Sleepless Nights

by Linda
Thursday, August 30, 2007

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My mother often has restless, sleepless nights - hallucinations, delusions, agitation, yelling. In desperation, sometimes I give her a sleeping pill prescribed by doctor. Problem is pill only works for 2-4 hours. Then it starts all over again. We've tried both Restoril ...

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sleepless nights
arlene
Friday, October 12, 2007 at 08:44 PM
my husband responded well to trazadone. it's an old antidepressant with a sedation effect.
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Linda
Monday, October 15, 2007 at 10:32 AM
Thanks for suggestion, Arlene. Mom used to take trazadone, but doc stopped it a while ago. He felt it contributed to her hallucinations. But it's worth revisiting with him.
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