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Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Dec 9, 2025 | Replies (69)
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I take trazodone for sleep and it seems to be working fine. I have heard that Benadryl is dangerous for older people because it can lead to dementia. I was taking clonazepam before trazodone, but was asked to get off of that due to gait and balance problems. I’ve been working on getting off of it for several months. I am down to .25 mg currently I do have vivid dreams with the trazodone, but I actually like having them.
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I have to agree with your comment on liking the trazodone vivid dreams. It is kind of like watching a movie on your T.V. versus the same movie on I Max Theater.
Everyone is different on what works. Trazodone worked for us but for some it does not. I was asked if my vivid dreams were frightening. I answered no just so vivid during dream. I would asked myself in dream am I dreaming and when woke up would be wow that is quite a dream.
I could remember them and be able to talk about them. My Psychiatric mentioned something about it raising serotonin but I don't remember exactly what she said.
I was a little groggy in the mornings when I woke up when I was taking it. But that was fine with me as I had a good night's sleep. I was originally on .50 and worked down to .25 then half of that. Have not taken over a year now but is always there if needed.