Maybe if you try to trip by taking 100+mg, or use it every single night for a period of decades, sure. If you have a chronic sleep problem you should talk to a doctor, like any chronic issues, before using OTC drugs for any extended length of time. But for short term use you’re just spreading misinformation. Cite your sources or don’t do that.
That is how you get dementia.
Maybe if you try to trip by taking 100+mg, or use it every single night for a period of decades, sure. If you have a chronic sleep problem you should talk to a doctor, like any chronic issues, before using OTC drugs for any extended length of time. But for short term use you’re just spreading misinformation. Cite your sources or don’t do that.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2091745
Not soley based on diphenhydramine but anti cholinergics in general, on a population 65 and older. Poor data.