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DaveyJones
Grand Member
Registered: September 2005
Location: Big Orange Country
Posts: 814
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Review Date: Fri September 8, 2006
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 8
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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Works well for sleep, inexpensive
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Negative aspects of the product (cons):
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Takes a while to get used to
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I was prescribed this medicine to help me sleep a number of years ago. It works very well for me used in this way, I sleep 7 - 8 hours a night. When I first started taking it, however, I felt intoxicated when I awoke. This went away after a week or two. I tolerated it because I was finally getting rest again.
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MyBestKids2
Moderator
Community Support Team
Registered: September 2006
Location: Yellow Brick Road
Posts: 5357
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Review Date: Mon September 11, 2006
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 5
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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encourages sleep
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Negative aspects of the product (cons):
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makes me too sleepey
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Trazadone should be a last resort for patients who have had an ongong sleep disturbance.
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DizzyLizzy
Junior Member
Registered: August 2006
Location: New England
Posts: 13
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Review Date: Mon September 11, 2006
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 9
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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works very well
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I have been using Trazodone for over 5 years. I take it at bedtime to help me stay asleep, and the doctor prescribed it as a sleep medication... however, it has also helped by keeping my mild depression away. Other anti-depressants were always too strong for my mild depression, but Trazodone has worked great for the mild depression and as an aid to help me sleep.
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eskielover
Magnate
Registered: October 2004
Location: Harrodsburg, Kentucky, USA
Posts: 2332
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Review Date: Thu September 14, 2006
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Would you recommend the product? No |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 4
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Negative aspects of the product (cons):
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extream sleepiness, dizzyness, along with migraine pain
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Trazadone also known as desyrel, had the same effects. The worse part was the dizziness caused by an extreme drop in blood pressure. Along with that came sleepiness & migraine headache pain. The blood pressure drop was the most serious part of taking the med & taking it was immediately stopped.
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Rainbowzz
Moderator
Community Support Team
Registered: December 2005
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Posts: 4598
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Review Date: Thu September 14, 2006
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Would you recommend the product? No |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 3
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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lightened anxiety by a small amount
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Negative aspects of the product (cons):
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did not make me sleepy -at- all.
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Was prescribed for both sleep disorder and bipolar. Had a nice lightening of anxiety the next morning, but did not help me to sleep at all even with higher doses.
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Amerikasend
Member
Registered: December 2006
Location: Merryland
Posts: 22
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Review Date: Mon December 4, 2006
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Would you recommend the product? No |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 1
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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none
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Negative aspects of the product (cons):
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gave me a stuffy nose and a headache
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I was prescribed this for sleep. Didn't help me sleep at all, but it did give me a real bad stuffy nose and a headache. I threw this crap in the garbage.
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bandia
Junior Member
Registered: June 2006
Location: USA
Posts: 9
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Review Date: Fri December 8, 2006
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 8
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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i fall asleep within minutes and stay asleep
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Negative aspects of the product (cons):
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it lowers my blood pressure
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After trying every sleep med known to humankind, Traz hit the spot. It did lower my blood pressure & I briefly went off it & back on Lunesta. Bye-bye sleep! I decided to take the side effect (I sometimes feel "swimmy" & when I do, I just pause and let my heartbeat settle) without hesitation when the docs said it was ok to take Traz if I wanted. I only need to take 12.5 mg a night.
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Anonymous
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Review Date: Thu December 28, 2006
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: $30.00| Rating: 7
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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works good for sleep...
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Negative aspects of the product (cons):
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...only if taken with Ambien CR
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see my review under Ambien CR.... it worked wonders for helping me sleep as long as I took it with Ambien CR
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Grace03
Member
Registered: March 2007
Location: British Columbia, CANADA
Posts: 44
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Review Date: Thu March 22, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 8
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Seems to control "racing thoughts" associated with Bipolar II. Allows the thoughts to slow down, so I can sleep. Combined with Seroquel=good sleeping meds
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Negative aspects of the product (cons):
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Drowsiness: take at bedtime
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DoubtingThomasina
Junior Member
Registered: April 2007
Location: North Dakota, ASA
Posts: 13
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Review Date: Wed April 11, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 10
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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works wonders for insomniacs!
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Negative aspects of the product (cons):
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a little groggy in am
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Trazodone is excellent for insomniacs. Knocks you out in 20 minutes or less. Hard to wake in the am but once you do, you feel well rested. It also works will with other antidepressants like Zoloft. Watch out for mild mania. Mood stabilizers necessary for Bipolaroids taking Trazodone.
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mrstumnus
Member
Registered: April 2007
Posts: 20
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Review Date: Thu April 26, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 7
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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Great for sleep, good for anxiety and mood.
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Negative aspects of the product (cons):
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Dizziness (short-lived), nasal congestion, water retention.
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I found Trazodone helped me sleep tremendously. It did make me feel very dizzy and slightly disorientated but this wears off after about 45 mins. It also causes a rather unpleasant nasal 'blocked' feeling, this is bearable though. It is very good for anxiety, I felt quite 'chilled' and calm, my mood felt considerably better though in a relaxed state, no 'hyper' feeling. Maybe best for short-term sleeping problems or extreme anxiety. No sexual side effects (female), slightly increased appetite and minor weight gain (but this was only due to fluid retention). Some 'hangover' tiredness next day. I assume this would lessen with further use.
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cherryblossom
Junior Member
Registered: April 2007
Posts: 15
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Review Date: Sat May 12, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: $4.00| Rating: 10
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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helps me sleep
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Negative aspects of the product (cons):
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don't know of any
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this medicine works good with my other meds.I get so sleepy in about 30 min after I take it.
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Prada
Member
Registered: August 2007
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Posts: 26
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Review Date: Fri September 14, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 7
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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helped with sleep
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Negative aspects of the product (cons):
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headaches, nausea, dizziness
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It worked well, but the side effects were horrible. The 'hangover' feeling was worse than if I were to drink myself to alcohol poisoning.
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clskrock
Member
Registered: February 2008
Location: Southern California USA
Posts: 53
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Review Date: Fri February 15, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 6
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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Makes me drowsy.
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Negative aspects of the product (cons):
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nausea
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My dosage was just increased to 150mg. which has upset my stomach.
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missnsx
Newly Joined
Registered: February 2008
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Review Date: Thu February 28, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 8
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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Definately helped me fall asleep
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Negative aspects of the product (cons):
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Crazy dreams!!
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I found that it really helped me fall asleep quickly and stay asleep throughout the night. Lunesta and Ambien do not work for me however Trazodone does the trick. The only downside is that it causes me to have very strange and crazy dreams. Some of my friends whom have also taken it have also noted that it caused them to have weird dreams too.
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