Question

Is Trazodone a good sleeping pill?

Does Trazodone work good for helping a person get to sleep when they have insomnia?

Answer 1

Trazodone can be a good sleeping pill to help with insomnia and improve sleep if taken at a high dose as an antidepressant but you should speak with your doctor before taking a higher dose of the Trazodone.

Normally Trazodone is taken along with another medicine for insomnia.

Speak with your doctor before increasing the dose of Trazodone or any other medicine.

Try taking some over the counter sleep aids or other herbs to help cure your insomnia first though.

Answer 2

The Trazodone medication is used to treat depression.

It may help to improve your mood, appetite, and energy level as well as decrease anxiety and insomnia related to depression.

Trazodone works by helping to restore the balance of a certain natural chemical (serotonin) in the brain.

While not recommended the first line of treatment against insomnia, trazodone can be a highly effective sleep aid.

If you haven't had much luck with behavioral therapy or other types of medication from Ambien to Valium, you could find some benefit from trying trazodone.

Although trazodone was designed to treat depression and anxiety disorders, the medication is now widely prescribed as a nighttime sleep aid for patients who suffer from acute insomnia.

Trazadone works to promote sleep in a few different ways.

It is an antidepressant that makes people tired.

It increases serotonin levels to improve your mood and acts as an antihistamine similar to Benadryl, making you drowsy.