When you reach 60 years of age the required dose is 1/4 the regular dose. That’s when the rare side effect of forgetting periods of time sets in ~ I forgot the entire month of February 2006 after taking Versed. Found out through a friend that the manufacturer was aware that those over 60, or those who are overweight tended to stash it in their body fat and it would keep leaking out doing what it does. They finally made a notice of the problem as Baby Boomers started showing up with the forgetfulness problem. Otherwise it’s about the safest sedative on the market.
I was 21 and being given 3x the usual dose because the lower doses ‘didn’t work’.
How about maybe it just wasn’t working because I didn’t need it?
God, what a waste of my life.
Ironically, my miserable ex was *thrilled* because the OCD the junk gave me made me clean house 24/7.
My hands looked like raw meat from all the scrubbing and washing...and I couldn’t stop.
The doc and my family only sat up and took notice when I started having absence seizures from the pills.
I *still* have problems with flickering lights and moving objects crossing my field of vision.
They tell me that’s probably permanent.
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