now, however I did have to take as much as 20mg at one point and backed down to 15mg and now at the 10mg. I think 5 mg is an extremely small amount for sleeping problems. It is the one safe and effective medication for sleep that I have found that leaves me with the least amount of next day hangover. I tried Lunesta also, but it was like water to me and did nothing. > > I hope you can find what works for you. There is always Melatonin. I was very sensitive to it and have to take only 1mg to sleep, but the hangover was too much for me and headaches. You are supposed to take between 1-3 mg for sleep according to the bottle of the brand I picked up, but I was extra sensitive to it. Given that effectiveness though, perhaps you could give it a try if you decide? > > Good Luck in anything you end up finding to help you get better sleep. Blessings, > > ~~~~~~ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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