My MIL is 92. She has dementia, AFib and congestive heart disease. She recently fell because she is restless at night and cannot sleep. She is on a lot of meds, including serequel 2X a day. Her doctor has just added Trazodone. Any input would be appreciated.
Trazadone has helped with anxiety she’s settling in and not as combative verbally as before, but still experiencing sleep issues. I’m conferring with her doctor now to see if adjustments need to be made to her dosage. Due to dementia she was put on a lower dosage to prevent other side affects. Not sure If mom will be kept on trazadone but from what I’ve heard from others is trazadone works well for some but for others sleep issues may continue.
I think we need to quit throwing out that 'addiction' label when someone is older--so many of us need drugs to get through life---am I addicted to Zoloft? Yeah, I guess, but the 'goods' outweigh the 'bads' by a ton.
And I don't think anyone's epitaph states 'not addicted to ANYTHING'. Many drugs are helpful in making life liveable.
Best of luck!
my Mom used ambient...but had to quit that once she was put on all the drugs for Afib and stroke risk.
there was already so much wrong....I doubt the trazodone made anything better or worse. But it did work to help her sleep at night without the ambient