When taking Trazodone for sleep, how long does it take to take effect?
Answer:
take 30 minutes to an hour before desired sleep, it should kick in within that time frame.
weell first whenI got it I felt very very weird, i liked it though, everything was sooo colorful, and beautiful, everyone was laughing and smilinfg to me, AND THEN I RELAIZED I took extacy, so maybe should try that
When I take Trazadone for sleep, it works in about 5 to 10 minutes. I have to go right to bed because it makes me somewhat dizzy.
It takes about 30 minutes. If you take it on an empty stomach, it might make you nauseated. If you take it with a glass of milk or after eating a snack, it doesn't hit your stomach as hard and it will help you sleep a bit longer.
Trazodone is a non-toxic anti-depressant that has a useful side-effect: It causes drowsiness, and people don’t get tolerant to this effect. Because fluoxetine slows the rate that the liver breaks down trazodone, much lower doses are needed for sleep by patients on fluoxetine than people who are not on fluoxetine.
A review of the evidence for the efficacy and safety of trazodone in insomnia.
Mendelson WB.
Source: J Clin Psychiatry 66(4):469-76, 2005.
Objective: Trazodone, a triazolopyridine antidepressant, is currently the second most commonly prescribed agent for the treatment of insomnia due to its sedating qualities. Given trazodone's widespread use, a careful review of the literature was conducted to assess its efficacy and side effects when given for treatment of insomnia.
Data Synthesis: Evidence for the efficacy of trazodone in treating insomnia is very limited; most studies are small, conducted in populations of depressed patients, raise issues of design, and often lack objective efficacy measures. Side effects associated with trazodone are not inconsequential, with a high incidence of discontinuation due to side effects, such as sedation, dizziness, and psychomotor impairment, which raise particular concern regarding its use in the elderly. There is also some evidence of tolerance related to use of trazodone.
Conclusion: Given the relative absence of efficacy data in patients with insomnia and the adverse events associated with trazodone's use in general, it is uncertain whether the risk/benefit ratio warrants trazodone's use in nondepressed patients with insomnia.
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