I am suffering from Severe anxiety and depression and Ativan really helps me calm.. I can’t say any bad
Nothing handle such a good as lorazepam if you are suffering from sudden panic attacks accompanied with agoraphobia. But it is highly addictive. It was a nightmare, when fluoxetine is introduced, to decrease daily dosage from 5mg to 2.5mg. I suffered from severe deppession with PTSP for several decades. Clozaril was introduced to cope with severe insomnia. Nothing cope with insomnia so good. I am still at starting dose, 25mg/day. It still works damn good. I want to share with you, to give you a hope.There is a cure. It was always there, but doctors are frightened because of their side effects. I'm suffering from severe, debilitating profuse sweating, as I am taking some psychostimulants. My doctor accused me, I am on the drugs. Never use it. My IQ is little bit less than 140. So, after many years of investigating I found a game changer. It is DHEA. N-Acetyl L-Cisteine helped me a lot. 1,2-1.8g daily. Trying many different anxiolytics, discovered Bromazepam cope perfectly. Even profuse, abnormal sweating stopped. What is interesting about this story? In the US, DHEA has been used for vaginal atrophy. Cystein is mucolytic, ( for cough), bromazepam is not FDA approved (but why!?). For both, either DHEA or NAC you need prescription. Why they robbering you?
Started taking 10 years ago for bad insomnia, undiagnosed on going stress due to life circumstances beyond my control (cptsd) and trauma from family health and work crisises. Was at my ropes end. Started at 1.0 MG and just weened off it. Doctor never told me about potential side effects. It never really totally solved my insomnia and my attention span, working memory and problem solving are mush now after busting my butt my whole life. Just my opinion, I would avoid regular use of benzos...... If you have cptsd. Focus on healthy eating, a balance life, exercise and mindfulness, meditation early in life to prevent the need of benzos. Every reacts to this stuff differently.
It works for my insomnia snd anxiety, but it is highly addictive and my body wants more as time goes by. I have taken it for 6 months and want to get off it. Doctors say it will take 3-6 month. to do that. It is good for short term use a month or two. Otherwise it can make your life harder, because you can't switch to anything like CBD OR CBN until you are completely off it. Even then withdrawal symptoms can last months. It useful, but be mindful.
My ex husband committed suicide last week on this drug. Please for the life of god do not let your loved ones take this. It's mind altering and how can a drug company even put this drug out there. How can doctors even prescribe this? My entire world is devastated because of this drug and what it has done for my family.
i took this for just one day, it was supposed to help my anxiety for my MRI all it did was make me unable to speak correctly, i was here looking for answers and decieded to comment. i am so unabalanced and disorented that i cant walk, nor think. typing is a hard job even. and now with my blurred vision and issues with speech i dont know what to do
too dissocizted from reality
I TESTED IT ON ME WITH THE CBD TO HELP ME FALL ASLEEP MY EFFECTS WERE NONE JUST HEAVY SLEEPY EYS WHEN I WOKE UP HAVE TROUBLE GETTING UP IN THE MORNING
it’s doesn’t really help honestly.. i take sometimes up to 3mg and i still end up with that restlessness and panicking feeling..
This medication was always helpful for me and is better than clonazepam. It makes me less tired and has less side effects than most benzodiazepines
I take 2-4mg for sudden onset of status eliptetus (ie seizures that won't stop without medical intervention). It does take upwards of half an hour, but if I catch my seizures as they start, usually it saves me from having to take a trip to the Emergency Room. I know they getting tired of seeing me there. It also saves me from being overly sedated due to use of other (benzos and barbiturates) medications administered in an ambulance. (I was once sedated for 6 hours because they used a high dose of Versed (midasolam) and was not too happy and quite confused, because I was alone in the hospital and had left my 2 year old with my mom when I was carted off on an ambulance. I am also what the nurses call a "runner" (Versed puts you in "twilight" which means you are unconscious, but still able to respond to those around you. You are completely unaware of your actions. Basically if they give me Versed, it would be in their best interest to handcuff me to the bed because I will get up and walk away having no clue where I am going or what I am doing. At this point I just ask for Ativan.) My overall results have been great using it every few days for my seizures. Realize I do not take it every day, so do not think I am saying that. I have had no addiction issues or side effects from stopping/starting it. I have had no side effects all it seems, and best of all it doesn't taste absolutely terrible (think propranolol or alprasalam, both of which I have had to spit out before because they were so bitter they made me gag). It does what I expect it to do in a fairly short period of time with little to no side effects, and best of all I am super chill after having the anxiety that comes with having seizures.
I have chronic PTSD and moderate to severe anxiety. I've been on an SSRI for many years and it has helped. My symptoms got a lot worse during the pandemic and PD prescribed me 1-2mg Ativan per day as needed. I keep my doses as low as possible although there are times when I need the full 2mg for a week or so. I've tried many different meds and nothing works like Ativan. I've had no problems taking breaks from it over the last 2-3 years I've been on it when anxiety wasn't bad. Obviously meds work different for everyone, but Ativan has mage a big improvement in my quality of life with no side effects so far (I know cognitive risks are there long term).
I only take this medication when I feel anxious, overwhelmed ,or have a tension headache. It is really helps me settle down.
Dr. Lynn..btw, am proud to say that i am no longer an alky/drug addict & only have a cocktail when out to dinner. I do take prescibed drugs to help me sleep. I am fighting cancer and the pain is excruciating but only take meds when i need them.
This was given to me after I was having panic attacks because I have a lot of medical trauma and hospital make me beyond anxious, this is not solely the drugs problem my nurses and doctors were incompetent. The side effects are really debilitating and I'm in more panic then if i didnt have the drugs given to me.
It does nothing for panic attacks. It doesn’t kick in for a long time. When it does it makes me nauseous and sick. It cannot compare to Valium or even the other sister drug of valium. I will never take it again.
Been taking between 1 MG and .5 MG of Ativan at night for chronic insomnia and stress related anxiety for 8 + years. Has not helped me and now tough to get off. Currently cognitive problems, anxiety and depression have totally affected my life. I would not recommend this med, especially long term (once u start, tough to quit). Eat healthy, exercise and practice mindfulness and meditation and have a healthy work/life balance (wish I has taught this stuff earlier in life, before life problems caught up to me). .
I've taken Ativan for a couple months now. I'm on 0.5mg twice a day and they saved my life. It's like a huge weight is lifted off my chest and I can feel normal for once. I like Ativan because they don't have noticeable side effects and I don't feel like a zombie during the day when I take them. I personally dont like the way Zanax makes me feel but these I can work and function on. I wanted to find a medicine without all of the crazy side effects and I found it in Ativan. If it does make you sleepy to me it's not as bad as being tired from not sleeping from aniexty. At this point what in life isn't addicting and if it helps you then call it whatever uou want. Lol People who truly need it..it works. ??
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Both my parents have used this drug and so have I, however, take with CAUTION. I currently take one of the lowest dosages (0.5) Mg. I only take it when im having a day with extreme anxiety and helps take the edge off. Remember It has been known to be highly addictive so be careful and know what you can handle. I hope it goes well for y'all.