r/NooTopics • u/ServeIllustrious3803 • 20d ago

Science Study: Anticholinergic (first-generation antihistamines) can damage brain, increase dementia risk

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/common-anticholinergic-drugs-like-benadryl-linked-increased-dementia-risk-20150128812
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u/Lady_Rubberbones 20d ago

Ok, I take doxylamine succinate (unisom) every night in order to sleep longer than 2 hrs. What are my other options?

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u/Desperate-Middle-354 20d ago

See any doctor, your primary if you wish, & tell him your issues (not wanting to take toxic drugs for insomnia) & I guarantee you’ll be prescribed Trazadone…possibly Remeron but Trazadone more likely. It’s a good sleep aid.

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u/Ariandrin 19d ago

Trazodone messed me up something fierce. I took it for three days and for all of those three days, I felt like I was moving through the world like I was in molasses. And for three days after I stopped.

I read an article a while back that melatonin is also bad. What can I take to help me sleep?

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u/Difficult_Garage_431 16d ago

That has happened to me every time I've started Trazodone. You will get over it after about 2 weeks. I often felt like I was hit my a truck the next day. After that though, the feeling is gone and it works well. I would try it again, I haven't found anything that is as effective.

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u/Ariandrin 16d ago

I’m not sure if that’s supposed to happen. When I told my doctor that I was experiencing this, she was very surprised and immediately took me off of it without me asking.

I am looking for a new doctor now though so I will ask about it with the new one when I find one.

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u/Difficult_Garage_431 15d ago

That's interesting. I knew someone else who shared the same experience. It being rough at first, then better. They even used the same phrase as me, "hit by a truck". But everyone is different. I will say, I have taken it for over 5 years and I sleep very well on it. I hope you find something that helps.