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Originally Posted by nativechic
So I did a lot of independent reading over winter vacation and one of the books I read was The Sleep Rwvolution by Arianna Huffington. I think most of us know the importance of sleep especially for someone with our condition but one part really scared me--she cites a study that claims that taking benzodiazepines such as Xanax and restoril for more than 6 months increases risk of Alzheimer's by 84%. I'm not on these meds but it still freaked me out and was wondering if study was legitimate--it's from Bmj 349(2014):g5205 "Benzodiazepine use and risk of Alzheimer's disease: case-control study"
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Well, s***. Something else to worry about.
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...Out of night and alarm
Out of terrible dreams
Reach me your hand!
This is the meaning that we suffered in sleep:
The white peace of the waking.
~Edna St. Vincent Millay, "Song of the Nations"~
Diagnoses: Bipolar 2, OCD, Chronic Worrywart 
Meds: Lithium (reducing), Trileptal, Latuda, Risperdal, Klonopin and Xanax PRN
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