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Default Jul 23, 2019 at 05:01 PM
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My psych nurse swears it's the benzos that can cause dementia. She is tapering me slowly off them. I went from 2 mgs of lorazepam to now 3 mgs of diazepam. I started on 20 mgs of diazepam. But I also think other meds can cause problems. But I will be happy to be off benzos. Here in Washington they are really cracking down on all controlled meds. Best to just be off them.
My pdoc only treats people 55 and older. I'm 65. I've taken Klonopin since 1987 and he insists that I have to stop taking it because of the way it affects memory in older people. It'll be hard, but it might be worth it if my short term memory improves. Now it's bad. Not dementia bad, but annoyingly and embarrassingly (is that a word?) bad.

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My psych nurse swears it's the benzos that can cause dementia. She is tapering me slowly off them. I went from 2 mgs of lorazepam to now 3 mgs of diazepam. I started on 20 mgs of diazepam. But I also think other meds can cause problems. But I will be happy to be off benzos. Here in Washington they are really cracking down on all controlled meds. Best to just be off them.
I have noticed when I take clonazepam for a few days to take the edge off of my anxiety my short term memory deteriorates after the second day of taking... then, if I take Advil or any pain-relieving OTC stuff, alongside clonazepam, it gets even worse...
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My pdoc only treats people 55 and older. I'm 65. I've taken Klonopin since 1987 and he insists that I have to stop taking it because of the way it affects memory in older people. It'll be hard, but it might be worth it if my short term memory improves. Now it's bad. Not dementia bad, but annoyingly and embarrassingly (is that a word?) bad.
yes! exactly... I am 60 and my memory (short term) and attention are terrible... I try to take Clonapin strictly if I am very anxious or if I need to get some sleep for an important function the day after... Hang in there...
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Glad to read I am not the only one with memory problems mine is short term I mean I can totally forget what I am talking about mid sentence.
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I have noticed when I take clonazepam for a few days to take the edge off of my anxiety my short term memory deteriorates after the second day of taking... then, if I take Advil or any pain-relieving OTC stuff, alongside clonazepam, it gets even worse...
Yeah, my psych nurse told me that she didn't want to see me in my older age in the hospital on the dementia side. I'm 44 now. I had been on lorazapam for 8 yrs. She said I'm still young enough that it shouldn't have effected me too bad at this point. It's been a challenge coming off it, but I just have too.
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