Rare Trazodone Adverse Reaction | An Interview with James

[@rosesRred2400]

The polydrugging that James mentions is SO very common in this city! I happen to live in the same city he mentions and have been ruined by years of polyphparming. The GP's and psychiatrists in this city are all about writing prescriptions for multiple psych meds at the same time and when the patient complains of side effects, they say it's psychosomatic. I've seen numerous doctors trying to get help to taper the meds. and nobody believes me that it can be THIS bad. I am debilitated and homebound because of the w/d sxs. These meds have ruined me and my family life!

[@SimeonKirilovX]

I'm a victim of poly-drug too. My life is completely ruined. PSSD included and I can't even have a normal life or a family and I'm just 26.

[@JasonBrown-dd7dj]

You right my friend psychiatrist who speak out are ostracized.

[@newjerseydevil6115]

It's like that where I live too. The healthcare is scary here or lack of it.

[@rdallas81]

​@@newjerseydevil6115get off of the drugs. Everyone wants some quick fix, the real fux is Diet, and exercising.

[@Y-gz8mg]

​@@SimeonKirilovXI didn't even know about PSSD until recently. It's not right what they did if they didn't explain possible side effects. I started on meds when I was 23 and I'm still on them at 50. I suffer from ED and and it's not fair to my wife. How did you you manage getting through SSRI or other med withdrawals? I'm on valium, Zoloft and imipramine. I took trazadone and a variety of others through the years. Have you checked your testosterone levels and or tried testosterone injections?

[@davidsplan4409]

I appreciate the doctors description of the fear state and symptoms of protracted withdrawal. The feeling of "no hope" is constant as well. Only these videos give me a little hope.

[@sl4983]

Oh my gosh, do they really give that feeling?

[@davidsplan4409]

I have a masters plus 40 in public health education and taught for 28 years. So where I live there aren't doctor and a PA had no idea. You called me and gave me information and yo ur slow taper video is helpful. i do wonder if night time gummie bears that i think help me get thru the day might be contradicted with all the detox after truiple bypass.@@sl4983

[@freedomwarrior5087]

Good luck with your detox and hopefully you learned your lesson to stay away from these mainstream psychopaths.

[@SofaKingShit]

Like living in a haunted house on the edge of a shooting range waiting for an execution.

[@22sevier]

I can relate to the chemical terror/constant fear state. I’m protracted after coming off klonapin over 2 years ago and I barely leave my house. I wish the medical community recognized psych med injuries. 😢

[@JasonBrown-dd7dj]

It's criminal psychiatrist that speak out are ostracized the pharmaceutical CEOs should be jailed

[@ministryofpeacekmk]

🙏🏻❤

[@claireh.7605]

I have the constant fear/terror state from coffee and yet I don’t quit because as soon as I feel normal I go back to drinking it because I need to stop the dysphasia and get the euphoria back

[@newjerseydevil6115]

I barely leave my bed these days after 9 months of CT Alprazolam.

[@sl4983]

@@newjerseydevil6115 what's "CT alprazolam"?

[@Q1776Q]

Off topic a bit...but I was at the Animal Shelter a few weeks ago and the lady there told me they put ALL their dogs on Trazadone and they must be slowly weaned off of it when you adopt them... UNBELIVABLE!!!!!

[@steph7960]

That is horrendous. To think they shut these poor animals in cells on their own, traumatised and for an easier life for the staff, drug them up? And they can't even express how they feel?😭 imagine what the adopters go through?

[@darlenebradley6756]

😵🤯

[@Mila_Brearey]

The use of veterinary trazedone should also be brought to light!! The amount of humans suffering is unbelievable ... but we should also speak up for those who can't - the helpless animals!

[@Q1776Q]

@@Mila_Brearey 100% !!!

[@steph7960]

@@Mila_Brearey absolutely. If this is the experimental witchcraft they re doing on humans, God only knows the suffering they re inflicting on animals who are unable to express themselves. We attempt to express ourselves...and even then we get gaslighted.

[@smooth_pursuit]

LEDs are truly awful; the old full spectrum incandescent lights were much easier on the eyes and nervous system

[@steph7960]

No doubt something else the dark overlords have produced to damage us.🤨

[@notfree2899]

And they are coming straight at you all the time as you drive at night, they are damaging eyes and causing accidents.

[@allenschmitz9644]

How about a lil' laser light scare crow!

[@hollybrabeau]

We learned not to trust medical professionals due to the astounding effect of having our bodies in ketosis. They know nothing of how food effects the human body. My sister has been able to get rid of IBS, migraines, and lessen the effects of hereditary copro porphyria just by not eating seed oils, sugar and 20g or less of carbs that come from veggies. She eats more meat. Please consider this diet.

[@MOAB-UT]

Finally- a smart person in here! Thank you for your comment. I have done this approach after healing a brain injury and it works! I learned the brain needs healthy fats- so I ate mostly that. BMI is a low 21. I am old and yesterday I ran 11.5 mph at the gym which is pretty fast! My goal is 12 mph. A HUGE factor, having studied this topic now for years is to avoid, yes sugar and seed oils and fruit, but also anything that will create inflammation/inflamm"aging." Are there any good books that you can recommend? I liked Young Foever- Dr. Hyman. Metabolical- Lustig, MD was great too. He talks about the Flexner Report. It basically states that they are doing this to us on purpose. They are to follow a treatment only model- never prevention in order to make more money. They admit it! Doctors can lose licenses if they try to actually help. Functional Docs like Hyman are great but not covered by insurance.

[@lauravella2025]

Carnivore !!! Yes ! It’s how I eat now ! … ❤

[@lauravella2025]

@@MOAB-UTcheck out Dr Berry as well if you haven’t , he is a carnivore and his wife (keto) … he wrote a book LIES MY DR TOLD ME . They both are amazing and educated me so much on the world of eating carnivore, it is life changing !

[@MOAB-UT]

@@lauravella2025 You look pretty fit. Are you healthy mentally and physically? If Carnivore, the answer is likely YES!

[@Pippypapoose227]

What annoys me is the government is in such objection to pain killers and Real sleeping pills but these meds can cause a cyclone of side effects and they feel no need to have a heavier hand of prescribing psych meds. I was once prescribed trazadone and it made me feel like I was completely going crazy and manic and Zoloft made me completely spaced out. These meds can cause serious side effects and coming of too quickly can be life threatening. Which they should tell everyone up front.

[@mem1701movies]

Amen. These a-hole druggies have ruined it for people not wanting to be in pain responsibly. But they’ll throw these other pills at you.

[@HappyQuailsLC]

But they flatter themselves by ramping up your rate of discontinuation when you need them at the time when they need to take stock of your entire medical profile when it is being impactful. It's easier to blame the medicine and double down on a rate of reduction, to the clear detriment of the patient, to which they turn a blind eye, as not to "be wrong".

[@sl4983]

Doctors are constantly pushing psych meds.

[@sarahjaye4117]

Exactly 😢 😞

[@KlausSchwab-uq9sl]

trazodone makes me relaxed instantly

[@darlenebradley6756]

My compliments and praise to James for participating in this interview! His courage and candor are an inspiration and helpful to others in the same situations.

[@johnbillings5260]

I was on it for 6-7 years taking anywhere from 50-150mg for sleep. It only lasted for a couple of hours before I would wake up and be up the rest of the night. I was able to go off of them when I started cannabis. It still helps me sleep the whole night 4 years on.

[@frederickmuhlbauer9477]

Amazing Great news brother

[@sl4983]

What form of cannabis?

[@sarahjaye4117]

Thats great about canna, no strain helps me sleep i just binge eat all night

[@KlausSchwab-uq9sl]

yeah but cannabis can put the breaks on your dreams and that is not beneficial in the long run. believe i smoked and ate lots of weed. i began having psychotic symptoms. and i began night eating to the extreme. glad it helps you.

[@fatimakajtazovic7246]

👏🙏👍

[@stevie_89]

I have been completely incapacitated with these symptoms and 24/7 veritgo and imbalance since weaning lexapro. One eye is constantly buzzing, cant look at leaves, trees, lights, stripes and more. It's a nightmare and there is no help. I have seen 4psychiatrists, 2 neuros, more specialists. Every day I wish it was over. When i reinstated i got akathisia. I have to get off lex bc of ssri induced bipolar, i am in an actual catastrophic disaster with this.

[@claireh.7605]

Do you drink coffee? I do and I seems to have convinced with Lexapro withdrawal for a super bad effect

[@stevie_89]

@@claireh.7605 I switched to decaf about 6 months ago, but I still have several cups a day and recently found out there is still some caffeine in it, so I should probably stop. Did stopping help you with these type of symptoms?

[@SimmsMillFarm]

I'm sorry you're dealing with that. My doc gave me Lexapro for mild, occasional anxiety and said it would help with my blood pressure too! I tired it for a week and it made me so tired I couldn't hardly function. I made it through the days but I told her no way I'm taking anymore of that crap.

[@stevie_89]

@@SimmsMillFarm good decision !

[@freedomwarrior5087]

Go see a FUNCTIONAL doctor. Doing the same thing over and over with the same disastrous results is the definition of insanity. If you took the mRNA covid shot now you have a hell of a lot of problems. Good luck.

[@alessandrabarskey1284]

Thank you so much for this interview, I am from Brazil but have an american citizenship, so I work in the US. My mother is having a serious issue with anxiety and panic attack, my sister took her to the doctors, and they prescribed trazedone recently. As soon as she told me,I told her to stop. I work as a dog groomer, and when the aggressive dogs takes trazedone, they get very sleepy, can not stand, so i told my sister no way i will agree with my mom to take trazedone and now after this interview and the comments I am reading, I am more sure that Trazedone is bad!

[@TerrieJohnson731]

I've been poly drugged for decades age 61, off all but the last mg of klo. I'm going off it as slow as possible soon. I have Protracted injury. I'm not afraid to heal and I will believe 🙏

[@michele21auntiem]

Me too, down to breaking the .50mg in half once a day. 4:30 am and had no sleep yet.

[@oldbutstillyoung2170]

People need to learn how to manage their stress and emotions without drugs. Note that I'm not criticizing this man. In fact, he says repeatedly that he had always tried to avoid pharmaceuticals before getting involved with the antidepressants etc. But please, people: realize that the pharmaceutical companies want people to be chronically sick and chronically medicated. It's their business plan.

[@KlausSchwab-uq9sl]

its hard when you cant function and therapy doesnt do shit. some of us cant even be with other people cuz of anxiety. its a double edged sword....

[@estelled389]

Absolutely 💯

[@estelled389]

​​@@KlausSchwab-uq9sl You think your anxiety is scary ..that's a walk in the park .

[@KlausSchwab-uq9sl]

@@estelled389 xcuse me do we know eachother?

[@sharonbice7490]

I got put on antidepressants for spine problems. This what they prescribe for pain these days, to destroy us and our health, to prescribe more . 😢

[@singstreetcar5881]

These drugs cause diabetes

[@mem1701movies]

True

[@Dabne5587]

Diabetes, neuropathy, tardive dysphoria, tardive diskinesia, tardive akathisia, Pssd, loss of emotions, brain damages, loss of vison, muscle atrophy, MCAS, and 100 other permanent damages

[@olivier-pierredebelmont.3630]

Neuropathy,that 'certain!!!!😢

[@KlausSchwab-uq9sl]

those are more the tryciclics and antipsychotics i thought? i did had some mild akathisia on venlafacxine

[@veganaise2383]

These drugs made my ex a vegetable. Child-like.

[@steveburnett2019]

SSRIs like Zoloft can actually cause insomnia among many other side effects.

[@RobinDS-m1g]

Awesome intelligent conversation! Touched on so many life issues there, as well as medication ones... both shared a lot of wisdom, beyond some of the weird side effects of trazadone (I experienced some pretty bizarre respiratory depression in the night on that one - like you awake in the middle of the night and have to tell yourself to breathe again - got off that and the symptom/side effect went away luckily... other stuff, but not that).

[@SunnyCarnivore]

I went through that and also they put me on seraquil before I knew it was an antipsychotics and had an allergic reaction where my nose clogged up couldn't breath. I went off of it all but many years later I was watching a near death experience video and the woman had the same reaction to seraquil and died from respiratory depression; she came back but I was not surprised and I did tell my doctor of my concerns but he brushed it off.l so I just stopped taking it and these drugs also cause dry mouth which causes tooth decay.

[@RobinDS-m1g]

wow@@SunnyCarnivore ... crazy isn't it!... plus I got the same issue re the dry mouth, likely mostly due to sleeping tablets which over time has semi-ruined my teeth as insufficient saliva to help keep your mouth healthy. the dry mouth consequences are rarely touched on by doctors/psychs. It's catch22 though because without a sleeping medication, the brain just stays in the on position no matter how exhausted I might be can go several days at a time without any sleep - maybe 2 or 3 hours every third day and nil sleep in between, which is shocking for your health, and a frustrating torture, so have to choose lesser of 2 evils and wishing you never had to start on meds. in the first place!

[@agilli5388]

Dr. Healy has good info on weird vision problems and has a name for it- I forgot. Dr you should contact him.

[@noelgillett346]

Dr. Josef is something of a genius, that is when it comes to concealing his duper's delight.

[@DQ_Mine]

It is a sign of intelligence to NOT trust medical professionals.

[@LionelColes-wp6fk]

Amen to #THAT!!!!!!!

[@californiarose6336]

Thank you so very much for this video. I have been dealing with irritability and anxiety coming off of trazadone. I have the bad sight as well because of trazadone. I have been sensitive to light. Good to know this is normal and temporary. I’m okay as long as I know what to expect.

[@AmandaHugandKiss411]

I am on Trazodone for 3 years. OMG I where glasses and get my eyes checked every 2 years. During that time my glasses prescription completely had a major change. (I have always had light sensitivity since I was a young child, my night vision is excellent) Then I went off it because it stopped working for sleep. And I work up with intense paralyzing anxiety. I would just wait for it to crescendo and I could get out of bed. So I went off it. 2 years after my had my eyes check my prescription went right back to what it was before Trazodone.

[@susanmorgan4151]

😮❤

[@darlenebradley6756]

This is the second video I have watched on Dr. Witt-Doerring's channel. I deeply appreciate the focus on the overuse -- one might say indiscriminate use -- of psychotropic medications. As I commented on the first video I watched, I am a nurse of 25+ years experience, all of it in the hospital setting. I, too, have developed a deep distrust of "medicine" and the overly heavy reliance on pharmaceuticals as the first line of treatment, instead of a more holistic, natural, life-style appoach to health. He is correct when he detours into medications for chronic conditions! This problem is definitely NOT limited to the psychotropic class. I have watched the medication burden presented by the patients grow through the years, reaching almost exponential growth after the advent of direct-to-consumer advertising in the '80s. Not only do the medications create a cyclone of side effects (which are then treated with more pills) it drains the economic resources of individuals, communities, and government programs. After the debacle of that was the plandemic, and the hasty rollout and MANDATE of "vaccines" that have proven to be anything but "safe and effective", my job presents me with a moral dilemma every time I clock in. Am I complicit in the problem? Should I leave the profession? For now, my dedication to serving suffering people (the reason I became a nurse) continues to overcome the distress I feel when I see people taking cocktails of 5, or 10, some up to 20 medications a day, and know in my heart that all those drugs are creating additional issues, and even injury. What is really distressing is that I am seeing this in younger and younger patients: 35 to 50 year olds. I didn't usually see this kind of polypharmacy until the patient demographic was in the upper 60s and beyond. We simply have to find a better way to treat people. I hope this doctor's concern spreads!

[@HappyQuailsLC]

I think the term is "flesh it out" meaning to add to or find greater substance

[@mastersamurai7683]

This guy from Winnipeg is cool. He's doing this interview solely to help others I'd imagine.

[@steezin_4no_reazon]

I live 5 hours from winnipeg in ontario and am having a demonic time trying to stop trazadone, 2 months ago i was the hapoiest ive felt in a long time and was finally able to think into the future, cut my dose down to 25mg from taking 50mg for 2 yeara and now im having the worst depression and despair ive wver felt

[@Lynn-td3ly]

I have had the trazadone cause me to have sleep paralysis the next morning! The point that my friend called an ambulance! I could hear everything going on around me but couldn’t move or respond! After last week of them having ambulance, fire department and police in my apartment, I am throwing them away! I told my dr. That they don’t agree with me but she acts like it doesn’t matter! When she hit on 2 things that did help, she wouldn’t leave me on them but a little while. I don’t take them in a nightly schedule! I sometimes skip weeks! Or once a week! I won’t take one unless I have missed 2 nights of sleep!! I won’t be taking anymore!thank God that I never took them regularly! I am on .5 mg clonipin and g he Ave been for years. It actually helps my breathing! If not for that I would not take them either! She had me on Soma a little while and those worked the best! Slept and woke up refreshed! Then she took them! I just don’t understand drs.

[@RobinDS-m1g]

I took this for a few weeks and on it had episodes of sleep paralysis (never had before) and one time where I 'woke up' realising I wasnt breathing properly - I was having to think hard to just breathe or it wasnt happening! came off it after that!!

[@Lynn-td3ly]

@@RobinDS-m1g also they always made me feel drunk the whole next day! I threw them away and told my dr

[@sl4983]

Zolpidem.

[@Lynn-td3ly]

Yes they did me too! Feel like I was in a drum all day!

[@Lynn-td3ly]

@@sl4983 what is this??

[@blind_warriorr]

I developed Visual Snow Syndrome after getting laser eye surgery. It’s hell to deal with.

[@steph7960]

Much of the way we think about and get sucked into these situations is often indoctrinated into us in our early years? We get told to respect and listen to " authority" figures, they are "always right" and the " experts" Many of us take that into the doctors office with us and it takes over. What a high price to pay for not questioning more. I think what this also shows me is how many psychopaths/ sociopaths there are in the medical industry, because theres no way an normal person could wake everyday, dish these scripts out, know what they re doing to their patients and then continue to gaslight them. There is absolutely no way these doctors dont know these side effects. They even come out with the same gaslighting jargon as each other as if off a script....must be coincidental.🥴 Note: although the speaker here suggests t.m.s and lion mane, there have been others, some who have spoke, who have also been badly affected by these. There's a Reddit group of 5,000 people who have alleged terrible injury and side effects, similiar to the ones here, from Lions Mane. Please research alternatives, even in times of desperation as many of these could also make you worse.

[@darlenebradley6756]

You are so right! "Listen to the experts" they say. "Follow the science" they chirp...the only science I see anymore is the $cience with a dollar sign.

[@DouglasKar-zr6hg]

"There is absolutely no way these doctors dont know these side effects." If on here you look up 4/7 Corruption in the Pharma industry - Confessions from ex Pharma top executive John Virapen This man was responsible for bringing Prozac to market 1986. In this video - in his own words - he organised a small trial within one week two patients tried to commit suicide

[@freedomwarrior5087]

There's a price to pay being a follower of psychopaths. Just look at all the idiots that went out to take those experimental mRNA shots, there will be a huge price to pay for those for decades and the millions of sudden deaths are about to be BILLIONS. I think 70% of the population is brain dead.

[@celticwarrior5646]

You are so spot on with the listening to authority figures and indoctrination. It starts with the white cupboard with a red cross and called the medicine cabinet,while anything illegal is called drugs. Medicines are beneficial.drugs are really bad and you go to prison. Unless it suits them of course because they are making billions like cigarettes & alcohol. The double standards in society where the 💲rules is astounding. A lot is learnt from ordinary people sharing their bad experiences on social media,but they are working on shutting that down as we speak. Misinformation & disinformation they call it,and they will put a stop to it eventually. They can't afford to let the masses obtain the truth and share it. That's why doctors get so irritated when you say you googled it. It undermines their profession.

[@krzysztof4543]

When you come with a complaint about a terrible WD, the doctor just widens his eyes and then gets more and more angry with you for each time you say something...

[@SunnyCarnivore]

The sense of unease sound like akathesia

[@frederickmuhlbauer9477]

My story is almost identical except I was 46 when I experienced my trauma and lack of sleep

[@MOAB-UT]

What trauma. Do you sleep now? Try Magnesium Glycinate. It works.

[@frederickmuhlbauer9477]

@@MOAB-UT Divorce and the only thing that worked was Valium

[@MOAB-UT]

@@frederickmuhlbauer9477 Dude- really? There are other women out there. Not worth messing up your health. Take a vacation- lifes natural anti-depressant. Drugs are not the answer. I hope you are in a better place now...and sleeping better? Did you find a new relationship?

[@frederickmuhlbauer9477]

@@MOAB-UT it was 20 years agoRemarried but the drug for me was a life saver Only took it for 30 days to a much sweeter and much younger girl only took the drug for a month

[@michele21auntiem]

​@@frederickmuhlbauer9477 i am caring for spouse with alzheimer's. My hubby is gone and this toddler is here that gets mad at me helping dress him. The benzo I am on helps. Trauma as a child. Dont let anyone say divorce isn't awful., life altering and wounding. You are here with a good group of people.

[@reginaharding9855]

Horrible cycle- Big Pharma. I was in benzo withdrawal and was given seroquel, that was terrible, had to withdrawal from that, then switched to trazodone . After 2 months i began having ear pain, headaches, blurred vision and stomach issues. I wasn't told to taper it because it was 50mg. Huge mistake. I had horrific symptoms just like benzo. Suicidal, panic attacks, heart palpitations, nausea, vomiting, and the worse was inner vibrations that had my entire body buzzing keeping me awake. Absolutely terrible. Im a week off ended up in hospital today too. Never Again. I will never take another pill from drs..

[@The_New_Abnormal_World_Order]

'Trust your medical professionals' -dreadful advice IMO

[@DrAnnBlakeTracy]

The worst advice ever which is why I have not bothered to see one in over 50 years!!!

[@LionelColes-wp6fk]

Yup, the system is "rigged!!!!!!!"

[@dmoney668]

After surgery in Miami they said it was required to go to a pain doctor and they put you on gabapentin and traz for any withdrawal and it worked very well. They also gave tramadol which was great and did not become addictive. But that trazodone is so strong it completely work if you have withdrawals but I feel bad for you man I'm sorry that sucks not knowing the problem is so tough stay strong man good luck. Arbor medical issue right now and the doctors don't know what it is and they just say it's me lol

[@southbrandy1413]

This is my experience as well!!! I’m having a detaching retina after using trazadone and Effexor. The withdrawal from Effexor that I stopped after year and a half taper in December has been an utter hell atm. Lowering my dose of trazadone now but get such horrible pain and cramps everywhere rn😔 I feel crazy getting off of these but feel like I HAVE to to save my eyesight😓😮‍💨🙏

[@ronalddonner3396]

Did they not suggest a trial of an antihistamine or even Zolpidem first ?(not ideal but still a much better safety profile.)

[@KlausSchwab-uq9sl]

sertaline made me jittery and very anxious and never caught on so i luckily had no trouble coming off it

[@JakeHambyZ80]

Seconding Dr. Josef's recommendation to quit caffeine. It really helped my mood, energy, and ADHD symptoms. Ritalin is a wonder drug for my brain, but caffeine is apparently not healthy for anyone.

[@HappyQuailsLC]

I think that a lot of what you are also seeing in these rapid withdrawal injury instances is a basis for Dysautonomia and B1 deficiency that will benefit from the contemporary dosing for its therapeutic value along with low doses of DHEA and NAD+ and related supplements in the case of NAD+.

[@stevie_89]

can you explain what "the contemporary dosing for its therapeutic value" means? What dosing?

[@patriciabarnes9584]

Clearly a noctor. (not a doctor.)

[@SunnyCarnivore]

I agree but when in protracted withdrawal most can not even take a supplement without terrible side effects; it's from desensitization I believe

[@sueb7217]

I have problems with vision , very sensitive to light and have to wear the glasses that block out the bright lights ,certain lights , smells. And air fresheners can trigger it off , I’m on pregablin ,ctalopram and zopiclone, had to be put on medication during barbaric hepatitis c treatment . It’s been an awful experience, meds and side effects change ya

[@californiarose6336]

I came off Xanax. I discontinued that 3 years ago by tapering. This was my decision after 30 years of use. I am now tapering trazodone. I’m Down from 100 mg to 50 mg. I noticed the nausea. I’m using cannabis for sleep.

[@Ann-l7x]

I have this from lamogtrogine. Sensitive to light and visual depth disturbance. Been off for almoat 2 years, and still can't go out or work on laptop or watch TV. Does it get better or is this damage pernanent.

[@aquarius1986]

I've taken trazadone for the last 3 nights...have lifelong horrific insomnia, depression, anxiety, ADHD etc. and always been 100% against taking any medications. I'm at the end of my rope having tried every natural remedy supposedly without much success. I'm feeling much better on trazadone in all ways, actually have motivation for the first time in my life. However I did notice 'visual snow' and some tinnutis. I'm really scared of potential longterm side effects. I have no idea what to do. So fed up.

[@FunnyBaseballStadium-cc5dk]

Did it go away for you?

[@aquarius1986]

@@FunnyBaseballStadium-cc5dk Yes, I think most of it has gone away, but it lasted quite a long time. Maybe still some visual issues but barely noticeable. I got diagnosed with mild sleep apnea and have been sleeping well since I started using a CPAP machine. :)

[@unoffendable3496]

Has anybody else noticed that serotonin blockers are prescribed to be taken in the morning? What could go wrong?

[@teadawg7000]

I need help! I relate to this guy so much and I don't have any answers on why they even prescribed me trazodone but I want off of it and it seems impossible...

[@gedman9527]

I developed atrail fib after trazadone

[@Toddington444]

Whats that exactly?

[@RobinDS-m1g]

ongoing irregular heart rhythm disturbances @@Toddington444

[@freedomwarrior5087]

That's not uncommon it screws up your vagus nerve.

[@cindyjo9093]

My doctor wants to put me on a statin. From all I've read on the subject, I say no. I'll fill it, lest I be called non complient. From there, I'll think about it for awhile. Whenever I speak of an issue, I get rewarded with a prescription of an SSRI or some other goodie. I guess I shouldn't talk about issue. I read on my care summary that I was depressed. That ticked me off. I read a lot of things!!! Do doctors write these things to justify my level of care to Medicare ?? I delay going to the doctor and delay going to the referrals they send me to. I don't want to be poked any prodded any more than absolutely necessary.

[@shaun4443]

SAME, I HAVE BEEN SIX MONTHS OFF ZOLOFT AND STILL LIVING IN HELL!

[@vwalker1040]

I had visual impairment tapering off of Ativan. A yellow sphere covered my vision field for a couple of months. My optometrist said that my retina was lifting…one day it just disappeared leaving small black dots where the large yellow one had been…it then happened in the other eye about a month later…same exact thing. The black spots have faded over time. My retina has returned to normal. Strange…

[@GunnerGOAT730]

The key word in the title of this video is "Rare". Many people find trazodone helpful when used AS NEEDED for sleep. Who would trust daily use of an anti-psychotic med for sleep? Trazodone is used off-label for insomnia and most doctors will tell you that constant daily use can have adverse effects.

[@hypolaristic]

Weird. For me, trazodone seems to be one with fewer side effects in comparison with ssri's.

[@universaltruth2025]

I was finding it progressively harder to sleep through the night. Would be constantly woken by my husband snoring or making disturbing random noises (he seems to have a stage where he is dreaming and any emotion gets released as he doesn’t express much emotion during the day); or my children or my cats. I would feel enraged knowing how continually tired I would be the next day. Started taking zopiclone nightly. Not perfect but it has kept me sane. Tried starting an SSRI recently as well and found it made me feel very groggy and also just wanting to eat carbs all day long. So will have stay off that and manage emotions in other ways.

[@troubleabout5137]

Yeah that prediction of 100 million people dead in the first year of the pandemic turned out to be really accurate didn't it lol

[@ancabostinariu6550]

What happens if the person cannot take time off and does not have social support ? Therapy and medication are the only solution. The follow up is necessary.

[@matthewluke8056]

This was so hopeful and then he says rTMS helped. 😢

[@Crazydoglady.]

👏🏻 BRAVO 👏🏻 🙌🏼

[@kwesidarkwa5443]

James how is the tinnitus now

[@JamesMagnusJohnston]

It comes and goes. Much better - using lots of GABAergic supplements. Seems to be worse when I try to multitask or focus, so I'll be working on that...

[@blind_warriorr]

@@JamesMagnusJohnstonDid you ever get diagnosed with VSS? I’ve had it for about 6 years and it’s hell to deal with. I also have vision issues due to refractive eye surgery complications. I think the surgery caused the VSS. However, I’ve also been on benzos for years and I think it’s possible it may have played a role.

[@kdargp2940]

For first time last year I was prescribe with Sertraline, maybe two weeks later I was prescribe with Trazodone and some days later I woke up with a shadow in my eye, I wet to the ophthalmology and I had ma optical nerve inflamated, now is complete damage, doctor just has been looking at the case doing nothing.

[@celticwarrior5646]

I read a question once on a patient forum from a woman that had increased her Citalopram from 20mg - 30mg because she had got a dog. What doctor increases a patients dosage of a powerful mind altering drug because they got a dog. Just shows the attitude of doctors towards these drugs like they think they're prescribing some OTC antihistamine or painkiller. They have no clue of the possible consequences of taking these drugs and should be completely restricted from giving them out like candy. That's why I applaud the recent letter sent to the British government by a body of doctors and others to restrict the future use of these drugs.

[@frederickmuhlbauer9477]

Valium 1 mg worked wonders for my agitation/ insomnia no side effects

[@KlausSchwab-uq9sl]

yeah but valium is very addictive ive learned the hard way

[@prague7706]

Sure, it works for those things but it’s very hard to stop after a certain point

[@blind_warriorr]

Getting off of Valium is pure hell. If you ever try to get off of it then I wish you luck. Also 1 mg is such a small dose that it’s unlikely that it would do much of anything.

[@frederickmuhlbauer9477]

@@blind_warriorr it saved my life and I only took it for a month so getting off it was easy

[@shaun4443]

After SSRI use, I cant have, sugar, coffee, salt, most fat, any proceed food, and much more.

[@olivier-pierredebelmont.3630]

It'seems that that guy,on top off his addictions,had a string of bad luck recently!😢 Termination of a relashionship,his daughter falling of a window(Eric Clapton'son did not survive!) So,the time ahead will be challenging for him but He will succeed,of that I am sure!

[@sarahjaye4117]

Ughh, so messed up 😢😢😢 I don't like traz. Lyrica totally messed with my eyes/brain/caused body pain and brain issues, I am stuck on some things and they want to take it away now

[@terrasini1]

Lyrica put me in horrible withdrawal, still not healed after 8 months off...and still on trazodone which doesnt help with my sleep anyway :(

[@shaun4443]

50MG of Zoloft?

[@AmandaHugandKiss411]

I don't know, maybe with depression and anxiety. But Bipolar Disorders a little bit of de-stigmatized, But hard drug addiction, BPD and schizophrenia huge stigma. BLD and schizophrenia are highly stigmatized in the general public but also WITHIN the medical community. Which I have experienced personally. I have schizophrenia and my father worked in psychiatrics at Seven Oaks Hospital in the psychward and by the end of his career was a departmenthead, treated me with verbal and physical abuse as a teen and at 54 still treats me like I can't be believed or trusted or fully aware of the world around me. And no, I don't think that about the medical community because of him. He's has his own denial. It was from trusting the system and being a compliant patient in my mid teens and early 20s and being treated very badly.

[@deeandrews7051]

This doctor keeps interrupting and doesn't let the patient speak.

[@notfree2899]

Exactly, very annoying.

[@newjerseydevil6115]

Oh. Crap! I still take Trazodone but rarely like if I haven't slept in days because my stupid doctor prescribes for it for insomnia. ( same doctor that put me in protracted withdrawals) but I lost my vision once with a combination of Trazodone & SSRI'S a long time a ago when they were giving everyone SSRI'S. They removed the SSRI, Paxil, which I never wanted in the 1st place which gave me restlessness & anxiety too, and within 3 days I felt better and my vision was restored luckily. Trazodone was never very helpful for my insomnia anyway. Ambien helped but I was only prescribed that short term. Eventually, natural remedies helped me but not during protracted withdrawals but sometimes pot helps in combination with natural remedies.

[@Toddington444]

I wish people would ask for ambien and nothing else. Even if its short term it will at least help you sleep

[@sl4983]

Omg get zolpidem

[@sl4983]

​​@@Toddington444and there's been professional peer written opinions that there should be no problem with it for longer term if it is working.

[@Toddington444]

​@@sl4983same thing lol

[@newjerseydevil6115]

Ambien works so much better but the doctor I'm currently under won't prescribe it. He just keeps telling me to take more Trazodone when I complain of insomnia. It's obviously not working if I have to take so much of it. I seriously wonder about this psychiatrist. He's getting very old. I'm not sure he knows what he's doing anymore. 🤔

[@BenGoldman76]

Trazadone is terrible

[@alexgordon951]

Dry fasting will help heal your vision pain

[@keithbentley6081]

Sounds like onset delirium tremens without becoming full blown.

[@Dabne5587]

Nope

[@jaycarver4886]

This guy is so long-winded...when does he get to the part about his eyesight being damaged?

[@sjanoski8878]

So true!!!

[@NOV123]

25mg of trazadone made my left eyelid flicker, jump, and twitch unmercifully 😢

[@justmadeit2]

So they kept giving him more drugs. I’m amazed he didn’t develop depression from his brain being so full off all that stuff

[@Carolina_girl86]

My vision is ruined from being taken off klonopin too abruptly.

[@michelekisly2535]

Been there...

[@dkdkk2033]

To me it’s sounds like the guy needs trauma therapy … it seeks as if he has emotional wounds in his brain and nervous system which has activated these symptoms after he took the medications ….further he may need to try certain types of brain retraining as well to rewire his neuropthways.

[@sandrabagic4791]

Trazodone for me, is perfect, depression, anxierty, panic, social anxiety, agitation, all better on Trazodone ❤❤❤❤

[@kristaharmon7584]

Contemporary Witchcraft

[@Bettinasisrg]

Instead of giving the tried and true Valium they give you these crappy drugs!

[@deep6301]

Valium is dangerous too. Personal experience.

[@blind_warriorr]

Benzos have some of the worst withdrawal symptoms out of all drugs.

[@BongBlasta]

THE PATIENT IS RIGHT THO TRAZODONE IS VERY BAD

[@tonyanthonyironman4352]

How so?

[@Carolina_girl86]

Your guest never get to the point!! It makes the videos that much harder to watch especially when you’re dealing with brain damage from this crap.

[@allenschmitz9644]

We lost the war on drugs and the dealer won with FDA/AMA/ATF/and UN wisdom for that depopulation of their flat earth on their UN blue map flag for south pole thinkers.

[@BongBlasta]

DOCTOR IS SO ANNOYING!!!!

[@benzapp1]

My dachshund tolerates trazodone just fine.

[@Mila_Brearey]

Aren't you concerned that he/she isn't able to feel a calm, safe sense of contentment? My dog's quality of life is as important as my other members of my family. If only trazadone wasn't so problematic.

[@Q1776Q]

You could be SEVERELY TORUTURING THE DOG.... especially if you stop it suddenly.. What you are doing is TERRIBLE.

[@steph7960]

What makes you think that? It's not as if animals can express if they re being psychologically/ physically tortured? Take your beloved pet off it and see the damage you are doing. Or even better...take it yourself for 6 months....and we ll catch up then.

[@benzapp1]

She was very fearful and shy before trazadone. Now she is comfortable around people when I walk her in my urban neighborhood. Her quality of life is obviously greatly improved.@@Mila_Brearey

[@darlenebradley6756]

Hey guys! He didn't say if his dog gets trazadone on a regular basis or just as needed. There are situations where for the comfort of the animal, and safety of the clinicians, a sedative is in order for treatment to be delivered. I think that's what this thread started out to address.