long term side effects of biodenzapines?

Question

Are there any long term effects to your brain/body from taking biodenzapines?

Answer 1

Addiction and inability to handle stress without them. Insomnia is possible down the road. Combined with alcohol, there can be coma or death. Some people might need this, if there is no other way, but they should be a last resort. this includes Valium, Librium, Xanax, and several others. No one should drive a car under the effect of these "minor tranquilizers". They also might become a "gateway drug" to barbiturates, hypnotics, and opiates.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I assume you know all the typical side effects such as hair loss (though not all chemo regimes cause hair loss), tiredness, nausea, depression etc- side effects vary from person to person. A few people breeze through it, others find it very difficult. It is three and a half years since I finished chemotherapy, and yes there can be some long term effects. I suffered a certain amount of mental confusion - what is often referred to as 'chemo brain' ; it affected my short term memory, including my memory for everyday words. Many chemo patients have amusing stories to tell about this; a few weeks after chemo ended I stood in a coffee shop struggling to remember the word for the sort of coffee I wanted - in the end I asked for 'unleaded'. The word decaff just wouldn't come. This can continue for some time after chemo ends; I still have attacks of 'chemo brain' but they are getting much fewer and far between. I had to leave a new job a year after chemo because I couldn't manage mental arithmetic and would get tearful trying. I don't have a problem with mental arithmetic now and I assume in time the occasional mental fogginess will end completely. Even if chemo brain never went away, I don't regret having chemotherapy. I'm fit and well and as far as I know cancer-free.

Answer 4

I'm guessing you're referring to benzodiazepines - like lorazepam. Depending on which ones you are taking, you may find your body has become dependent on them when you try to stop taking them, but your doctor can help wean you off of them by slowly lowering the dose. Some signs of dependence are being more irritable and agitated.