Doctor has me on Trazodone for sleep i feel horrible

[maxxmill17]

been on trt for years...had some anxiety and sleep issues back in December...dr put me on trazodone and Ativan...I feel stuck now as they tell me its a slow taper to get off...I cant flex with out a muscle cramping and I have a huge tremor going on in my right hand...

anybody have experience with trazodone? thank you

 

[Southernfish]

I was on it for a few months years ago, that shit is strong and no good bro. Comatose sleeps and hardly able to get up in the morning, i believe its a tranq. I just completely stopped taking it one day and was ok other than bad sleeps for a bit. Can u divide the pills u take into 3? How much are you taking?

 

[louman]

Ask for busprione if you are still suffering fr anxiety.
It's non sedative, does not cause weight gain or libido issues like the ssri class if drugs will.

For sleep try animal pm
Or l-tryptophan.

 

[louman]

The buspirone will give bad headaches though so I only take my dose at night and it helpse sleep

 

[Alpin]

Maxmill have u checked or monitored estradiol before hoping on trazodone. I felt unable to sleep too if E2 was too high or crashed. High estradiol is a nasty culprit for anxiety.

 

[Alpin]

Maxmill

My dad takes trazodone too
That stuff is strong knocks him right out.
He to has developed tremors in his hands.

 

[Southernfish]

^^good call, also there is no need in my opinion to taper off ativan, but trazodone maybe, i wouldnt take it every day, only on occasion so it wasnt an issue stopping.

 

[Alpin]

I felt unable to sleep and wind down as well on TRT.
U could very well be on too much stuff. What worked for me was lowering HCG and T dose and staying at 850ng/dl range with E3D dose of low dose adex.

 

[maxxmill17]

i am on 150mgs trazodone was 200 cut it 2 weeks ago and had huge anxiety for majority of last two weeks...Ativan on 2.25 mgs cut into 4 doses per day .....test .80mgs e4d and my t level 940 estradiol 65

 

[Megatron28]

i am on 150mgs trazodone was 200 cut it 2 weeks ago and had huge anxiety for majority of last two weeks...Ativan on 2.25 mgs cut into 4 doses per day .....test .80mgs e4d and my t level 940 estradiol 65

Are you doing anything to lower your estradiol? 65pg/ml is too high. Most guys feel best when it is between 20-40.

 

[Alpin]

Damn...65 pg/ml is too high.
Anxiety kicks in for some guys after 45 pg/ml

 

[maxxmill17]

I have reactions to adex and asin... think I should lower dose to .60 e4d or stretch out the time between shots?

 

[Megatron28]

What type if reactions?

 

[Alpin]

And how much were you taking of the adex ?

 

[maxxmill17]

from a tiny dose next day unreal joint pain..even got it compounded from my dr. .10mgs also tried liquid from sponcer...

 

[Megatron28]

from a tiny dose next day unreal joint pain..even got it compounded from my dr. .10mgs also tried liquid from sponcer...

And when you did that your estradiol was at 65?

 

[maxxmill17]

No. The last time I tried any anti e was over
A year Ago .. I have tried many time
Over the past 10 years.

 

[Alpin]

Wow

 

[maxxmill17]

I am not the only over the years I have
Seen a few guys here with the same
Sensitivity to anti e's

 

[DimAjna]

I have taken Trazodone on an off for 10 years. I try to limit it to 2-3 times a week so I don't feel dependant on it. It's very effective and better imo than many of the newer, more trendy sleep meds. Trazodone can make you feel pretty damn groggy if you take it late and wake up early, so I try to only use it when I can take it and get a full nights sleep. 100mg knocks me out pretty hard, so I try to stay with 50mg and "work with it". Now that I think about it, I have been taking it more since starting TRT...hmm.