Am I the only one who can appreciate trazodone? I take it for sleep mostly but itn sure relieves my anxiety. But I can only take 100mg at a time, if I take two, I'll puke them back right up. I usually wait 20 minutes. It does make you a bit hungry and your heartbeat will increase quite a bit.
All these people that hate on trazodone probably don't have serious anxiety issues like I do.
I have SERIOUS anxiety issues. I've been on so many meds for it I can't list them here, but this includes xanax scripts and I was on xanax XR for over a year at one point....
I've also been on 3 different anti-psychotics and numerous anti-depressants so I feel I have some room to talk here
trazodone did nothing for me except make me tired and make my pre-existing tinnitus even worse.
although, admittedly it was only prescribed to me for sleep, IMHO it was a terrible and nearly useless drug
I've had crippling anxiety to the point where it is damaging my life, my social life, jobs, etc... and continues to, ruin my life in general. Trazodone did nothing for it.
Things like meditation, exercise and obviously various illicit drugs help.... but trazodone?
I spent nearly 9 months of my life on Zyprexa and Risperdal (2nd gen antipsychotics) and even those didn't help much with anxiety.
I think a person in my situation needs to deal with anxiety with exercise, meditation and the psychological realization that anxiety is a POSITIVE TOOL in your life. Avoiding anxiety is avoiding LIFE. It can be a crippling fear in your life but it can also be an amazing building block if you confront it.
Anxiety, IMO, is not treatable with drugs. It's something you need to conquer in life. Sure, you can mask it with shit like benzo's and alcohol, but you're just masking it for the moment and making it worse.
Anxiety is not a bad thing no matter how much it seems like it. It's a tool disguised as terror. When you conquer anxiety you add a positive, strong aspect to your psyche - and that anxiety usually never returns (in that situation).
These are lessons I've learned over my time on earth.
I'm no angel... I still use drugs to help with anxiety... but I stick to my words, especially that anxiety is a tool disguised as terror. Slowly, over the years, I've learned to deal with anxiety better and confront it. You kinda need to take on a "I don't give a fuck" attitude if you get what I mean...
As someone who anxiety ruined their prime years, I wish you the best, brother. Good Luck!