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On Jul 20, 2024 at 13:29:34 EDT, "JAB" <here@is.invalid> wrote:

> An Early Warning Sign of Dementia Risk May Be Keeping You Up at Night,
> Says Study
> ...
> ...
> ..
> More specifically, it showed that having frequent bad dreams and
> nightmares (bad dreams that make you wake up) during middle or older
> age, may be linked with an increased risk of developing dementia.
> 
> In the study, I analyzed data from three large US studies of health
> and aging. These included over 600 people aged between 35 and 64, and
> 2,600 people aged 79 and older.
> 
> All the participants were dementia-free at the start of the study and
> were followed for an average of nine years for the middle-aged group
> and five years for the older participants.
> ...
> ...
> I found that middle-aged participants who experienced nightmares every
> week, were four times more likely to experience cognitive decline (a
> precursor to dementia) over the following decade, while the older
> participants were twice as likely to be diagnosed with dementia.
> 
> Interestingly, the connection between nightmares and future dementia
> was much stronger for men than for women.
> 
> https://www.sciencealert.com/an-early-warning-sign-of-dementia-risk-may-be-keeping-you-up-at-night-says-study
> 
> Lipophilic beta-blockers and those with higher serotonin 5HT1A
> receptor affinity, shorter half-lives, and lack of alpha-blockade are
> more likely to cause nightmares; thus, nightmares are more common with
> propranolol, metoprolol, and pindolol [29] and least common with
> sotalol, carvedilol, and labetalol [29]
> 
> https://www.uptodate.com/contents/nightmares-and-nightmare-disorder-in-adults/print

Then I'm really screwed then. I have nightmares 3-4 times a week that wake me
up.