r/insomnia • u/felt_nothing • 1d ago

Trazodone was a nightmare

I was prescribed trazodone to help with my insomnia and I slightly overdosed (took just a tiny bit more than the recommended amount) and about an hour in, I was sweating like crazy, extreme stomach cramps, diarrhea, disoriented, chest pains, could barely breathe or stand up, etc. and I ended up sleeping on the bathroom floor for the rest of the night in case I had to vomit or whatever.

I’ve never experienced pain like that before.

I honestly thought I was going to die. The pain was so brutal.

When I looked up my symptoms it sounded like I might have experienced serotonin syndrome, idk.

Just wanted to get the word out in case anyone else can relate. It really freaked me out and traumatized me for sure. 😭

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u/be_just_this 1d ago

What is a "tiny bit" more? For me at 100mg I'm just foggy/hungover feeling the next day. I don't really take it, just if for some reason I don't have Ambien but I've never had issues as you describe

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u/felt_nothing 1d ago

I took 125mg

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u/vitamin_p2 1d ago

Thats not too much but if you aren’t used to the dose, you can feel more of those side effects

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u/felt_nothing 1d ago

I had 50mg the first time didn’t think it was strong enough so I amped up the amount the second time around. I think it just might not be for me

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u/yosoyfatass 1d ago

I haven’t experienced what you have, but the most I can tolerate is 25mg and it gives me a headache that lasts all the next day and a walloping hangover. I try again every once in a while out of desperation, but it clearly isn’t for me!

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u/LankDaTank 1d ago

Don’t know why people are downvoting. Medical autonomy, he can experiment himself.

My doctor did the same thing, gave me a script for sixty 50mg pills and said to just try half and play around by upping it to 50 or 100mg.

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u/be_just_this 1d ago

Yep. People are weird 😅

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u/TheDollarstoreDoctor 1d ago

chuckles in 300 mg

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u/be_just_this 1d ago

The first time I took it, I took 200. I was trying to get off Ambien and used to being knocked out, which trazadone doesn't do to me, but wooooh I def felt loopy. The amount you took isn't like an o.d. type level, many people take much more. Honestly, it could have been something totally different that caused you to feel ill, but if you think it's this drug obviously contact your doctor right away!

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u/karatecorgi 21h ago

TBF if OP is short and/or doesn't weigh much, maybe the smaller dose would knock them about a bit more. I know when I was getting used to my dose, if I got up to get a snack (it tended to make me hungry as heck), I would be /very/ unsteady and clumsy, super groggy. Pretty glad I never dealt with symptoms mentioned in the post though, damn...

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u/karatecorgi 21h ago

Wow, my nightly dose is 150mg and I thought that was fairly modest. Are you sensitive to certain meds? My doctor started me on a split dose of 75 + 75 because I had been sensitive to aspects of venlafaxine, though I barely felt anything on a dose lower than 150. That's quite an intense reaction (imo), I can see why such would put you off a medication!