I was prescribed 50 mg of Trazadone for Depression / anxiety on the 26th of June, since staring taking this dose I have noticed I am getting bad headaches that make me feel sick, blurred vision, sweating, dizziness and diarrhoea, I spoke to my psychiatrist about the symptoms I am getting and she told me Not to take tonight's dose and she will contact me tomorrow. I want to come off these tablets and I wanted to know if anyone else had these problems and how long after coming off did they stop?
Hello James,
I only took one Trazodone (can't remember the dosage -I think 50mg like you). I had a severe allergic reaction to just that one tablet and have not taken any since. It frightened me. Your symptoms are also quite severe. Hope that, since you posted this note, they have completely disappeared.
I am glad you are off Traz. Hope you find an alternative med.
All the best.
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No Rose I am still getting symptoms but I had to stop taking Trazadone on the 6th of July, I could not cope with the binding headaches and nausea, I also had diarrhoea from day one (26th of June) and I am getting this and bad sweats even though I am 6 days off this Drug, I am re-introducing 10mg of Citalopram over 7 days and then on Saturday 15th of July going up to 20mg. I just hope things all settle down, thanks for your reply Rose, take care and be safe, James
I am Not taking anything at night, I re-introduced 10mg of Citalopram for 10 days then went up to 20mg, but I am still getting the Headaches.
Just wondered how you are doing now being off the Traz. I weaned very slowly, and took my final dose about 3 weeks ago. My weaning has been a nightmare.......
I’ve only taken this drug once and I got an instant headache as soon as it kicked in I don’t know what is going on
Hello James, those side effects your having are more or less the same as mine, only real difference is i currently take 150mg at night since mid Jan18, i will not take anymore because i can not live with the side effects, i tried sticking with it with the hope that it would get better, but for me its constant. I would ask to get medicated with a different medication and see how it goes. Good Luck.
I know this is an old thread. I was on Trazadone for 1-month, 50 mg per day. After two weeks I developed nausea, dizziness, severe heart palpitations and a severe headache. I could feel my heartbeat inside my head and it was debilitating.My doctor told me this was a very gentle medication and my dose was relatively low - she explained there are people taking 600mg per day.
Just posting my experience so others with similar can realize they are not alone. This is one nasty drug.
did you get any numbness or tingling in hands or feet, desperate for answers I’m in emergency as I type this..sorry u had experience this, I’ve as trazadone only over a month as well n I have respiratory problems now?
Sorry to hear you are also having trouble with this drug. Yes I did have numbness in and tingling in both my left and right arms.
hey I am looking for some info to see if this cause of all my problems, I only took zopiclone for a month and then change to trazdone 50mg for day for month and half, i have respiratory problems got so bad i can only walk a block now and get severe head pressure when I do and numbness in different in hands and feet. did you have any of these symtoms? and how did you wean off the traz? docs have uselss any info would grateful
sorry you had feel these horrible side, did you have any respiratory problems? and have you tried to get off it? I am trying to figure out if trazodone is what caused all this. I am seeing different doctors now but none I think is caused by this, but I was pretty healthy and active 2 and half months ago..maybe we can exchange some info, since we both seem like short term users
No respiratory issues. I stopped cold turkey on 6 October. I suffered extreme headaches for nearly a week after my last dose. The night of the 7th was the worst. I was dizzy as well.I will not be going back on this, or any other medication. I will be participating in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction in the coming weeks.
All drugs are a toxin to the human body - even Tylenol. The benefits have to exceed the harmful side effects.
hey dave, did you have any respiratory problems develop from the drug?
i am just started on trazodone. yes i get the groggyness all morning but it hasnt done what i expected, sleep. i am still awake at 2am and last two days woke with sore throat. early days dr says. i dont feel right and domt know if this is just start up effects so not sure whether to continue. i have depression and anxiety and have tried ssri,snri,tricyclics. just praying this may work.
I would stop it before you have problems. I went through horrible withdrawals for months. Please be careful
i wouldnt even try it anymore, i used it for about 2 months at only 50mg now i have serious respiratory problems and all kinds of side effects.. I was perfectly healthy before this and allegic to nothing and active. My doc said he;p me sleep, now it might help me sleep the there way if i dont figure this out fast..so I would listen to these people with experience, not doctors who havent used it
did any of your symptoms by chance be respiratory? desperate for answers
what did you try after trazodone? psych is telling me to stay on at least two weeks, will i get withdrawals after 50mg then? DR HAS NOT MENTIONED WITHDRAWALS! I WONDER WHY…