for about five years, I was on a low dose of trazodone for sleep. It was one of those things my doc and I just categorized as “medically required.” The sleep fragmentation was a huge part of my BED history, and without solid sleep, everything else would start to unravel. It felt like a non-negotiable part of my stability. I never really questioned it. Then, about six months into tirzepatide, I started noticing I was sleeping through my alarm. (not just sleeping better, but deeply) Consistently. I was logging my trazodone dose and sleep quality anyway for my doc - I use a tracker called CareClinic and just tap the dose in on my watch face before bed so I don’t forget - and looking back at the data, the pattern was undeniable. The number of nighttime wake-ups had dropped to zero, and my total sleep time was up by almost 90 minutes a night. At first I didn’t connect it to the tirz. But my T pointed out that I was describing a systemic shift, not just a random good sleep phase. The more I read, the more it made sense. These drugs don’
curious if your fasting glucose numbers changed in that same window?
systemic shift, not random 😂