"Trazodone" Anyone using this for sleep?

[GassyJack]

anyone on Trazodone experience ringing in the ears? I started Traz about 5days ago - i only take 25% of a 50mg tab at nite. Was having troubles sleeping for months and months ever since quitting drinking (2yrs Dec) usually no problem falling asleep i would just keep waking up every hour or 2.
Since i started Traz i had some of the best sleeps .. was great!

but this ear ringing is driving me nuts. It started yesterday(Sunday) if this is just temporary and will go away as i get used to Traz then fine, i can put up with it. If not then i will stop taking traz before i get too far into it.

[myxomatosis]

wow i didnt know how common this med is. i also got prescribed it, 100 mg, at first it didnt work for me, cause i took it just once or twice. i think you have to take it a while for it too work.
it puts me to sleep now, but too much, even half a pill and when i finally sleep im out for 12 hours. thats too much, lost the whole day, just like drinking. ive tried half and even quarter pills, its good for when i cannot sleep, and will def take it over drinking.

but be careful, its powerful stuff, and whatever you do dont mix it with any alch, i did and was high out of my mind for like 24 hours.

plus im not too sure about taking an antidepressant for an extended amount of time when im not depressed, i can imagine that screwing up your head. i want to look into ambien, it sounds better for you, a med just for sleep and nothing else.

[Cleansing]

Interesting.
I've tried 100, and 1250mg, and it did nothing. I took 200mg and I fall asleep great. I wake up early enough, and don't really feel tired. I miss this med, because now I don't sleep until 3:30am and I wake up around 10:30 am. That's not a good schedule for me. I see my psych doctor Thursday, and plan to ask him for a one month supply of Trazadone just til I get settle in more.
When I was in rehab, I was on 200mg, and someone else I was cool with took 300mg. I read somewhere that 50-100mg is the range for insomnia. You guys are taking lower dosages too. So that's what I find interesting about all this stuff. But like they say, everyone's body reacts to these meds differently.

[kj3880]

Man, trazodone completely knocks me out. I tried a 1/2, then down to a quarter, but even that much made me feel like a zombie. My b/f told me it had no effect on him whatsoever when he took it years ago for sleep. It's a weird drug.

Love,
KJ