@fortune wrote:
Have any of you forumers taken Trazodone for sleeping or depression? Just wondered about side effects and problems when discontinuing this drug.
@fortune @fortune Trazodone is reported to have the same discontinuation syndrome as o SSRI medications. IT IS NOT AN SSRI, THOUGH.The package insert for it and the information at drugs. com which come from the PDR, FDA, and the pharma companies themselves had these discontinuation symptoms listed as a generalization for all SSRIs and not for Trazodone in particilar. I did not use Trazodne but I did withdraw from a different SSRI and it was horrible. I had sensations that are difficult to describe. My withdrawal continued for three weeks. I'll describe one symptom first. You know when you have been baking something really hot in the oven and you open the i en door and out your head down by the food and a giant, overwhelming heat comes out, surrounding you, burning your face and skin. That was one of the symptoms, only it didn't last for the brief amount of time that you get from the heat from the hot oven. It continued for three weeks. I also had strange feelings that felt like electric zaps you get when you get shocked from static electricity. I also had overall malaise, feeling horrible everywhere. I had twitches all over my body, especially in my fingers. My body's skin felt like it was on fire and the skin had strange crawling sensations. I had been on my SSRI at the time and I quit cold turkey because I didn't feel depressed anymore. My problem was that there were no warnings around about discontinuation syndrome back then and I quit cold turkey. I'm back on the same medication again but I will never quit without doctor support again. Unfortunately, doctors have no way of supressing the symptoms and they might come on even with slow tapering off of the medication. With all this being said, I do find help from my SSRI medication. I should add that not everyone undergoes discontinuation syndrome and the length of time you take any of the SSRI class of drugs can affect whether there will be a problem with discontinuation syndrome. I should also add that in my case, with my drug, my problem began around six or seven days after stopping the medication but the studies I will give you have an averatpge time at onset of four days. Different SSRIs are more likely than others to be accompanied by discontinuation syndrome and with the severity of symptoms. IF YOU LOOK AT THE INFORMATION ABOUT TRAZODONE, YOU CAN FIND OUT ABOUT ITS EFFECTS AND ABOUT DISCONTINUATION SYNDROME.
TRAZODONE at the FDA. Everything you could need to know.
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