@lisalucier Aricept 5mg took me about a month to really get used to. The first week was filled with alarmingly real "dreams" based on a jumble of things that occurred during that day. Could be a memory from that day of a dog barking, making dinner, watching a program on TV. .. All mixed up and coming out with me being lost somewhere, no husband anywhere to help me out and panicking...Very strange but interesting once you realize what's happening in your brain. Within two weeks, I had fewer to no dreams. When doctor suggested after a year to go to Aricept 10mg, I said no. My memory has improved and seems to be holding. So that's my story with Aricept 5mg...