Coming off Effexor, starting Trazodone

Posted by LackREM on December 8, 2003, at 19:17:42

I have taken very high dosages of many antidepressants and was convinced that they really dont do anything good or bad, except the occasional sexual side effect or whatever. anyway, nothing did anything for me, but after my sleep study, I discovered I am getting only 5% REM sleep/night. after hearing that, the doc put me on trazodone and that has worked very well on a low dosage. I cannot even tolerate 50 mg. right now I am on 25 mg and I am thinking about dropping down because I have headaches and lightheadedness all day. I have recently come off effexor, which I took for 4 mos and was up to 450 mgs at one point. I am not sure if that is causing the headaches and lightheadedness or not. Experience with this?
Thanks

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