Benzodiazepines and gabapentin are handed out like candy — for anxiety, for sleep, for nerve pain, for “whatever works.” But the quiet cost often doesn’t make it into the conversation: memory loss, cognitive decline, and even dementia risk.

In this episode, we dig into the science and the stories behind the meds that calm today but may erase tomorrow. We’ll talk about how these drugs affect the hippocampus, why dependency is so hard to break, and what current research says about long-term brain health.

This isn’t about scare tactics — it’s about informed consent. Because your brain deserves more than a prescription that steals it piece by piece.