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What if you take trazodone and don't go to sleep. as in, force yourself to stay up. side effects?

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Dr. Alan Ali answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Trazodone: Talk to your prescribing doctor about adjusting the dose if it is low.

Dr Pappas and another doctor agreed

Answered 3/7/2019

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