ATIVAN Reviews (LORAZEPAM)Average Rating: 3.3 (709 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ATIVAN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ATIVAN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | anxiety and fearfulness | No side effects accept when i do not take it, my body feels weird | I have been taking it for one mos now for anxiety but i try not to take it .....i have not taken it in two but anm really want to .....i fear addiction but i am intentionally suffering by no taking it.....i took it three yrs ago for anxiety and did wein myself off of it with no problem.....the truth is that we feel like it is never going to go away (the anxiety ) but it does one day just go away and i think you naturally end up not needing it...i dont reccommend suffering in which i do to myself | F | 36 | 1 months | 4/15/2007 | 4 | Anxiety | For the most part, sleepy. | Please note that this pill can and will cause weight gain, because it has steroids in it. I gained 15lbs with it. Please ask your Doctor about this. I recently stopped taking this pill cold turkey and lost the weight. | F | 34 | 4 years | 4/17/2007 | 4 | anxiety | sleepiness, hangover, slight personality change | U kind of get used to it, and your normal outgoing personality starts to come through, which is good. Dont take this and try and play sport soon after!!!!!!! U might as well not play, as it basicaly makes u useless with a complete lack of motivation! I took one before sport one night, and i might as well have skipped training, loss of coordination when on this drug is crazy, so if you can just take Ativan at night this might be a good move!! Anyway, just some things i thought i would share, hope i dont bore anyon | M | 19 | 20 days | 4/18/2007 | 4 | anxiety | sleepiness, hangover, slight personality change | This drug is great at reducing the anxiety i feel, i was taking this drug for 20 days, once a night, in 1mg tablets. I often take it with tea, but the rest of the night you are completely 'zoned' out. Have been off for over a week now, no real side effects, apart from crazy feelings 2 days after going off it. Felt real out of it, like couldnt even focus on conversations with people. It is a great drug, as mentioned, for treating slight anxiety problems, as in my case, and i think I will take this for a little bit longer as it really helped me, although this may be an addicted user talking, my body may be telling me to go back on it due to addiction?? The craziest experience while on it was with sleeping. Dreams were crazy, very alive and very real. In one dream i felt myself dying, and when i woke up, i was still in dream world trying to get up off a floor!! Weird as experience believe me!! When first taking Ativan, you feel extremely 'numb' to the world. | M | 19 | 20 days | 4/18/2007 | 5 | Anxiety | Makes me sleepy and puts me in sort of a "dgaf" mood. I didn't care what was going on around me. Doesn't bother me. Chills me out! | I love the ativan. Been taking it for about a year. Love it. It keeps my anxiety attacks, inability to catch my breath and the shaking under control. Keeps me mellowed out also! I needed that! So if thats a side effect, Im loving it. I only take it when I'm having an attack. So I don't see getting addicted to it in my future. | F | 34 | 12 months | 4/26/2007 | 5 | anxiety | None | Works For Me | M | 60 | | 5/3/2007 | 5 | Anxiety/Panic Attacks | Mild sleepiness, increase hunger | Stops my panic attacks and keeps my anxiety at bay. I only take this about 1-2 times per week. Great stuff. | F | 23 | 3 months | 5/16/2007 | 1 | Dr. prescribed for IBS | Foggy brain, depression, gastrointestional problems. My doctor was in idiot | I would not recommend this medication for IBS. I was terribly depressed from this medication, so I was put on anti-depressants... my stomach hurt worse, I could not think straight. It did, however, help with the anxiety after my dad died. I never felt addicted to this, and did not take it to get a high, or low, or whatever. I titered myself off over a period of 2-3 weeks, first cutting my dosage in half, for a week to ten days, then, into quarters for around 3-4 days. I still have 30 pills left, and no desire to take any. I will keep the pills for when I fly, as I am terrified of flying. My dosage was 1mg 4 times a day. There were no withdrawl symptoms, other than getting "hot" in more ways than one, once in awhile. When taking this medication, if I didn't take it on time, I would feel the need to take it. Quite frankly, I was shocked I didn't have any withdrawl symptoms. Best of luck to those of you quitting this medication, and to those of you who still take it. Like I ment | F | 51 | 6 years | 5/17/2007 | 4 | bipolar/schizo | Works well for treating PSYCHOSIS. My doctor prescribes me Lorazepam for shizoprenia, it works better then all those harsh antipsychotics. My doctor does not prescribe me those anymore. I have been out of the hospital for three years. | Make sure the doctor prescribes you the Generic form called Lorazepam, its cheapier and has the same effectiveness. Ask the pharmacist for the cheapier Generic form chemical name (Lorazepam) | M | 33 | 10 years | 5/18/2007 | 5 | Anxiety | Slight euphoria, but nothing serious unless you take substantially more than you should. | Ativan has to be one of the best anti-anxiety drugs going. It works every time, it doesn't have many negative side effects for me (and I'm mister experience all side effects usually). However, you have to be careful coming off of it as it doesn't like letting go. This is one seriously difficult drug to stop cold turkey. Just reducing it by half a mg took me three months, any quicker and I'd really notice it. | M | 44 | 8 years | 5/25/2007 | 5 | Anxiety/Panic Attacks | None | Ativan really works for me. I take .5mg twice a day and occassionally if I feel an attack coming on, I will take one during the day. It slows my heart rate, decreases shaking, and calms me down. I was off of it for a while and I did not experience any withdrawl symptoms. | F | 38 | 9 months | 5/27/2007 | 2 | | 6/2/2007 | 4 | anxiety | sleepiness, addiction It really helped me for what I was taking it for but it was very difficult to stop. | I started taking this drug about 10 years ago to help with some pretty bad anxiety and depression I was having at the time. I started taking a 1mg dose twice a day 1 in morning and 1 before bed. I tapered myself down to .5mg twice a day and then finally was able to get off it for about 3 months this year. I just started taking it in .5mg doses again due to the anxiety and depression resurfacing after 10 years. I dont know if its coming back because I got off the medicine or just that I am having a relapse but I have to honestly tell you that those years in between when I was taking it were the best years of my life. Just be VERY careful not to take this in larger doses. | M | 30 | 10 years | 6/3/2007 | 2 | Xanax Withdrawal | I acted drunk | I refuse to take it ever again! | F | 26 | 5 months | 6/7/2007 | 5 | situational anxiety | None | I was prescribed ativan by MD for the situational anxiety I have -- giving presentations, talking in front of large groups, social settings, etc. When I get really anxious I break out in hives on my face/neck/chest, it's really unsightly and embarassing. I am getting married in the fall, and ativan has changed my life. I took a claritin and .75mg of ativan for my bridal shower (where 50+ people watched as I opened gifts etc) and was completely calm, collected, and my usual outgoing self. | F | 24 | | 6/25/2007 | 1 | Anxiety | I felt drunk and had hallucinations. I was so exhausted I could hardly stand up. I was getting ready to leave the house, and I could see people walking past the door of my bedroom. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not crazy - I knew they weren't there! But I could still see them! | I won't take it again - I switched to Xanax and it works great for me with no side effects. | F | 30 | 1 days | 6/27/2007 | 5 | Anxiety, IBS,Panic Attacks and HBP | None.....Miracle drug...onset of 20/30 minutes, peak of 1 to 3 hrs...it will erase your memory if u take it in large doses...made that mistake once..Been on and off of it since 2001. I don't get addictive to it. I only take .05 2 x a day for controlling High Blood Pressure, Anxiety and IBS..I sometimes can get away with breaking the 0.5mg down into 4 equal doses..READ ALL COMMENTS>>>>>>>>>> | GREAT FOR INSOMNIA......Great for Manic stages of Bi-Polar..It's really is the only drug I can take without any side effects..I cannot even take asprin without feeling it..I have OCD and have severe sensitivity to meds, this one is great.. | M | 37 | 6 years | 6/29/2007 | 5 | panic disorder | You can experience withdrawal symptoms and mistake them for a panic attack. Ativan does induce sleep. | Ativan is a god send. It stopped my panic attacks in their tracks when I first got them. Now I take Ativan as needed, maybe 0.5 mg once per day, if at all. Never take Ativan the day you intend to have a drink, it puts you over the edge. You might be surprised but 0.5 mg of Ativan is very effective. | M | 56 | 6 years | 7/20/2007 | 4 | anxiety | Slightly drowsey. | I was prescribed Ativan to take as necessary for periodic anxiety. There are warnings about alcohol intensifying the effect, and after my first dose I had some wine the NEXT night (over 24 hours after taking 1 1mg Ativan) and it seemed that the effects of the wine were intesified greatly even then, so be careful. I figured I'd be fine since I hadn't taken Ativan that day, but from now on I'll stay away from any alcohol for a few days after taking Ativan. Other than that I have to say that when I was prescribed Ativan I was in a really bad spot of obsessive anxiety and the drug snapped me right out of it, so I am happy to be back to normal so quickly. | M | 35 | | 7/21/2007 | 4 | nausea caused by depression/anxiety | drowiness but manageable | I already take an antidepressant for depression, however, ativan helps settle for stomach so I can eat. Unlike many others, I have not gained weight. In fact, I would lose weight if not for the ativan's calming effect. I take 1mg at bedtime and sleep real well. Before I couldn't go to sleep, or if I did, I would wake up every couple hours. I depend on Ativan to help me eat, sleep and try to live a normal life. | F | 67 | 2 years | 8/1/2007 |