WuWei Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 Anyone on this one or taken it in the past? I don't want to take anything that's going to make my life any harder . Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay1 Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 edit - sorry i posted about tramadol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WuWei Posted February 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 Surprised no one has taken this one... seems to be the go-to sleep med for psychiatrists these days. ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay1 Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 I just checked my records and i have taken it. It works pretty well for sleep.... but i had to stop taking it as it gave me hellish restless leg syndrome (something it is supposed to treat!) Give it a go if you're having problems sleeping... it does work and the antidepressant qualities might help.... I stuck it out for about a month and didn't get any of the anxiety and problems i would get with an SSRI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaolinbomber Posted February 9, 2013 Report Share Posted February 9, 2013 I tried it for about 2 days and gave them away. They worked for sleep issues and that was about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey_magic Posted February 9, 2013 Report Share Posted February 9, 2013 What about this prozazin stuff for PTSD. Looks promising. Anybody tried this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey_magic Posted February 9, 2013 Report Share Posted February 9, 2013 'Checked your records' jay? You got a little black book of hppd meds. Most people have it for chicks numbers (wish I did). As it is I'm gonna need my own black book for med attempts soon. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay1 Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 haha...married now, so had to use the little black book for something else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WuWei Posted February 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 Decided not to do the med. I found out: 1) It's a tricyclic antidepressant. 2) It can cause priapism in men (a boner that won't go away). A coworker had an instance where this happened to him after the third night of being on it and his urethra popped. Pass on that shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r.trudeau Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 I was forced to take it for five months straight for sleep, and it would make me trip bawls for 30 minutes then pass out as if I were dead. At the time I didn't realise that the medication caused the weird visuals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaolinbomber Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 Ya...Trazadone sucks balls. Don't use it. If a doctor suggests tell him you want to stay 20 feet away from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onedayillsailagain Posted March 12, 2014 Report Share Posted March 12, 2014 Bump. Its pharmacological profile does seem interesting. Perhaps low-dosing this could be beneficial?Anyone else have any experience or thoughts to add? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StateOfRegret Posted March 13, 2014 Report Share Posted March 13, 2014 Some interesting points shamelessly copied from wikipedia: Trazodone acts predominantly as a 5-HT2A receptor antagonist to mediate its therapeutic benefits against anxiety and depression. Trazodone does not have similar properties to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and is not particularly associated with increased appetite and weight gain. Moderate 5-HT1A partial agonism (6-fold lower than 5-HT2A) is likely to contribute to trazodone's antidepressant and anxiolytic actions to some extent as well. Trazodone's potent α1-adrenergic blockade (about threefold lower relative to 5-HT2A) may cause some side effects like orthostatic hypotension and sedation. Conversely, along with 5-HT2A antagonism, it may underlie its efficacy as a hypnotic. This seems possible as trazodone's antihistamine activity is relatively weak and probably clinically insignificant; hence, it cannot explain trazodone's sleep-inducing/enhancing effects. Trazodone lacks any affinity for the mACh receptors, so does not produce anticholinergic side effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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