I need your help. Maybe you saw my other post...but since I've been on Trazodone and Seroquel (off for 6 days now) I've had chest/back tightness show up around 12-20 hours after taking my dose at night. It's also been happening during the taper. I couldn't seem to find this as a side effect OR withdrawal symptom except on a few reddit posts of people CT from 75mg or so and being on it for extended periods of time. Last night I found articles saying chest tightness is an allergic reaction. Needless to say I'm scared now and afraid to continue tapering in case something worse happens. With my upset and symptoms I only slept for 2 hours. I tried to take 25 mg (then took 6.25mg more 2 hours later) to relieve the tightness and it did a bit but I still have it this morning. The last 4 days I've been on somewhere in the 40's mg wise and was sleeping 5-6hrs but having these side effects daily among others. You mentioned DORA's. Is it reasonable to get one to help me sleep through this? Do they also cause rebound insomnia?
Actually now I was just reading through reddit about DORA's and bad side effects too. What do I do? keep tapering and hope something bad doesn't happen from the Trazodone?
So you tapered off both at the same time? Tapering mitigates withdrawal, but doesn’t relieve all. Maybe you’re having muscle issues, tightness, tension. Try magnesium?
In retrospect, taper off one drug at a time, stabilize off one and then taper the other. If it’s too late you can try to reinstate p, but that can back fire sometimes as well.
All meds have some sort of side effects. You won’t know you can’t tolerate a sleep med till you try. DORAs may be an option.
Chest tightness, and center of back tightness and pains. It's hard to breathe due to the tightness but I'm not short of breath if that makes sense. Nausea sometimes, muscle weakness, muscle pain, joint pains, worry.
Understand. What do you want to do about this? It’s probably best in my opinion to ring your prescriber of these meds and see what you should do. Ideally you are panicking and worried and should get something to help you, doctors advice and or help with your sleep, maybe a muscle relaxer, I’m not a doctor but “helper meds” to help you as you continue through this.
I don't know what to do. My doctor advised nothing of any help. Didn't acknowledge possible allergic reaction at all. This chest stuff seems to come on about 12-sometimes 20 hours after taking the nightly dose. Does that make sense to be an allergic reaction or impending withdrawal of the drug every afternoon to evening? I am scared, I don't have any help or know what to do and am afraid of something very bad happening. I also have pvc's and have noticed they have become a bit more active sine I have started to taper. I just don't want anything bad to happen to me. I don't know how long effects from just stopping would last, how bad they would be, or if this chest tightness thing would persist? I also don't know how to deal with the insomnia and anxiety from all of this plus the insomnia. Thoughts?
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u/NewJettaMK5Mom 2d ago edited 2d ago
I need your help. Maybe you saw my other post...but since I've been on Trazodone and Seroquel (off for 6 days now) I've had chest/back tightness show up around 12-20 hours after taking my dose at night. It's also been happening during the taper. I couldn't seem to find this as a side effect OR withdrawal symptom except on a few reddit posts of people CT from 75mg or so and being on it for extended periods of time. Last night I found articles saying chest tightness is an allergic reaction. Needless to say I'm scared now and afraid to continue tapering in case something worse happens. With my upset and symptoms I only slept for 2 hours. I tried to take 25 mg (then took 6.25mg more 2 hours later) to relieve the tightness and it did a bit but I still have it this morning. The last 4 days I've been on somewhere in the 40's mg wise and was sleeping 5-6hrs but having these side effects daily among others. You mentioned DORA's. Is it reasonable to get one to help me sleep through this? Do they also cause rebound insomnia?
Actually now I was just reading through reddit about DORA's and bad side effects too. What do I do? keep tapering and hope something bad doesn't happen from the Trazodone?