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Re: Has trazadone helped you? and more Serzone

Posted by Amy on February 11, 2000, at 15:44:51

In reply to Re: Has trazadone helped you? and more Serzone , posted by CG on February 11, 2000, at 9:44:01

> I used trazadone for about 4 years, along with Paxil. I could not sleep with Paxil alone. The Trazadone kicked in quickly and really helped me sleep. I was on 30 mgs Paxil and 100 mgs Trazadone at bedtime. I slept like a rock but did have a hard time getting up before 9 a.m. Then a year ago I went on a long trip and forgot to take the Trazadone! Two weeks without sleep and then the cussed withdrawl symptoms too. I was in Hawaii where just seeing a doctor would have been $120.00. I didn't think I would make it back, but somehow arrived home in one piece. Then the Trazadone never worked again, but I was still taking it. I didn't realize what was going on. It wasn't helping anymore, but I though I was just crazier than usual. When you are in the middle of all this madness it is so difficult to understand it. Six months later I decided something had to get better. I went back to the Doctor who put me on Serzone. It has many less side effects...no sweating, no itching, more normal sleep when the dose is high enough... other things that were good for me...but it is terribly short acting. If I take a morning dose and then wait 12 hours for the evening dose, I turn into a stark raving witch. I wish I could slap everyone I run into and myself included. So I began taking the doses in halves and dosing 4 times a day instead of 2. That helps a lot, but it is still easy to forget to take something 4 times a day. Also, unless the dose is high enough it is usless to begin with. Low doses were BAD news. So then I get into the anger, hostility thing. I vote for good mental health whenever possible!! Damn the Damn meds!

Thanks for your response!!! I was beginning to feel like I was losing my mind having started the trazadone again to no avail. It really helped the first time I took it but all it does for me anymore is give me a stomach ache. I tried serzone 2 years ago and I was actually on it for about a year until I didn't THINK I needed it anymore. I stopped the serzone and had a relapse and....big surprise.....the serzone didn't work for me the second time around. That is why my doctor then put me on Trazadone because he said that it hits the same area of the brain as serzone and since the serzone once helped...the trazadone should help now since it's a different family of AD. And,it helped for a while...until I felt like I didn't need them anymore...Which brings me to where I am today. DO NOT STOP TAKING THE SERZONE IF IT IS HELPING YOU!!!

Have you ever tried any other antidepressants that have helped in the past? I too tried Paxil but the nausea was worse than the depression. Maybe I just don't give the drugs a long enough chance but it's just really frustrating, as I'm sure you're well aware. The depression and insomnia suck but then when I take the damn meds sometimes I have to ask myself which is worse. It's a double edged sword, you know?
I agree....DAMN THE MEDS!
Amy


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