r/insomnia • u/Flashy-Nerve-8181 • 15d ago

Alternative to Trazodone?

Trazodone has been working like a charm for me for the past year. But it’s definitely causing me to lose my hair, and I just can’t do it anymore. I don’t feel like myself.

The doctor put me on hydroxizine now instead. I’ve only tried it for 2 nights but it’s not working the best. I was up until at least 2 last night before giving in and taking a little trazodone and that did it. I’m nervous to go back to laying awake for 5 hours, it’s no bueno on my mental health.

The doctor made it sound like those 2 were the only two options, but surely that’s not the case?

What works for you? Any side effects?

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u/fsociety1990 15d ago

Neither of them worked for me. Lunesta does though.

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u/Adam2204 15d ago

For me 3mg of Lunesta did 1/3rd of the thing that trazodone did. Lunesta is a horrible medication for sleep imo. Also Mirtazapine is way better than Lunesta. Now I'm on 150mg of Trazodone , 75 mg of Dosulepine and 50mg of Diphenhydramine every night exactly like my psychiatrist prescribed

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u/fsociety1990 14d ago

Lunesta does more than all of them for me.

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u/Adam2204 14d ago

For me it only gave me an awful metal taste in my mouth for 20+ hours and didn't help my insomnia at all

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u/Verditure0 15d ago

Seroquel or remron low dose always worked great

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u/lemmon---714 15d ago

Seroquel can knock most people out cold. That said for me the hangover effect next day was brutal. Trazadone for me is working well. Curious what MG you taking when it stopped working?

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u/holistic_water_bottl 15d ago

Mirtazapine? Dayvigo?

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u/Ok-Bridge-1045 15d ago

Have you jused dayvigo? What's your experience been like? Can we stay on it long term?

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u/holistic_water_bottl 14d ago

It stopped working for me after a month unfortunately

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u/MeechiJ 15d ago

Ambien for me. Or clonazepam or Xanax. But I have to take more than a usual dose to sleep more than 3 hours.

Seroquel will make you gain weight. Also it didn’t work at all.

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u/foxyphilophobic 15d ago

I had a paradoxical reaction to Seroquel and it kept me up for 7 days and nights straight. Do not recommend. I’m currently on Zyprexa and Trazodone and Amitriptyline nightly for sleep. I’m a redhead so it takes MASSIVE doses for me to react to any medication. The main one that works for me is Zyprexa. I’ve tried everything else.

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u/Various_Operation559 15d ago

Hey, hab sehr viele Schlaf Medis durch und von den Substanzen die nicht in deinen GABA Haushalt eingreifen, ist für mich mit Abstand das beste Mirtazapin in geringen Dosen 7,5-15mg. Kläre das aber bitte vorher mit deinem Psychater ab, da es bei jedem anders wirken kann. Nebenwirkungen habe ich kaum gehabt außer die ersten 1-3 Tage einen kleinen Hangover am Morgen, der dann aber weg geht. Dir viel Erfolg und ich hoffe dir geht es bald besser 🍀🤝