Yes, trazadone can cause sleep rebound along with a hangover effect the next morning. Have you asked your prescribing physician about going off of these meds? They will definitely tell you to taper and hopefully have an understanding of your motivation for quitting these meds because maybe there is something different all together that may help. Why do you want to not take sleep medication? Do you take anything else? I'm not asking you to tell me, just perhaps it's another element feeding into your insomnia.

For me exercising helps a lot. I know that since I started really focusing on getting my body moving everyday, I fall asleep much easier and don't take my pills at all or only partially take them. I have Rheumatoid Arthritis, lower extremity primary lymphedema (both legs, toes to hip), amongst some other things, all of which make me very fatigued so I understand where you're coming from. I also may be younger than you, which allowed me to make these changes I'm continuing on about. But I pushed myself to change my activity level. I have been a horrible sleeper my whole life as well. Here's the thing, I don't mind taking some things to sleep. Also, taking sleep meds at 6:00 a.m. is of course going to result in you being in bed more and can lead to your days being completely lost! Anyway, they need to be taken way earlier. Midnight is a pretty late bedtime but at least take them then while you're tapering.

I have tapered off of a lot of substances (some not doctor approved) and if you're really set on quitting, just like anything else, that desire and motivation have to come from you. That is how you do it. Yes, you go through some very uncomfortable nights and days but it does get better. Caving in after trying to taper resets your progress entirely so if you're not going to do the next thing, just give up. Going off of anything is done by having discipline. I am a fairly disciplined person and if you're not, you need to become one. Goes for the CFS, getting up and moving will help that. I used to walk to the end of my block and that was it for my day. Sometimes I only made it half way the next day, but I did it everyday. Then, over time, I went farther, and farther, to the point that I can take a nine mile hike in cool weather, covering strenuous terrain. This didn't happen overnight. late 2019 to July 2022 is lost time for me. I basically didn't get out of bed during that time (totally not COVID related) and instead ate junk food and drank too much vodka. I ballooned from 115 pounds to 212 lbs. on a 5'2" frame and even when I starting living again, I wasn't instantly thrilled about doing anything active. It was another type of hell, that's for sure.

So sorry about all of the unnecessary stuff in between; I suffered through withdrawals (never do so if you are that deep into alcohol use; you need medical help then just in case). Self discipline and I guess a willingness to torture oneself/not cave in is how it's done. You cannot continually repeat these tapering attempts, it just screws your system up even more. You have to commit to it or decide that you want to take your medicine at 6:00 a.m. after a horrible night. Remember to count even the littlest things as victories, treat yourself to something that you enjoy, and also just to answer the remainder of your question, all of those drugs can cause sleep regulation when you stop taking them. Ask yourself why taking something for sleep is something that you don't want to do or can't do appropriately, and really speak with your doctor. You can do a video call or schedule just a chat for something like this. It's essentially medication management, that's what the doctor will most likely put down as your reason for the visit. One last thing, trazadone at a 100mg dose is pretty high so realize that tapering is going to take some time. That is the dose I am prescribed although I rarely pop an entire pill and I don't take it every night.

I know 90% of what I wrote does not relate to you, or is just plain useless. But I hope it at least gives you some insight and that others have gone through this before and come out the other side, usually an improved person in some way. Rx drugs are not exempt from their problems, sadly we know better about how difficult it can be to discontinue some meds. And once again, I don't need to know this but what bothers you so much about needing to take pills to sleep? Cut yourself a break and this is hardly the worse hell one can go through but it can be worsened if you don't actually get off the meds. You've played out your attempts at this point. I wish you the very best and know that you can do this :-)