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Dose of trazadone if I want sleep only

Volcano

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My mom's got a bunch of these things. I normally get Somas from her but she's at the point she can't give any more without coming up short before the Rx can be refilled so she gave me some trazadone.

I only take Soma for sleeping, never took it to get fucked up as many do.


What's the regular dose of traz if you're just looking for it's sleepy effects. I know it's pretty powerful because I took 2 about 10 years ago as a kid looking to get high and I passed out for 12 hours. Just can't remember the mg
 
If I take 100mg of trazodone i'm knocked out for at least 14 hours. Even then, it's a struggle to get up.
I'd take 50mg, but i wouldn't guarantee my advice. The last time I tried it, I bucked back about a quarter of a pill to pass me out while I was coming down from meth. It didn't -quite- do the job, i'm yet to determine whether this is because i insufflated it or because of the low dosage.

btw, don't snort it.
 
^definitely don't snort it.

I would probably recommend starting at 25-50mg. I've taken 100mg for sleep without a tolerance but I feel this dose was gratuitous and increased the hangover-esque next morning effects.

Since this is a basic dosing question I'm going to send it to BDD. Best of luck to ya.


---> BDD
 
just an update on the insufflation, i just bucked back about 10mg i had laying around just because i was talkin' about it. i wasn't tired at all a few minutes ago, but i could doze off right about now. could be chalked up to placebo, but i'm not one to fall for that.

still, don't snort it. i've just got a nasty habit of insufflating almost anything that comes my way.

add: definitely not a placebo. night bluelight :D
 
give it a shot with a lower dose 25-75 mg
I was taking 100mg RX for chronic insomnia
but definitely start lower if you can (dunno what size pills you have)
just take it orally, no point to doing otherwise
 
i usually take 100mg. my doc says i can take 150 or more if i really cant sleep. 50mg doesnt really make me sleepy. do not snort.
 
Just an update on this, I have the 150mg that are scored in 3 and I've just been taking 1 score (50mg) and along with my 1mg Klonopin it does a good job of getting me to sleep and keeping me there.
 
Good to hear you found a nice dose. I'd say no need to use any more then. I was told by my doc to up my dose form 50 to 100 to finally 150. eventually I ran out of them and decided they weren't worth refilling as they weren't helping me enough.
 
With Trazadone, 25-50mg is a good starting dose, and it looks like you found a dose that works. It isn't uncommon for a doc to prescribe a "second" "as needed/prn" dose (again, low, 25-50) to be given if the 1st one is ineffective after an hour or two in the hospital setting. You just have to tread carefully, Trazadone really knocks some people on their ass. Less is always better to start with!!
 
Forgot to add, i have a pt at work who takes 300mg at bedtime and it barely touches him. But he has crazy tolerances...he takes 100mg methadone a day, along with 80 OC twice a day and high dise IR Morphine every 2 hours as needed for breakthru pain 9which he pretty much takes every 2 hours on the nose).

I'd be in the fetal position and no doubt needing an adult diaper. Wow.
 
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