Trazodone???
This is cross posted from my main LJ!!! I have Fibromyalgia and everything else that comes along with it. I'm on Lyrica and Klonopin. Even since my Fibro symptoms began, my sleep has been so out of whack. Now that I've been officially diagnosed by my Rheumatologist...I think my doctors are taking my sleep disorder more seriously. So...here is where my question begins:
Has anyone ever taken Trazodone??? If so, any opinions or comments on it???
My psychiatrist prescribed it to me a couple days ago to help with my horrid insomnia. I think he could tell I was extra insane, sleepy, irritable and kinda manic from a sincere lack of real sleep in the last...god, it seems like forever. He doesn't prescribe meds easily. He definitely wants me on antidepressants...but I refuse!!! He told me this medication is a light antidepressant, but when used in a low dose (50mg) it's mainly used as a sedative for people with chronic sleep disorders. I'm still TERRIFIED to take it, because it would f%#k with my serotonin levels a tiny bit. I'm not OK with that, because then when I'd stop taking it...I'd assume I'll be more depressed than I was b4...NOT COOL WITH ME!!!
But, I'm not getting good sleep. I'm truly going kinda crazy from lack of real sleep. A few baby naps during the days is not doing much for my moods or my immune system. I've been so sick, and can't seem to get to feeling better. I'm tempted to try this medicine, as it's sitting here right next to me...because it's supposed to make you fall asleep very easily...but I'm just so scared. I don't want to become addicted to anything else in this life.
Ambien CR did nothing for me...made me feel a little drunk is all. Lunesta tasted like metal a%#hole, and I'll never take that medicine again. And taking a bunch of Advil PM will make me fall asleep...but it gives me horrible stomach cramps. I seriously wish some caveman dude would break into my house and bash my skull in with a club...so I could be in a coma for like 4-5 days, so I could finally get some sleep.
See, haha...even all senses of rationality is OUT THEE F%#KING DOOR!!!
Has anyone ever taken Trazodone??? If so, any opinions or comments on it???
My psychiatrist prescribed it to me a couple days ago to help with my horrid insomnia. I think he could tell I was extra insane, sleepy, irritable and kinda manic from a sincere lack of real sleep in the last...god, it seems like forever. He doesn't prescribe meds easily. He definitely wants me on antidepressants...but I refuse!!! He told me this medication is a light antidepressant, but when used in a low dose (50mg) it's mainly used as a sedative for people with chronic sleep disorders. I'm still TERRIFIED to take it, because it would f%#k with my serotonin levels a tiny bit. I'm not OK with that, because then when I'd stop taking it...I'd assume I'll be more depressed than I was b4...NOT COOL WITH ME!!!
But, I'm not getting good sleep. I'm truly going kinda crazy from lack of real sleep. A few baby naps during the days is not doing much for my moods or my immune system. I've been so sick, and can't seem to get to feeling better. I'm tempted to try this medicine, as it's sitting here right next to me...because it's supposed to make you fall asleep very easily...but I'm just so scared. I don't want to become addicted to anything else in this life.
Ambien CR did nothing for me...made me feel a little drunk is all. Lunesta tasted like metal a%#hole, and I'll never take that medicine again. And taking a bunch of Advil PM will make me fall asleep...but it gives me horrible stomach cramps. I seriously wish some caveman dude would break into my house and bash my skull in with a club...so I could be in a coma for like 4-5 days, so I could finally get some sleep.
See, haha...even all senses of rationality is OUT THEE F%#KING DOOR!!!