Posted by yxibow on April 13, 2009, at 23:15:51
In reply to Re: sleeping meds, posted by sadaiya on April 13, 2009, at 10:52:59
> Have you tried trazadome ? my pdoc says its "guaranteed" to get you to sleep. I myself haven't tried it, i have been using remeron for three years now, and it's been working okay. I will stick with remeron unless it stops working for me in which case i plan on switching to trazadome. But someone told me if you stop taking a medication the tolerance you build will go away after a few months and you can go back to that med.. So i was thinking of alternating between remeron and trazadome if my remeron ever stops working.
Remeron for some people will work for quite a long time at a low dose -- weight is something that has to be aware of and managed.
Trazodone I find sort of a hammerblow and not the best way to go to sleep -- however, for some people it is one of their only choices. Basically you're taking an antidepressant that I doubt anyone could stand an adult dose of.
Its usually about 50mg at night but some people get tolerant and go up to about 150mg like I did at one point and then have to back down again, and rinse and repeat.For males it does have a rare but possible effect of priapism; it can also make one hungry after it takes so its best to be in bed.
Rarely it can cause people prone to psychosis some odd effects, but in general there are a fair number of people with biochemical imbalances and insomnia who do take it because their doctors would rather give them something that isn't technically habituating.
Personally I think 10mgs of amitriptyline is better, but it has its caveats too.
-- tidingsJay
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