Muninn 🍃<p>The more research I read the more leery I get of <a href="https://social.coop/tags/benzodiazepines" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>benzodiazepines</span></a> (&quot;<a href="https://social.coop/tags/benzos" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>benzos</span></a>&quot; like xanax, valium, etc) and <a href="https://social.coop/tags/anticholinergics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>anticholinergics</span></a> (including allergy pills like benadryl &amp; even some &quot;non-drowsy&quot; <a href="https://social.coop/tags/antihistamines" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>antihistamines</span></a>, and other <a href="https://social.coop/tags/drugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>drugs</span></a>).</p><p>The short term cognitive impacts are well known. The cumulative <a href="https://social.coop/tags/dementia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dementia</span></a> risk? Not so many people have heard of that. But the evidence so far looks bad.</p>