Posted by Cairo on December 24, 2004, at 14:10:52
In reply to Trazodone 50mg, OMG, posted by partlycloudy on December 24, 2004, at 10:03:30
You'll become accustemed to the dose as 50mg is low. I take it trazodone 50mg for sleep and remember having vertigo when I first started it. Over time I've had to adjust the dose upwards to get a full night's sleep. When I've added other medications, I'm able to cut the dose, probably due to CytP enzyme induction.
My suggestion is to cut it back to 25mg (or lower - you can cut it into 1/8ths as I've done it), and see how you do. After a week or two, try increasing slowly until you get a good night's rest.
The only thing I'll caution you about is that while trazodone keeps me asleep all night, I've questioned the quality of sleep. A sleep study showed that I don't get stage 4 on trazodone, so we've added amitriptyline 10mg to the mix (the choice of amitriptypline due to pain control). See how you do on the trazodone, but be aware of whether you feel tired the next morning even though you've slept through the night without awakening.
Good luck.
Cairo
> I took one 50mg pill last night and I am a happy zombie today. Just need a couple of bolts in my neck and I'll be Mrs Frankenstein. I've been clobbered!! No anxiety, though. Heck, I don't even want any eggnog.
> What a weird feeling, thank goodness I didn't have to work today. Don't think I could follow a spoken conversation at all.
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