Memory loss from GABA-related medicine

[Tennishero]

Hi,

Not sure if this is the right place to send this but I'll give it a go.

I have been prescribed a muscle relaxant to help with addiction, at quite a high dose.

What I have noticed is fatigue, some cognitive confusion and short-term memory loss. For example not being able to recall words from my vocabulary when speaking to someone, or forgetting what I walked into a room to do. A definite negative change from a few months ago.

From reading about it this is due to GABA interaction in the brain. When I stop taking the medication, everything seems to come back to normal, which is good.

However, it worries me that after reduction(?) of GABA and for extended periods of time, perhaps weeks or months (depending on how things go), when I stop taking it, can I be sure that there will be no long-lasting damage to my memory or GABA producing circuits (not the right terminology, I know), and even if there was, would I notice it (due to it being very difficult to notice objective change in one's internal faculties over a long period of time)?

I'm interested in anyone's thoughts who may have gone through a similar process, as to whether they noticed continuing similar side-effects after using/stopping GABA-affecting medicines.

Thank you!
Mark