Side Effects
Works well at 50 mg. However, cannot take more than 3 to 4 days per week. Otherwise, mental functioning affected. I alternate with temazepam as needed for chronic insomnia. Regimen works really well and is really cheap.

Additional Thoughts

Side Effects
anxiety/irritability upon awakening

Additional Thoughts
The anxiety upon awakening (which from my own research comes from the metabolite) was improved slightly when I kept dropping the dose. I got down to around 10 mg -- yes, that's 10, not 100-- which still knocked me out thru the night, but even at that level the anxiety would not disappear upon awakening. The drug served a purpose when used intermittently over a year since the benefit of better sleep outweighed the anxiety effects, but I'm past the insomnia need now and so have discontinued use. As an aside, I sometimes have severe hayfever reactions at night, and have been using 5-10 mg Claritin at bedtime; strangely, it also seems to help my sleep (the "non-drowsy" claim notwithstanding) and doesn't result in the intense hangover you get from Benadryl.

Side Effects
I'm a woman, and I had priapism-it was AWFUL!!! It also didn't help me sleep. I'd be exhausted and feel so tired, but I still couldn't get to sleep.

Additional Thoughts
There are newer drugs that work much better.

Side Effects
TERRIBLE side effects: I was told my my doctor to take one to three 100 mg per night. The first night I took 1 pill and several hours later I was still wide awake so I took a second one (I did eat before and after I took it). I woke up extremely dizzy, migraine-like headache, and nearly 10 hours after taking the second pill I had extreme nausea and vomited 4 times. Have been dizzy, unsteady on my feet, had headache, extremely fatigued, poor vision, heart palpitations, dry mouth, hangover feelings though I have never been drunk so I don't experientially know what an alcohol-induced hangover is like.

Additional Thoughts
My Psychiatric NP wants me to cut back to 50mg for 3 nights and then gradually increase the dosage, but I will speak to her again, because I don't want to ever take it again. I have been taking seroquel 100mg for sleeping (I also am treated for major depression with Wellbutrin 450mg a day, 20 mg Lexapro). Because of extreme financial stress, my NP was suggesting me quit Seroquel and start trazodone to save monty. I have already had so many other health challenges in the past three years that I don't want to mess around with this any more. I have been unable to do anything at all today--having to stay in bed all day. I hate trazodone with a passion!!!!

Side Effects
just some dry mouth during the first month. and lengthy sleep, with long, memorable and pleasant dreams [finally!] this is the mildest psychiatric drug i've been on.

Additional Thoughts
i had never ever slept well until i started trazodone at 50mg. my psychiatrist prescribed this in hopes that "the mild antidepressant qualities" might also help. didn't do anything for my depression, but then again, i was later diagnosed bipolar, which doesn't respond to antidepressants alone. since i started trazodone, i do sleep much more than usual [10-12 hours is not uncommon for me]. but i also still have severe depression [which involves sleep disturbance] and i work late nights. i don't go to bed until at least 4am and don't have to work until 6pm, so no wonder i sleep all the time. i love it.