11 Risk Factors for Dementia and How to Avoid It

Remy said:
It's hard to know, but it's a worry. My mother didn't get dementia and as far as I know, her siblings didn't. I don't know about her parents. Her mother died in an air raid.

I never met one relative of my dead beat father. I've been isolated and afraid a lot in my life. I keep my brain going with reading, crafts, the cats. I wonder, but I actually know, that my mother never cared one bit how the isolation she forced on me would affect me during my life. What any of anything will do to me in older age, I don't know. I'll still be alone. That I know.
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Well, I'm glad that you are among friends now. I hope it helps.
 

I have not taken diphenhydramine since I read this...my sleep pattern has changed a lot....Kind of choppy, waking up every hour or two, but I think with time this will improve and I can always nap in the daytime if I have a night of restless sleep....anyway, I'll be better off eliminating the drug.
 
Remy said:
I had a pharmacist tell me not to bake diphenhydramine
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Yes please don't bake it. I'm sure you meant "take":giggle: Diphenhydramine works good for sleep, but is not supposed to be taken long term. Melatonin works well, is a natural compound in the body's chemistry.
 

Remy said:
@Nathan Whoops, didn't notice. Changed it. I've never tried melatonin. Right now I don't have anything for sleep except liquid Valarian.
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I like Gabapentin + Xanax. I almost always have unbroken sleep though at times I wake up too early. I'm supposed to take this stuff anyway; taking it at bedtime is a great help.
 
Remy said:
@Nathan Whoops, didn't notice. Changed it. I've never tried melatonin. Right now I don't have anything for sleep except liquid Valarian.
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I actually take Trazodone nightly, is safe, non narcotic / non habit forming. Trazodone is an "old skool" anti-depressant from the 1960s,and as mild as it is, does seem to take the edge off my anxious tenancies. Plus, I get it free, plus free shipping.
 

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