has anyone or does anyone take trazadone?

I used to take it.. took it for about 3 yrs. (100 mgs)  but after a while it really wasn't helping.  After I got my "official dx" I was put on Elevil.  It takes a while to level out.  It didn't help much when it came to my depression issues.

Thank God for people like you.. Navy Wife... you're one of my heroes.. give yourself and your family a hug for me.  My Dad was WWII Navy Vet.

I wanted to welcome you to the forum and I hope you'll continue posting and do what you can to learn and discuss your issues with Fibro.  Please be sure to check out the 2nd threat on the Fibro Forum called Fibro 101 .. there's lots of important information on there that might help you.

Thank you again for sharing your husband with this grateful American.

Big hugs, 

Trazadone works for me. Initially I felt wiped out but after a week iI was fine. However, it was not just prescribed for pain for me and, I take a much higher dose than you.

Donnaeil

So, we have more in common than the trazadone! My husband is in the Air Force and in Japan right now. my thoughts and prayers are with you.

I take 50mg of trazadone right before bed, with food (not a lot). I started out at 25mg and did that for about 4 or so months. The doctor told me that this is no where near the dosage that would work for someone that has depression (so this should not affect your mood, you would need something else for that). I am only taking this medicine to achieve a deeper level of sleep. From what I understand, once I acheive this deeper level of sleep, it will begin to heal the minor tears and injuries to the muscle tissues and other issues that occur daily. So, from my understanding, people with fibro that do not achieve that level of sleep are unable to repair the daily beating that occurs to our body...so this medicine helps to restore and heal the tissues because it helps us sleep.

I definitely think this has helped me. I pretty much swear by it. I know when I havent taken it and I have a hard time the whole day. W/O it, Yes, I sleep, but I do NOT have restful sleep by any means. Also, this is the only medicine that I take for fibro. I dont take any pain medicine or any other types of medicine. I have attempted cymbalta, but it made me so tired during the day, I couldn't do it. I am very sensitive to chemicals that go in my body.

Good Luck with it all. I think that when you get the dosage figured out, you will do better. But then again, some medicines don't work for everyone, but at least you know you've tried.

I use the trazadone at night to help me sleep. I do not think it is intended to help with the pain. I am now splitting my pill to get a lower dose. This is working for me- still sleep soundly and am not groggy all day.

Thank you all for your responses. Dont feel my being a military wife affords me any praise though a real single mother with no significant other has to go above and beyond what I do. The thing of it is I have danced all my life and been sick all my life. In the last year my legs have become such a burden to me that I can not do much of anything. The main reason for me even seeking medical help was I feared P.A.D. or something along those lines that in the end could become life threatening. Before I was even handed down my diagnosis I had thoroughly researched everything. I have been very depressed as of late and depression runs in my family and I know I push through pain better when in a sunny state of mind. So I told the rhumetologist I had zero interest in any pain medicine and wanted to try something on the lines of cymbalta. Fibro patients may need deeper sleep and more sleep but my life can not afford that. In any event my requests were ignored I was prescribed trazadone and the military cure all of 800mg ibuprofen and told to pretty much have a nice life. I have M.S. in my family along with a host of autoimmune stuff my mother has r.a. I have severe arthritis in my lower spine. My mothers civillian doctors are baffled by the fact that they just compartmentalized me quickly and efficiently into fibro without any real consideration into anything else sure I had a host of blood tests but r.a. can come up negative in 3 out of 4 tests. My daughters grandmother is literally dying from lupus because for the last twenty years the military never looked deep enough into her conditions. They come up with the first best answer and than file you away. I read so much about it taking years for people to get a diagnosis it took me a month and that was only because of the long wait on appointments. Anyways I guess at this point I am just venting about the "system" would get better care if i was on state health insurance. I was just throwing a line out about this medication hoping it would work and I would not have to fight. Guess I will have to fight. Last thing I need is to sleep more I just need to feel like some resemblance of my former self. Thanks everyone hope you have a great day!