ATIVAN Reviews (LORAZEPAM)

Average Rating: 3.3 (709 Ratings)

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ATIVAN  (LORAZEPAM):  This medication is used to treat anxiety. Lorazepam belongs to a class of drugs known as benzodiazepines which act on the brain and nerves (central nervous system) to produce a calming effect. This drug works by enhancing the effects of a certain natural chemical in the body (GABA).    (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 5  i am in anxiety ...... 1 days
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12/4/2013
 1  anxiety Ugly side effects withdrawing. F 36 1 days
.5
12/3/2013
 5  anxiety flushing in my face I have never had to increase my dose M 44 7 years
1 mg 1X day
11/29/2013
 1  social anxiety disorder/agoraphobia I specifically told my dr.I have alchohol issues. He prescribed me Klonopin. Which I abused. Next visit I said they werent helping so he would stop giving me them. Instead he gave me Ativan and that is a messed up drug. Don't remember three whole days. Had to piece together things by credit card statements. Bought drugs from india and don't even remember. Wouldn't suggest this drug. No criminal record........ but this drug could lead to one. M 40 6 days
4mg
11/29/2013
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 3  sedative This drug is NOT for more than a WEEK or 2. it is a HORRIBLE drug if used long term with many strange side effects To get off this successfully try the following which worked 1-1-1 one month 0.5-1-1 2nd month, 0.5-0.5-1 3rd month, 0.5-0.5-0.5 4th month, 0.25-0.5-0.5 5th , 0.25-0.25-0.25, 0.125-0.125-0.125, 0-0.125-0.125, then 0-0-trace. then one day 0.5 withn the week....slow...coming off this drug works well if done SLOWLY....any abrupt come off and you may DIE..this is a very dangerous cold turkey drug. S L O W please. Good luck M 35 12 months
2.5 mg 1X day
11/26/2013
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 1  anxiety, panic attacks, nausea This medication made me feel very dizzy, caused stomach upset, and all around unbalanced. This pill actually made me feel worse than better. It did nothing to make my body feel less nervous and anxious at all. I do not recommend using this pill to treat anxiety at all. The only thing it will do is make you feel worse due to the bad side effects it has. F 1 days
2mg 2X day
10/31/2013
 5  Insomnia I had no side effects and no withdrawal effects either even after 2 1/2 months of continuous use. This medicine provided me with a good 7 hours of sleep at least. I also abruptly quit taking it since I wanted to know if I could fall sleep without it with no withdrawal effects except for rebound insomnia, but that's normal expectation that only lasted about 3 days. I only have insomnia when my anxiety is too much that I can't turn off my brain at night. I think I am in the category that benzodiazepines don't affect me as far as tolerance/dependence/addiction. M 30 2 months
1
10/17/2013
 3  Sleep People on this site get surprised when they take this drug for 10 years straight and then try and come off cold turkey and get withdrawals.... Do not take more than twice a week and you will be fine. Take it every day and you will obviously screw yourself up. Works great though for sleep. Just be very careful and take as little as possible as infrequently as possible. ANDDDDDD yeahhh. M 16
1X day
10/5/2013
 1  Job stress/anxiety. Minor erectile dysfunction, poor judgment/decision making, coordination loss, emotional blunting. DO NOT TAKE ATIVAN OR ANY OTHER BENZODIAZEPINE LIKE KLONOPIN, XANAX OR VALIUM DAILY!!! Daily use is what eventually hooks approx. 60% of us, and the majority of doctors are clueless in this particular area of medicine. Though great in the beginning, I underwent a series of spinal surgeries requiring detoxing from the pain meds as well as benzos, and any detox center that says they can get you off of them in a matter of weeks doesn't know their neurochemistry about benzos. I began the Benzodiazepine (Benzo) Withdrawal Support Group on Facebook three years ago, and of the 500+ members which include doctors, psychiatry professors, lawyers, stock brokers, teachers, and we plain old mom's & dad's, none of us have gotten off without significant symptoms, and usually after only 4 months daily use. As happy as the newbies who just started taking them are, they have no clue what's in store if they ever try to quit. Magellan Behavioral Health Blue Cross/Shield in North Carolina's study states, "A large number (40%-80%) of patients treated with these medications for 4 months or more develop tolerance and can have a discontinuation or withdrawal syndrome. Patients may experience rebound or withdrawal symptoms, which include tremor, anxiety, agitation, and dysphoria." That's not a small risk to benefit ratio, but a huge one!!! My daughter takes a Xanax or two once every few months for long drives due to a panic attack on the road years ago, but it's the daily use that wi M 57 4 years
8mg daily 2X day
9/6/2013
 1  anxiety/depression I took 1 mg for ten years and had no problems until I tried to come off. When I had bad withdrawals, I realized I was addicted so I tried to get off it too fast. Ended up at hospital and put back on 1 mg but twice a day now. That sent me in such bad panic I couldn't leave my bed, after about a month that stopped but I wake up every morning crying my eyes out and I am suicidally depressed all day. I am now trying to taper off this poisin again. Do not take this drug...ever. I am so sick I don't even want to live. It is not worth it and if I knew how hard it was to get off of them, I never ever would have ever touched them. I don't know if I will ever be okay again. I wish I could sue the doctors. F 53 10 years
1 mg 2X day
8/13/2013
 1  anxiety still suffering Memory impairment after 35 years Got addicted to Ativan, due to lack of awareness whilst taking the drug took 12 instead of six tabs daily. suffered horrible withdrawls (under doctor supervision) forgot friends names. Still have a messud up head 35 years later have to ask people to remind me of their names (they all remember me). NEVER TAKE THIS DRUG M 57 7 months
30 3X day
7/19/2013
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 1  PTSD This pill felt like a wonderful drug @ first, Relaxed, Worry free sleeping good. Life was great the first week.. (Short lived) My initial dose was 1 mg a day 'quickly built a tolerance wasn't Feeling anything. Psych upped my dose 👿I quit after feeling like crap already Cold turkey ended up in the psych ward countless times. Symptoms: psychosis, high blood pressures heart palpitations, mania, tinnitus, chronic fatigue, muscle twitches, panic attacks, still suffering @ 25 months out! This pills a nightmare along with Ssris! Not anti pills but anti bullshit! Consider Magnesium & a clean diet, You'll be better off F 26 4 months
3-4mg day
7/2/2013
 4  anxiety, PTSD It makes me drowsy and a little euphoric but the one that bothers me is the bad taste that coats my entire mouth. What causes this? M 33 3 years
2.5 mg
6/20/2013
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 1  ATIVAN Never take this drug.......Drug from hell...Only 3 weeks of taking this shit and I dont know what the f* happen, started waking up trembling, vibrating, sweating, lose of breath, higher anxiety, dizzy, light headed, very very blurred vision, all dam day ever since I took this med. It hasnt stopped yet.....Dont wanna go any where, stressing out people around me its jus pure hell........CAN SOME BODY TELL ME HOW TO GET OFF THIS MED ALIVE.... M 33 3 weeks
1mg
5/26/2013
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 5  panic attacks/ anxiety great for panic attacks for short term use but very addictive and harmful for longer periods. I became dependent on this drug for every problem in my life and sleep that i took it more than prescribed. works great as I said but for short periods of time. F 23 6 months
0.5mg 3X day
5/15/2013
 1  Some dangerous doctor knew how dang Horrible anxiety, impulse control horrible , withdrawls lasting 2 years lost my job this is a very dangerous neuro toxin. It causes brain damage. M 50 1 days
O.5
5/15/2013
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 4  Anxiety The side effects described below are very minimal, in my case: Vision problems; trouble focusing my eyes. Dull Headaches. Lack of energy; sleepy I started taking Lorazepam prescribed to me for (slight) anxiety. I was prescribed 1 mg but I cut it in half and only took prior to bedtime. I ended up using it for sleep instead as my anxiety wasn't really a problem during the day; only in the evenings so it made it hard for me to get to sleep. I actually didn't have any problem with it, but I can understand how one could get hooked easily. Just the .5 mg made me feel so relaxed and at peace which was nice. This is the very first prescription drug I've ever had in my life, btw. F 37 40 days
.5 mg 1X day
5/10/2013
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 1  Anxiety This medication was ok at first but I developed tolerance after about a month which in return caused horrible inter dose withdrawal. Needless to say after 3 months of dose adjustments and other benzos tried I ended up severly depressed and had to do a rapid detox. I have been benzo free for almost 5 months and suffer from post acute withdrawal syndrome which haunts me every single day. This medication will destroy your life!!!!! F 33 3 months
2 mg
4/27/2013
 3  Anxiety Cold sick F 38 1 weeks
2 mg
4/22/2013
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 5  Epilepsy Drowsiness, slight fogginess I've not had any problems with this medication and have been prescribed everything from 2 mg every day to taking the medicine just as needed. I've not had any withdrawal symptoms, but I've generally tried to take one day off a week of this medicine to keep from building tolerance. It helps stop the seizures, but doesn't cure them. F 31 5 years
.5 2X day
4/19/2013

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