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 | I just get a slight hung over feeling in the morning and some times wake up feeling a little stomach sick. | It has helped my anxiety a lot. I really like this med | F | 20 | 1 months | 11/2/2007 | 1 | anxiety | quickly develops tolerance even as you take it; flu like sympthoms, anxiety, chills, flushing, wrist pain, finfeg bone pain, agorafobia, anger... | really a bullshit drug, should be banned; if not, then legalize heroin, you might as well | M | 45 | 50 days | 11/6/2007 | 4 | Agoraphobia,Severe Panic Disorder | The only side effect I get is tired.And Occasionally dry mouth. But if I know I'm getting low on them I FREAK out | Ativan has helped me deal with situations that I would never do.I have been on it for 7 long years and have gone from .5mg once a day,to 3mg once a day or as needed. I am scared shitless of the things I hear about the WTD's.What do I do if I suddenly need to detox? How in the world does someone go through all of that pain? I already have severe spinal problems and take Lorcet for that and have done REAL well not taking anymore than I need, usually take less for fear of getting to addicted to that too.Maybe someone out there can tell me whats next.Because I am a total basketcase when it comes to even thinking I may need to get off of Ativan. | F | 33 | 7 years | 11/18/2007 | 3 | anxiety, ganja withdrawl ,insomnia | memory loss at larger doses 3mgs or so for me, sleepiness, relief of anxiety, and a slight drunken feeling | it helps to dull anxious feelings, not strong in potency compared to other Benzodiazepines but still effective at a low dose for me (1mg), i only take it at night and continue to smoke weed but have cut back some, it makes me sleepy some, not as strong as alprazolam and clonazepam | M | 20 | 1 months | 11/20/2007 | 5 | occasional insomnia | None. | I take .5mg for insomnia. It helps me relax and not care if I get to sleep and-- then I fall asleep! I limit myself to taking it once a week, or less. I first used it on a plane trip to China and it was great for that. | F | 56 | 3 days | 11/22/2007 | 4 | insomnia and panic attacks | daytime drowsiness | Yes like all benzos this is addiciting, but for me the benefits outweigh the drawbacks. One must taper off this drug very slowly. | F | 31 | 3 months | 11/24/2007 | 5 | anxiety, panic | drowsiness | my dosage is 0.5mg, symptom triggered. I have never felt that I was addicted and only take it, at most, twice per week despite the prescribed twice per day. Works great at calming me down and reducing my anxiety | M | 36 | 2 years | 11/26/2007 | 5 | General Anxiety/Panic Disorder | None, except slight drowsiness with first few doses. | This drug is basically saving my life and marriage. For those like me who suffer from extreme anxiety, this drug was made for you and can help you. For those who just take it "when needed" because you don't have extreme cases of anxiety, it can still help you - but other side effects/addictiveness may become a factor. When all other medications failed, this one was the miracle worker for my anxiety. 1 mg twice daily (if even needed twice a day, sometimes not necessary) is working wonders for me. This also helps me to get to sleep at night, which is great because I don't have to take Ambien which scares the hell out of me. | M | 35 | 1 years | 11/28/2007 | 4 | Anxiety | Can be addictive | I first took this to calm my nerves on airplanes. I now take it when I feel really anxious about things. I try and limit myself to only taking it once every few days because tolerance increases fast. If I took it too often, I'd easily become addicted (if I'm not already). I do get the best sleep ever while on Ativan. I try not to take it during the day because it kind of makes me lose touch with reality, which isn't cool when you're trying to look professional and such! | F | 26 | 2 years | 12/3/2007 | 5 | Panic Disorder/Insomnia | Very fast relief for my panic attacks. | I take .5mgs twice a day and I swear it's been an absolute God send! | F | 41 | 2 years | 12/5/2007 | 3 | OTD/OCD Cancer Anxiety | sleepy, agitation, bladder and kidney pain,trouble urinating,but works well for the anxiety and OTD/OCD. | I want to get off all my meds I take Sinequan as well as Ativan. I'm going to get help through therapy. The long term side effects that can happen are very frightning. | M | 43 | 1 years | 12/7/2007 | 5 | insomnia, panic attacks | none | I typically take only .5mg when I REALLY need to get to sleep at a normal time. This is the only pill which has worked for me. I started getting panic attacks while using lunesta. I would take .5mg ativan to deal with those attacks. Tada, stopped using lunsta, majority of panic attacks went away! | M | 43 | 3 months | 12/8/2007 | 5 | restless, aggitation | F | 77 | 18 days | 12/12/2007 | 4 | Anxiety | Very tired, feel lethargic, memory loss, grinding teeth, and delayed orgasm. | I took Paxil for a year and it eliminated my anxiety. I became much more social and could concentrate/focus. I then went off Paxil because I couldn't have an orgasm. I am back to were I started. I can't focus on a task and don't want to go out. My life is being severely disrupted. My doctor told me that I'm going to have to decide to live with the sexual side effects or anxiety (looks like I'm not going to be able to have my cake and also eat it). I've decided to go back on the Paxil (30 mg) and live with the side effects. I can't stand being nervous all the time. I feel like I'm going to lose my mind. I'm still suffering from the anxiety and will most likely have to increase the dosage. I do grind my teeth at night, but I solved this problem by using a sport's mouth guard (99 cents at Wal-Mart). If I wear my mouth guard at night, I wake-up feeling fine. If I don't wear a mouth guard, my jaw and teeth hurt (sometimes have headaches) when I awaken. Currently, I'm also taki | M | 39 | 6 months | 12/12/2007 | 1 | anxiety | Horrible withdrawal! I thought I was losing my mind. Stopped taking it after 2 weeks and experienced panic attacks, severe depression, depersonalization/derealisation, the worst insomnia you could imagine, nausea and constant muscle twitches all over my body. | This drug ruined my semester at school. The withdrawals took over a month and I still have muscle twitching. This is a highly addictive medication, and can cause rebound symptoms from withdrawing even if you're only on it for a short period of time. It works for a few hours when you're on it, but quickly wears off and you will crave more. It only worsens anxiety in the long run. It's withdrawals put me through HELL. | F | 22 | 14 days | 12/14/2007 | 3 | panic attack | wild dreams and only after 14 days I felt lost and cried if I was not on the meds. Was not sad or crying before.. just stomach pains and panic attacks ;-( | I am a bit confused as my doctor has me on prilosec for my terrible tummy pains, heart burn which is contributing to my panic attacks. No panic attacks before ulcer issue.. Also a bout with IBS and now it seems in reading sounds like it is the wrong drug (ativan) when you have IBS and ulcers!.... Bummed | F | 36 | | 12/20/2007 | 5 | anxiety | the best medication for anxiety...the only med that halped me. | a little drowsiness at first,and state of bliss. | F | 30 | 1 years | 12/21/2007 | 4 | Anxiety, insomnia, PTSD, OCD | Memory loss over the years. | Very addicting. I have been taking it for about 20 years at the same dose of 2mg. My PMD prescribed several other sleep meds, but none of them helped me with the anxiety and insomnia like Ativan does. Ativan is the only med that shuts my mind off so I can sleep. It has been a Godsend for me. | F | 55 | 20 years | 12/27/2007 | 1 | panic attacks, anxiety, depression | Seemed like a miracle drug for 9yrs! Went from .25mg to 4mg; Helped me sleep, interact socially and removed my panic attacks with hardly any side effects. Coming off this drug and the damage it does mentally and physically is a whole different story: Cold sweats, severe shakes, confusion, mood swings(mostly anger), suicidal, flu like symptoms, respiratory problems, sensitivity to light(seriously), delirium, pulmonary edema and a host of other problems which doctors treated as different illness with more drugs. If I had the chance to do it over again knowing the outcome, I'd take a bullet before using this medication. In times of need the use of "Calms Forte" made by Hylands which is not addictive and non-prescription seems to work. I used the non-addictive prescription drug "Vistaril" to help overcome the addiction to ativan. It won't remove the wilthdraw symptoms but numbs the effect a little. | Make sure you understand this medication is highly addictive and is easily missed due to high physical addictiveness and less on the mental side. If you told me 9yrs after taking this medication that it was possible I was addicted, I would have laughed and said "impossible, It saved my life!". Amazingly it took me that long to understand I was, and 3yrs later the destructiveness these medications took on my mind and body are still present. The withdraw symptoms are intense, and in my case it was seen as other mental illnesses; Bi-polar, schizo-effective, schizophrenia. If your agitated and can't sleep after stopping this medication your addicted, get help immediately. The only miracle this drug offered was surviving it! | M | 35 | 10 years | 1/2/2008 | 4 | occasionally for OCD caused anxiety | Derealization, increased any OCD I was experienceing, drowsiness | I've only taken it on occasion, but other then the side effects it helped calm my anxiety down and helped me sleep well | M | 17 | 8 months | 1/3/2008 |