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trazodone and 83 yr old

Posted by mmealltalk on November 13, 2008, at 14:50:27

I have been treated with bipolar disorder forever and have taken tons of meds, and posted here years ago, but now i am curios about the drug my grandmother is being given, behind the family's back, at a nursing home. My grandmother has Parkinsons and recently got out of a month stay in the hospital as she was septic. She lost all abilities to do anything and has been working hard to regain a fraction of her prior strength. Anyway, she is very anxios and has a bit of dementia and the psydoc who did the consult for her prescribed Trazodone. I know about almost every psy med from my own experience but know very little about this one. I know they giove it to her before sleep, although she has no problem falling asleep early, she just wakes up early as a result. I wonder if this drug is one of the older antidepressants, or what the deal is because its not one of thosei recognize anyone i know taking, and i've been through every step of the psychiatric world. I guess i just wish someone could tell me whether it seems normal that a woman so old, is taking a medication so old, when there are clearly so many more medications out there. Any insight would be helpful.
melissa

 

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