SSRIs and Trazodone

Drug interaction between SSRIs (Prozac, Celexa, Paxil) and Trazodone

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• SSRI
• Trazodone
• Prozac
• Celexa
• Drug interaction
• Serotonin Syndrome

[IslandMonster69]

i'm taking celexa10mg and trazodone25mg(for sleep)...is it ok to only take trazodone when needed?

[resinmage]

@tanksta0wns your very stupid if you snort things up your nose, have fun destroying your brain and nasal cavaty

[dannyboidj1]

@laserjik how exactly are they bad for you? Thanks.

[spinemelter2000]

@thrh66 I've been on Paxil since 2005. My psychiatrist gave me a prescription for trazodone last week. It gave me probably every side effect possible, especially increased anxiety and depression, and I couldn't sleep at all. It wore off after several hours, but it was still such a miserable experience that I'm never going to take it again.

[MrGrevy]

@IslandMonster69 Clearly youtube is the proper place to address your concerns. It's always scary how stupid people such as you are out there.

[laserjik]

SSRIs are really bad for you!!

[ericsummey95]

But isn't there only 1 serotonin receptor trazadone is an agonist at? At least my cousin who is a pharmacist told me trazadone is an antagonist at the 5-HT1A, 5-HT2A, and 5-HT2C receptors.

[cyberwaffles]

@TitsandFish84 it hasn't done shit for me. i think anti-depressents are a joke. only 50% success rate and i bet a lot of it has to do with placebo effect or the fact that overtime you can become emotionally stable naturally. your brain and it's neuron paths change dramatically as you age, so overtime one can over come certain illnesses just due to the simple fact that your mind has changed.

[rickatart]

Hi I sleep from like 11 pm to 2 am and need something to get me back to sleep for a few more hours. I've been taking xanax the last 10 days at 2 am, (a .25 mg.) Is Trazadone good for that? I worry about the side effects (nightmares, sexual problems,etc)

[TheOn3LeftBehind]

@IslandMonster69 No. Has to be taken every day.

[TitsandFish84]

@TickleMehNancy -Hmm......might have to ask my doc about that.

[TickleMehNancy]

@TitsandFish84 most people don't use trazodone for depression. the dose for depression is 300-600mg. the lower doses are used for sleep as higher doses don't cause sleepiness.