Switched from trazodone to seroquel last night.

Good to hear that you tried it. I did the 12.5 measly mg of Trazodone and I slept but woke early and felt really dizzy. Had to get my hubby to help me out of bed. Did seroquel knock you out? I'm surprised that your doc didn't up your dose on paxil. I'm at the zoloft dose that I was at last year but think I need to go up. My psychiatrist recommended Trazodone to boost the ad as I'm sure seroquel does as well. Quite the journey!! At least you have a cbt! I had a few counselling sessions and she isn't familiar with meds or anything. Glad you have someone to chat with!!!

I'm pretty med sensitive and since I took it with klonopin I felt it. Got restless legs initially and then slept. Not sure I like it as I have anxiety now. I've heard seroquel knocks you out just watch for the munchies!!

Thanks, S.C. First day after has left me very tired most of the day. Past experience says to give a new med a few days to settle in. (Wish I didn't know so much about them).

Hi, Fitness, sorry that you didn't get any sleep and maybe trazodone isn't right for you (only 1.5 hours of sleep). You may need a higher dose to get you through the night. If a low dose doesn't do the trick, maybe a higher dose will. If you can get your doc to talk to you on the phone, you might ask about this. It's common to feel a little foggy for a couple of hours after waking. Most people have some coffee and breakfast and get past that. One thing I do know is that you DO need sleep. Re: getting to sleep or getting back to sleep, my CBT suggested counting backwards by threes starting with a 4 digit number, e.g. 1500, 1497, 1494, etc. Works for me sometimes.

Cut the pill in half last night. Didn't sleep quite as well or long, but I also don't feel as tired so far today. I am struggling just like you and have the same fears and anxieties about life, medications, sleep, etc. that you do. I don't mind at all if you want to vent. I may not have any answers, but willing to listen.

Please do keep updating when you feel like it. I sort of come and go depending on how I feel.

Thanks for the feedback, Hibee. My pdoc says to stick with it for a few more days to see if I adjust to it. So back to 50 mg tonight, only I'll take it earlier so it wears off earlier the next day.

I think that there are withdrawl symptoms from Trazodone. It gave me anxiety the following day and i took that puny dose. Because it blocks a certain receptor that can cause rebound anxiety. Everyone is different though. From what I have heard the main AD eg: paxil zoloft etc have to be at the therapeutic dose to get the underlying anxiety under control. The other meds are there until the working dose is reached. Maybe you will benefit from a dose increase? There is increased anxiety but its only temporary!!!

Thanks for the encouragement. Always appreciated. Did you take the trazodone last night? If so, how'd it go? Just occurred to me that my comments today re: trazodone might effect your decision on the med. Like I said before, but for the tinnitus, I'd be sticking with it.

Glad you slept w/o help. Having read a bit more on discontinuing trazodone, you may be right that my increased anxiety and tiredness could be from stopping the trazodone. Hopefully, it improves soon. Thanks again.

Hi

Yes 50mg of Seroquel is a low dose I was on 100mg and it really worked wonders for my sleep but I did feel groggy the next morning, I also found it helped with my anxiety.

Glad to hear you are doing CBT you will find that really useful

Hibee

Hey Wolverine, maybe talk to your prescribing doc about what you are experiencing? How about something like Remeron or Doxepin? Do you discuss these things with your gp or psychiatrist? Maybe ask both. My psychiatrist wanted to keep me on the 150 zoloft and use Trazodone but I didn't like the way I felt when I woke up. I started 175 zoloft yesterday as my gp recommended that a month ago. He has been on vacation so I will see him next week. The only reason I mentioned increasing paxil is because I visit a postpartum board where the ladies are very well versed on these drugs and they always say you have to be at a therapeutic dose of your main AD. But sometimes a certain combo of meds needs to happen as well. We will make it through this! I would definitely mention how you are feeling to your doctor though! Hang in there!

I just switched from trazedone to Celexa. (2nd day) Doc gave me Lunesta for sleep but doesn't work for me. Wondering if I shoukd have atayed on the trazedone. Mu sleep wasnt perfect but was better than where Im at now. I also have Klonopin and Ativan. I told the dr that I was concerned about becoming addicted to Klonopin and couldnt take it in morning bc would make me sleePy so he gave me Ativan. Well after reading on the Internet, it seems that Ativan is more addictive! Ugh. Im so tired of this stress and anxiety and not being able to sleep.