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You know, one of the problems with the benzos
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Take Your Pills: Xanax

You know, one of the problemswith the benzos is that they can really interferewith...

You know, one of the problems
with the benzos is that they can really interfere
with short-term memory, with laying down new memories,
with retrieving memories, you know, everything gets a little fuzzy

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You know, one of the problems with the benzos
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is that they can really interfere with short-term memory,
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with laying down new memories, with retrieving memories,
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you know, everything gets a little fuzzy.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
00:38:28
Uploaded
Apr 26, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Shriver Media,Motto Pictures

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A cure for some and a curse for others, widely prescribed anti-anxiety medication is examined by patients and experts in this revealing documentary.
Don't really remember anything after taking it, um... - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:13
Don't really remember anything after taking it, um...
The data about Alzheimer's disease and dementia, though, is relatively new - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:07
The data about Alzheimer's disease and dementia, though...
If you think about it, you're taking a depressant, - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:11
If you think about it, you're taking a depressant,
There is also a much more ordinary side effect, - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:08
There is also a much more ordinary side effect,
And tolerance means needing more and more of the drug to get the same effect. - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:07
And tolerance means needing more and more of the drug to get...
It was an essential part of my toolkit. I carried benzos with me all the time. - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:07
It was an essential part of my toolkit. I carried benzos wit...
It changed my overall level of anxiety - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:08
It changed my overall level of anxiety
I was like, "I have figured out a system that works." - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:18
I was like, "I have figured out a system that works.&qu...
If I would go through a particularly anxious period - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:11
If I would go through a particularly anxious period
And I would feel it. Afterwards, I would get physical symptoms. - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:06
And I would feel it. Afterwards, I would get physical sympto...
Um, sometimes I'd just feel like elevated anxiety, - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:18
Um, sometimes I'd just feel like elevated anxiety,
I was clearly psychologically dependent from that point forward on, - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:07
I was clearly psychologically dependent from that point forw...
Xanax, for example, works more quickly than most other benzodiazepines - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:09
Xanax, for example, works more quickly than most other benzo...
Agents that had that kind of immediate reinforcing quality, - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:12
Agents that had that kind of immediate reinforcing quality,
I do have addiction in my family, - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:09
I do have addiction in my family,
I don't really drink at all, I've never smoked, - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:13
I don't really drink at all, I've never smoked,
But, you know, we talked about starting on a really low dosage. - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:06
But, you know, we talked about starting on a really low dosa...
We talked about, like, what sort of things to look for - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:10
We talked about, like, what sort of things to look for
I was able to get a lot of relief with a pretty low dosage. - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:05
I was able to get a lot of relief with a pretty low dosage.
And I think having that very healthy fear of addiction - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:23
And I think having that very healthy fear of addiction