mishas
23-04-18, 08:42
Hello friends. After 2 years of taking Effexor 75mg at night + Trazodone 15 in the AM + 75mg in the PM , I've started tapering off Trazodone because I want to get myself in a state where I can have kids if I decided to in the next 1-2-3 years.
My pdoc put me on the following plan:
days 1 and 2 - nothing in the AM, 75mg traz and 75 effexor in the PM. 1/2 of 25mg Atarax in the AM, 1 pill 25mg in the PM.
days 3 and 4, same as the above, cutting down traz to 50mg in the PM
days 5 and 6 - same as above, cutting down traz to 25mg in the PM
from day 7 onwards - no trazodone
I didn't take the Atarax at all apart from 1/2 of 25mg at night. I was pretty much fine until day 4 when I started getting side effects - nausea, increased anxiety. Days 5,6 and now it's been 4 days off of traz - I can barely sleep. I have strong tingling in my body and I don't feel good at all. Pdoc advised me to move effexor to the AM and if I still have issues sleeping, that i have to take trazodone and wean off more gradually.
Has anyone else been on this combo and tapered off Trazodone successfully? I was feeling so positive a week ago and now I'm feeling sh*t!! :( :(
---------- Post added at 10:42 ---------- Previous post was at 10:30 ----------
After talking to my pdoc and complaining about how I feel he said to go back to trazodone but take 50% of what I did in the beginning , and also to go see him tomorrow for a new plan..
So now it's 12.5mg in the AM and 38mg in the PM.
Of course now I feel like a baby and wondering whether to be tough and stick to my trazodone-less plan or not put myself through so much misery and taper off more gradually.. but then what if the gradual tapering is equally difficult..
My pdoc put me on the following plan:
days 1 and 2 - nothing in the AM, 75mg traz and 75 effexor in the PM. 1/2 of 25mg Atarax in the AM, 1 pill 25mg in the PM.
days 3 and 4, same as the above, cutting down traz to 50mg in the PM
days 5 and 6 - same as above, cutting down traz to 25mg in the PM
from day 7 onwards - no trazodone
I didn't take the Atarax at all apart from 1/2 of 25mg at night. I was pretty much fine until day 4 when I started getting side effects - nausea, increased anxiety. Days 5,6 and now it's been 4 days off of traz - I can barely sleep. I have strong tingling in my body and I don't feel good at all. Pdoc advised me to move effexor to the AM and if I still have issues sleeping, that i have to take trazodone and wean off more gradually.
Has anyone else been on this combo and tapered off Trazodone successfully? I was feeling so positive a week ago and now I'm feeling sh*t!! :( :(
---------- Post added at 10:42 ---------- Previous post was at 10:30 ----------
After talking to my pdoc and complaining about how I feel he said to go back to trazodone but take 50% of what I did in the beginning , and also to go see him tomorrow for a new plan..
So now it's 12.5mg in the AM and 38mg in the PM.
Of course now I feel like a baby and wondering whether to be tough and stick to my trazodone-less plan or not put myself through so much misery and taper off more gradually.. but then what if the gradual tapering is equally difficult..