Re Reduced or Eliminated Need for Anti-depressants

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Yes. Found it gave me painful erections overnight. This scared me since the

one problem with Trazadone is that it can produce priaprism (an erection lasting

> 4 hours). Since I'm asleep, how would I know if it is going on for more than

4 hours?!

Scary so I quit. Doc has me on Lunesta and Mirtazapine(Yes, I need a sledge

hammer to sleep). The combo seems to work though I still get up to eat after

about 5 hours.

I'm also on CPAP. I believe that untreated apnea screwed with my CNS and now I

can't sleep.

In my case, I'm 90% sure that low T was caused by sleep problems. Just

something to be aware of.

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> > > I was using trazadone for sleep(worked great!), but have switched to

meletonin w/ good results.

> > > I am also tapering VERY slowly off cymbalta, and so far I feel great. I

expect it to take 6 mos to one year to taper off.

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> > > Doctors should really take a closer look at hormones before prescribing

anti-depressants.

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> > > From: Primemuscle <Primemuscle@>

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> > > Sent: Sun, February 7, 2010 4:08:39 PM

> > > Subject: Reduced or Eliminated Need for Anti-depressants

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> > > Many years ago, my doctor prescribed Trazodone for mild insomnia, anxiety

and depression. I didn't then and don't now have sleep apnea. However, even

though falling asleep wasn't too much of an issue, I'd wake up many times during

the night. Often, all I would do when I woke up was check the alarm clock to see

if it was time to get up yet or not. Of course the more I did this, the more

anxious I'd become. Fortunately, Trazodone seemed to do the trick, allowing me

to sleep through the night.

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> > > At that time, I was taking 300 mg just before retiring for the night. One

problem I experienced was that I'd feel groggy the next morning until about

mid-day. Eventually, I cut back on the amount of Trazodone I was taking. At the

same time, I began taking Wellbrutrin XL to treat depression. This course of

treatment for depression continued with some variances over the next fifteen

years.

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> > > Since beginning TRT last August, I've discontinued taking both Welbutrin

and more recently Trazodone. So far, I've not felt at all depressed, which is

great. Perhaps the TRT is helping relieve any depression I felt before.

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> > > It has been about two weeks since I stopped taking Trazodone. My ending

dosage was 75 mg per night. I should have tapered off, but I ran out and thought

what the heck, I'll just quit now. I don't recommend doing this. Coming off

Trazodone can make one feel really sick with flu like symptoms. My sleep

patterns are not as good as they were while on Trazodone, but they are gradually

getting better. I feel rested most of the time.

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> > > Has anyone else had similar experiences with reduced or an eliminated need

for anti-depressant medications since beginning TRT?

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