Posted by SLS on December 24, 2014, at 0:32:13
In reply to Re: ssri's-serotonin only » SLS, posted by Phillipa on December 23, 2014, at 20:08:50
> Scott I found the very first ad I took paxil to not rid me of anxiety. I find Luvox more sedating although after all these years I doubt it's doing a thing just brain used to it. You take benzos
I take lorazepam (Ativan) occasionally for sleep.
> or did do you feel it can or does lead to brain damage or Dementia as the google searches say?
I'm not sure. I think it possible that chronic use of BZDs over a period of years can impact memory function measureably, although not robustly. Unfortunately, I doubt there are any studies to show if memory function recovers after an extended period of abstinence.
Do people who ultimately go on to develop Alzheimers suffer from anxiety and agitation as a prodrome? If so, then there would probably be a positive association between BZD use and Alzheimers, even though the relationship is not causal.
> Or a drug company ploy to have people take more expensive meds? Thanks Phillipa
I doubt there is a conspiracy among the competing drug companies to devote money to fund this research. I can't be sure, of course. Perhaps I am not yet jaded enough to capitulate to such thoughts.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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