Posted by Xanablu on May 7, 2004, at 12:07:12
In reply to How sedating is Trazadone, posted by 1980Monroe on May 6, 2004, at 23:31:11
> I've heard the first time you take it, it produces a sedative effect, is this true?
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> Can you have a dosage where you only take it at night?
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> Is it the most sedating AD outthere? Please just give me some general info on how it works. THanksReal SEDATING. My (after sev'l yrs. I have realized) not so psychiatrically bright gp rx'd 50-100, I started at 25 mgs at bedtime (it was for sleep) cuz I was caring for invalid mom & did not want to just 'go comatose', but I certainly did. & had a real groggy next a.m. These days, I will take(approx.) 12 mgs if needed and the job gets done fine. But I must be sure to take before 12 midnight and be guaranteed access to at least 7-8 hrs. uninterrupted sleep.
My very best, most restorative sleep was on, I think, 30mgs. Remeron. Slept good, was up and clear-headed in less than 30" and it nipped an anxiety disorder I didn't even know I had (just thought life was scripted mighty hellish) in the bud!
However, I grazed like Elsie the Cow from daylight to retiring and I cannot live in my thin family and be the 'fatty'. Way too upsetting. Not to mention time-consuming & unhealthy.Have finally found a couple of real therapists since then (4 1/2 yrs. later) and got a dx. which is much closer to the real me-undiagnosed AD(H)D, which offshot, or, strengthened formation of life-long anxiety disorder and dysthymia ,with intermittent bouts of clinical dep. on top, oh, say 'bout once a year from age 15. Started that in puberty, finally had an undeniable breakdown 2 1/2 yrs. ago. which in turn, finally, after yrs. of drug trials and telling docs I was not 'classically' depressed, I got the guys I needed. In 3 weeks I was on a stim, ssri, klonopin, inderal and had access to pain meds (for 3 herniated discs) when and if I needed them.
It took 30 years of hunting and pecking and dragging my a** thru this dark life to finally see some light at the end of the tunnel.
I am an artist, but no AD, or any other drug can open the doors in my brain and let the juices flow unless I have a healthy dose of a dexedrine booster. And I sleep just fine these days-still struggling towards the light, but at least the playing field is much more level now. God, what a long, looooong trip it's been. God blessed me w/a surprise baby girl when I was 40 (I had avoided kids cuz' I knew I was intermittently unstable), she is now 7 and I can actually embrace our future together, I feel (emotionally) like I'm 25 again. Just hope I can keep the banner high for both of us-it will certainly be worth the 30 year wait for med'l and family support & understanding & the freedom to be the real me.
Sorry for the speech. Just feel so thankful for a REAL 2nd chance. It CAN happen. But ya gotta work at it and be informed and be very pro-active.
Most of what I've learned about psych stuff either came from this site (thank you dr. bob) or from sources I gleaned from this site, then the web and bookstores and so on and so on. This site allowed me to educate myself to speak more confidently with docs and I certainly learned well enuf that I had to keep plodding on until I stumbled upon some gifted p-doc soul who wd. see me for what I was and have mercy on me. Thank god! it finally happened, cuz I was getting worse and worse-too many illnesses, deaths, divorces, etc, heaped upon my head in too little time.
But, time IS healing those losses, those wounds, and I am grateful to be here, broke, but stronger, smarter and more free than ever in my adulthood.
I'd best quit expansifying, before lightening blows me off my tattered throne.
Best of luck. Hope all goes well.Anyone reading this, send me some strong prayers and meditations, as I know I will need as much help as I can get, but, the future finally, is not taunting me, with ALL my petty faults and flaws, as it always has. Now I hope those taunting mental monsters eat my humble dust!
blue skies, nothin' but blue skies...
Xana
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