"i used to feel vaguely anxious all the time and acutely anxious some of the time -- and have trouble sleeping. now, i feel some anxiety (which is natural if you are 65, single, childless, and have little money!) -- but  i don&#039;t worry and obsess and make plan a, b, c, d, and e the way i once did. i even feel confident that things will work out! and i sleep thorugh the night....i rarely have trouble falling asleep, so what i usually do is go to sleep &amp; when i wake up in the night and can&#039;t back to sleep, take it then. this works like a charm for me. the only side-effects seem to be occasional dizziness.....trazodone is way better than elavil (horrible drug) and lorazepam which kept me spaced out and unable to remember anything."