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Posted by porkpiehat on April 5, 2014, at 14:11:28
I've been taking trazodone for 3 nights 25mgs in hopes of stopping ambien before it becomes a problem.
Getting to sleep was tough but I didn't wake up in the middle of the night, and didn't have the weird SSRI shakes and sweats.
Also a lot of the typical hypervigilance and irritability, guilty racing thoughts were dampened...but so were my workout. Wondering if it has to do with hypotension?
on top of it all it started making my sleep worse. Took a night off last night in favor of ambien. Perhaps a higher dose may help?
I took serzone before and it messed with my sleep for a solid two weeks before leveling out. It's a weird, detatched feeling also.
Posted by Zyprexa on April 5, 2014, at 23:16:07
In reply to can't exercize on trazodone, feel low-energy overa, posted by porkpiehat on April 5, 2014, at 14:11:28
25mg trazodone is a very low dose. Most take 50 to 150mg for sleep.
Posted by porkpiehat on April 7, 2014, at 10:56:03
In reply to Re: can't exercize on trazodone, feel low-energy overa, posted by Zyprexa on April 5, 2014, at 23:16:07
I'll give the larger dose a try some night when sleep isn't too big a deal or I don't have a workout planned for the next day.
I'm still wondering if the lower energy has to do with hypotension and/or NE blockage.
Posted by Zyprexa on April 9, 2014, at 22:12:22
In reply to Re: can't exercize on trazodone, feel low-energy overa, posted by porkpiehat on April 7, 2014, at 10:56:03
Trazodone has a short Half Life. Usually does not make people tired in the morning.
Posted by Babbler20 on April 10, 2014, at 22:37:54
In reply to can't exercize on trazodone, feel low-energy overa, posted by porkpiehat on April 5, 2014, at 14:11:28
> I've been taking trazodone for 3 nights 25mgs in hopes of stopping ambien before it becomes a problem.
>
> Getting to sleep was tough but I didn't wake up in the middle of the night, and didn't have the weird SSRI shakes and sweats.
>
> Also a lot of the typical hypervigilance and irritability, guilty racing thoughts were dampened...but so were my workout. Wondering if it has to do with hypotension?
>
> on top of it all it started making my sleep worse. Took a night off last night in favor of ambien. Perhaps a higher dose may help?
>
> I took serzone before and it messed with my sleep for a solid two weeks before leveling out. It's a weird, detatched feeling also.I had the same problem with trazodone and exercise when I was combining it with imipramine. I tried trazodone recently without any imipramine in my system and I have no problem exercising.
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