Just wondering if anyone was weaned off Trazodone and what their experience was. Thanks!

Hi
I took trazadone , and it gave me really bad side effects, made anxiety worse. I came off gradually from 2 tabs 1week, 1 1/2 tabs 1week 1 tab 1 week, then 1/2 tab. Felt much better when I was not on it.
Jpie

Do you mind sharing what side effects bothered you? It has helped me with sleep at times and does help me with the anxiety but I do feel "weird" on it. I've been taking 100mg. When you were reducing did you suffer any withdrawal?

Trazodone was evil to me. I will never take this again. My shrink gave me this for sleep. I slept ok but the next day it was a night mare. Symptoms I experienced were 24 hour flu like, hangover. I could not function for 2 days. I felt like somebody beat me up. I took 100 mg 1 night. Never again!!

No, the withdrawal was not bad, because I done it gradually, I remember what the side effect was now, muscle spasms.
I would never take it again
Jpie

I never had any problems with Trazadone except a little cotton mouth at night, I took only 25mgs. though as more than that seemed to make me groggy in the morning. It helped me sleep better but still didnt get me thru the night. As with anything we are all different and I know alot of people do really well on Trazadone. Its also always a good idea to taper off of any drug you take for a long period of time. I didnt have any problems going off of it but I didnt take it every single night I took it probably 4-5 nights a week for several months. Now I use ambien which seems to work better though I still dont make it thru a whole night it does help me get back to sleep quicker when I do wake up.