05-04-2016, 07:34 AM
Lunar, I'll echo most other posters in that your easiest - and probably cheapest - option to obtain trazadone will be from your GP.
It was one of the first things I was prescribed, first for depression then as a sleep aid. It didn't work for either for me personally, but it isn't hard to obtain a script for because it isn't really abused as far as I'm aware and has no recreational value, so doctors are much more willing to write it up than if you were trying to obtain a Z-drug or benzodiazepine.
That said, to reply to Teddy1998, I'm surprised the olanzapine and quetiapine didn't help you sleep. I used to take quetiapine and that made me quite drowsy, but also nearly made my heart explode or so I thought, and did nothing for my psychotic symptoms. I take olanzapine 5mg on a morning and 15mg at night, and when I first started taking it, it did help me sleep. Now that I've been on it for several years, I've become accustomed to it and it no longer sedates me, unfortunately.
Also to second the suggestion that some intense exercise - if you're able to, of course, I appreciate you may not be able to - may help with your sleep difficulties. It didn't always work for me, but when I have the energy and motivation I will try and work out because it does help a little. Just another tool in your arsenal.
It was one of the first things I was prescribed, first for depression then as a sleep aid. It didn't work for either for me personally, but it isn't hard to obtain a script for because it isn't really abused as far as I'm aware and has no recreational value, so doctors are much more willing to write it up than if you were trying to obtain a Z-drug or benzodiazepine.
That said, to reply to Teddy1998, I'm surprised the olanzapine and quetiapine didn't help you sleep. I used to take quetiapine and that made me quite drowsy, but also nearly made my heart explode or so I thought, and did nothing for my psychotic symptoms. I take olanzapine 5mg on a morning and 15mg at night, and when I first started taking it, it did help me sleep. Now that I've been on it for several years, I've become accustomed to it and it no longer sedates me, unfortunately.
Also to second the suggestion that some intense exercise - if you're able to, of course, I appreciate you may not be able to - may help with your sleep difficulties. It didn't always work for me, but when I have the energy and motivation I will try and work out because it does help a little. Just another tool in your arsenal.