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Quitting Trazodone

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Jack052
Jack052

I have been trying to quit taking trazodone for a couple of weeks. I have been experiencing many more bowel movements than normal.  I also feel that my legs feel like they have electricity running through them. I am staying active by the grace of God by fast walking and that is helping me.

 I also take magnesium tablets and an herbal sleep aid plus melatonin.

Does anybody else have a similar experience?

Thank you for any of your ideas or suggestions.

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  • elaine_48213
    elaine_48213 Jack052

    Posted

    Hi Jack

    I too am tapering off Trazadone. It's hell. Anxiety and panic attacks and a general unwell feeling. I'm helping myself by listening to relaxation videos on YouTube, taking the homeopathic remedy aconite to calm the panic, eating 3 meals a day, walking, yoga and meditation. I'm treating coming off this horrible drug like a full time project. Happy to exchange messages with you, we can support each other through this. 

    • me86638
      me86638 elaine_48213

      Posted

       i am so scared i cannot go out o house or bathe or anything a doctor put me on Remeron, 100 mg of trazodone, and 300 mg of gabapention 3 times a day!!  I need help
    • michael92759
      michael92759 me86638

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      Did you ever get off Remeron? I'm on 30mg, and when i try to taper off i get HORRIBLE DEBILITATING PANIC ANXIETY, but Remeron has caused me terrible side effects, I can't function with it and I can't Sleep without it.

      My Doctor is wanting to taper me off Remeron slowly, 30mg to 22.5mg, then 15, then 7.5mg. Also, starting me on Gabapaten 300mg too for the anxiety. My Psychiatrist has me take 25mg of Seroquel for sleep as i try to taper. I have not tried Gabapaten yet, IDK if it will work for my panic anxiety, or if my anxiety will just get better as i come off Remeron.

      I FEEL LIKE I AM LIVING IN HELL

  • Lolasmom
    Lolasmom Jack052

    Edited

    Oh boy, so glad I found this discussion.

    I started Traz Nov /16  at 75 mg.  I was also taking Klonopin .  This was giving to me for anxiety.

    I am now weaning off the Traz since  March/17.   Not a pleasant experience.   I also  within that period of time started having SVT, and had an unsuccessful ablation. The EP specialist thought because of the Klonopin I was taking he could not find the irregular circuit.  At That time I was not yet on the Traz.

    Anyways, I started the weaning of Traz and have dropped the dose mostly monthly,  From 75mg to 50mg to 37mg to 25mg to 16mg to 12mg to 8mg to 4mg to 2mg   to 0mg this past week.

    I found the drops at 50mg, 37mg, 25mg etc.  much easier than the smaller drops..  Just the worst thing 

    My legs would feel weak and jittery, I have severe stomach issues with bloating, has, burping with heart palps

    Also the anxiety has been through the roof.  

    I am determined to do this, but it is just so very hard as I am so sensitive to this crap

    Sleeping was never a problem.

    Just wondered if anyone can relate.  

    • elaine_48213
      elaine_48213 Lolasmom

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      Hi Lolasmom, 

      Yes, coming off this stuff is very unpleasant- but also determined to do that. I had no idea how sedated i was until I went back to work- i was on 250mg. I'm now down to 50mg as have been reducing every couple of weeks. Here in the UK we can only get drug in 50 mg doses- or the liquid but it is a palaver to get. So I'm on a fairly aggressive dosing down. The anxiety has been the worst it's ever been and I'm annoyed that something that was prescribed to help is now making me feel so ill. I will never take a psychoactive drug again, this has been a very frightening experience 

    • Lolasmom
      Lolasmom elaine_48213

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      Oh Elaine, you should so much like me.   All I have is a 50 mg pill, so it has been a challenge cutting iy up. I took a piece of papter and encircled the pill and then marked it off even down to the 2 mg..

      Oh boy do have been aggressive. I could never do that.

      Can you tell me exactly what you have experienced.  I have had so many things.

      Even prior to taking this crap, It would start the moment my eyes are open.   Mt brain goes from one thing to another, Just stupid thoughts that have nothing to do with anything.

      I have the weak jittery legs,   stomach upset, bowels issues.  Numbness in certain parts of my body,  terrible facial pressure that plugs my ear and makes me all off balance., Whatever I eat, I get bloating, gas and burping that cause heart flutters,.....and the list goes on.

      Alot of this I had prior to taking these meds, so I had trouble knowing whether it is withdrawls or my anxiety getting worse.

      I just want to believe it is withdrawls,   and I still have .125 mg of Clonezepam to get rid of too.

      It is so hard as I have no one that understands what I am going through ( except one wonderful friend I correspond with through email as she lives in a different country)

      My family look at me like I have 3 heads........

      I am 2 days without ant Traz

      do you experience waves and window?

    • elaine_48213
      elaine_48213 Lolasmom

      Posted

      Hi Lolasmom,

      We can help each other through this- you are not alone. I don't think family can understand no matter how much they love us. My family know nothing of this, it's a decision i made. My friends are the ones getting me through this. This might sound a bit odd but could you perhaps go to a 12 step meeting? The fellowship i get there is my strength. I've been applying the principles of the programme to weaning myself off this horrible drug. I hadn't heard of waves and windows- yes i do get them on a daily basis. Mornings are the worst- it takes a super natural amount of determination to get up and in the shower. I'm a nervous wreck but i pray"in god i trust i will not fear". In terms of withdrawal symptoms:

      - buzzing at back of head 

      - difficultly reading and concentrating 

      - difficulty "being in" a conversation 

      - pins and needles 

      - shaking hands

      - pressure in ear

      - feeling like i need to go to the bathroom a lot

      - lethargy

      - loss of appetite 

      - loss of self confidence and the list goes on. 

      I have lost a lot of weight- I'm forcing myself to eat 3 meals a day and watching my sugar intake. I walk a lot, i feet better out in the cool air. 

      At all times i remind myself that this is withdrawal and it will get better. We can do this. 

    • me86638
      me86638 Lolasmom

      Posted

      my meds were changed and now i am so afraid of everything and i cant sleep, took me off xanaz of 1 mg 4 times daily in less then a week.  Psychiatrist wanted me to getoff it on the outside but i cried to some counselor, dont know why,  i could have left there on cymbalta, xanax and trazodone for sleep ,which doesnt work for me instead of gaba pentin, remeron and trazodone.  i cant do anything haven't been out of the house afraid  i need help bad and i am afraid nobody will help me,  then on top of it all i followed up with our county and not the person that put me on the rexulti(yes, i was on that too before i went in) 

    • Lolasmom
      Lolasmom me86638

      Posted

      Is there not someone you can go and discuss these changes?  That sounds like far to quick to come off Xanax.  Way to fast.   I was on trazodone and it took me 9 months to come off a very low dose,  and I came off Klonapin slowly too.  As of now, I am not taking anything

      I would think you are experiencing withdrawal from the zanax

      Explain what you are feeling mentally and physically.  What about your family doctor?

    • me86638
      me86638 Lolasmom

      Posted

      i know it is  i should have just stayed on it and let someone on the out side take me off, but i was afraid of being addicted and all i heard her say about the other meds was help with sleep andpain help (gaba pentin) which i am in a mental facility and shouldnt have paid attention to it dumb and biggest mistake of my life then going back to the community mental health afterwards he wouldnt help me get off of this crap after he knew i wasnt doing good  i shouldn't have put down my other psychiatrist but i thought i kinda had to go with them seeings thats where i went to get evaluated cuz i am seeing one of their therapist, not sure why  it just seems ive done everything wrong in this situation  

    • me86638
      me86638 Lolasmom

      Posted

      how did you get the message sent to my email address
    • michael92759
      michael92759 Lolasmom

      Posted

      Did your waves and windows go away?

      I start tapering off Mirtazapine soon and the panic anxiety i experience when i dropped my dose for just one day was unbearable. I hoping things get better with time... I feel trapped, stuck taking Mirtz that makes me feel god awful, or drop dosage and experience debilitating withdrawals and lose my job and my home.

      I only see death as an ends to this hell

  • me86638
    me86638 Jack052

    Posted

    the doctor has put me on 100 mg of this terrible drug along with Remeron  terrible choice i am scared to go out of the house bathe, etc oh and they also put me on gabapentin 3 times a day of 300 mg  WHY   I NEED HELP
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