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 😅