Trittico ( Trazodone ) wthdrawal symptoms (?) Advice appreciated!

[TomPlatz]

Hey!i hope you are all doing well!

2 months ago , i began taking trittico ( 75mg at night).

I decided to stop it. 2 reasons.

1) I m doing pretty well and dont want to depend on meds

2) I am an athlete. so the slight fear of gaining weight , is very important.

the last few weeks of taking trazodone, i noticed that my sleep was not good.

So i thought , how more bad can it be , once I stop it.

Im off for 1 week now, and my insomnia has gone out of hand, Cant even fall asleep. not to mention to stay asleep. Like I have super energy!

Are those trazodone withdrawl symptoms? Should I persist, since I cut off trazodone for 1 week?

thanx in advance!!!

[gaqke10]

I have been on trazodone (50 mg) for about 18 years. It does help me fall asleep, and if I forget to take it, I can't fall asleep. I don't seem to have any negative effects from it. Recently I decided to try to cut back on it a little bit at a time. For the past month I have cut off a little chip from each pill, so I'm taking about 45 mg. instead of 50. So far , so good. I still fall asleep.

Another factor for me is hypothyroidism. If I'm not taking enough thyroid, I start waking up

earlier and earlier, like 3:30, then 2:30, then 1:30. If I'm taking too much I wake up and stay awake. So I have to adjust my thyroid dose a little from time to time, probably because I also

have Graves' antibodies and I vary between being a little hyper and a little hypo (Hashimoto's).

And then there is the prednisone effect. I am on 6 mg right now. I take 5.5 mg at 8 AM and save .5 mg for dinner time. I found out that if I do this, I don't wake up at 4 AM.

[TomPlatz in reply to gaqke10]

thanx for the reply!! i have Hasi too! no meds subscribed, for now....