My Mom's Dr. just prescribed Trazadone 25 mg. after I told him today that for the past three or more weeks she's been up in the wee hours of the morning, and thinking it's time to get up. I'm talking like 1AM, then 2AM, then 3AM, etc etc. She calls for me at the end of my hallway, thus awakening both my husband and me. Then when I get up and escort her back to bed, she says she's very sorry for awakening us, and she doesn't know why she thought it was time to get up, and then does it again in an hour!!!! I'm so exhausted I can barely think straight. AND, she doesn't take any naps during the day either. My husband started wearing ear plugs. I won't, because I would want to hear if she needed me for an emergency or if she fell. What about this Trazadone? It's not one that I've heard any of you mentioning. I don't want to give her something that will make her all woozy, and possibly cause a fall. On the other hand, HELP! I need sleep!! And so does she. (She's seeing people, etc. I'm thinking sleep deprivation.) Thanks for RSVP ASAP.
I took Trazadone about 100 years ago and I never had an issue with it.
All drugs have possible side effects. It can be kind of scary to start new drugs. But sleep disruption is kind of scary, too. If I were you, I'd try it for Mom since her doctor recommends it, but that is just a lay person's opinion. Watch carefully for side effects (as you would with any medication.)
My mother spends one long weekend a month with me, and had been getting up multiple times a night. I'd hear her on the baby monitor and go meet her in the hall. She'd say, "What time is it?" I'd answer, "It is 3:30 in the morning, Ma." Her response was always, "Oh! Then I am going back to bed!" I got a clock that projects the time on the ceiling. The numbers are big and easy to see, even without her glasses. She loves it, and it has greatly reduced her getting up during the night. (It is as if she is worried about missing out on something if she doesn't get up promptly in the morning. Now she can tell when it isn't morning yet.)