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| 4 | anxiety | slight dizziness, lowered alcohol tolerance, memory loss | this medicine was amazing for treating my anxiety. i use ativan along with zoloft and though i still find it necessary to take after six months my anxiety attacks are less severe and i need less of the pills. tried to take along with buspar as well but that medicine gave me very bad side effects | F | 17 | 6 months | 1/7/2008 | 1 | anxiety | TINNITUS, tolerence anxiety, headaches. Quickly develops tolerence. | I quit taking this drug 10 months ago and am still having ear troubles/tinnitus. ENT can't find anything wrong. Do not take Benzo's for more than a week. Very addictive. Check out benzo.org.uk for further info. | M | 39 | 1.5 years | 1/8/2008 | 1 | antiety/panic attacks | muscle tension, shortness breath, anger/violent thoughts, anxiety, tightness in chest, weight gain, fatigue, memory loss, nerve pain in face, inability to tolerate others, suicidal thoughts | I've taken ativan for 21 years. I never felt I was abusing it (.5mg prn, and I didn't take it every day for many years until recently) and I NEVER did deal with the issues I was taking it for to begin with, (anxiety). I forgot why I was taking it! It made me feel better for many years, that's all that mattered! my doctor who was giving it to me since I'm 17 just retired.. now I'm forced to stop it or go begging like an addict for more. I have a good job and I can afford to DR shop but now that I'm going through this thought process I see my addiction for what it is and has become. This drug will make you feel better,(no doubt about it!).. but, this drug will make you a lunatic on it and if you try to stop it.. consider the worst panic attack imaginable.. all that hell doesn't even compare to what you will feel and how your body will react when you have no more little pills left. It hurts and it doesn't just go away..this withdrawl duration. forwarned is forarmed. I can't express it i | F | 38 | 21 years | 1/14/2008 | 3 | convulsions, and anxiety attacks | I took this drug when I was 17. Hyperactivity, psychosis/mania, no need for sleep were the side effects. Took 2mg at the onset of heavy twitching, then it would kick in an hour later. Some days I would take 6mg, others I would keep it down to 4mg depending if it was a good day or a bad one. | This medication worked to control my convultions due to an adverse drug reaction and controled my anxiety attacks, however the side effects included me speaking at a million miles an hour, producing a language that no one understood, HYPERACTIVITY, and not needing sleep. The drug was an amazing fix, but it caused me to loose lots of weight from me running around and not needing sleep. No one understood what I would say, and my thoughts would go at a million miles and hour. I could not perform simple addition, nor sit still. I was taken out of school while I was on the drug becuase of my inability to perform. My choice was to be a maniac on Ativan or stay with the convultions. I chose Ativan, but it was just a temporary fix. When i got off of Ativan I went crazy with the withdrawal symptoms, but thank God I was able to go through that hell in one piece. What doesn't kill you will only make you stronger. Once I went through a detox, I didn't have any more problems with convultions or anx | F | 21 | 1 months | 1/18/2008 | 1 | depression | Took for slight anxiety. Doctor mistook my growing anxiety for anxiety attacks. Really they were withdrawal. So he jacked up dosage, totally addicting me. Killer withdrawal. Three months in hospitals. Now AA every day. Brain messed. Still want to take Ativan ? | As addicting as crack. Use only if you want to die. | M | 70 | 200 days | 1/19/2008 | 3 | Panic Attacks | Withdrawls. Almost feel drunk, off balance, dizzy - out of sorts. Severe ringing in ears. Chest pain, difficulty breathing, shakes, unsteady walk, EXTREMELY tired, yet can't sleep. Constant yawning. Heartburn, occasional MILD nausea. Overall, every symptom I started taking the medicine for, has returned now that I am trying to wean off of it. | I don't take a lot of it, but I do take it daily and have developed a dependance on it. I have gotten 3 Dr's opinions all concluding I could get off of it now, with no SERIOUS complications. Will be uncomfortable, but it will pass .. yet I hate being uncomfortable so I keep taking the dang medicine. I have weaned down to about .625, twice daily. I dunno how long I cam going to do this for ... cause sometimes I feel I am over the hump then the next day, I get the withdrawls back ten-fold. I find if I can, I just sleep the symptoms away - keeps me from taking more than I want to of the medication. | F | 28 | 8 months | 1/28/2008 | 1 | CHEMOTHERAPY-anti-nausea | Loopy, dizzy, tired all the time, mood swings if not taken on time | If you're reading this, then you're probably already on the drug. this is a horribly addictive drug that I wish I had never taken. I was warned about it by a physician friend, but didn't realize how strong it was. I immediately quit it after treatment, and have experienced horrible side effects worse than what the drug is supposed to treat, nausea, dizzyness, almost blacking out, shortness of breath, etc. I had to ween myself off it UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A PHYSICIAN! Please don't take this drug under any circumstances! You will be sorry you did. I am. I would rather have been sick while on the chemo - because I was still sick! | M | 37 | 2 days | 2/13/2008 | 4 | Anxiety | I have had no side effects | I have been taking 0.5mg for about 7years with no problems,but I never thought about any problems getting off it if I wanted to. I have heard that on this small a dosage there should be no major withdrawl problems, does anyone out there know if this is true, I've read alot on this and it seems like the worst withdrawal side effects are from people who have taken very large doses for a long time. Any info would be greatly appreciated. | F | 60 | 7 years | 2/22/2008 | 1 | anxiety, PTSD | none | Didn't work at all for me. I took 4 times the dosage and nothing happened. No edge off my anxiety what so ever. I switched to Xanax and am much happier. | F | 22 | 2 months | 2/23/2008 | 3 | Anxiety | Being very tired. This would continue all day. I thought maybe the effects of tiredness would wear off but it didn't.Since I switched to Xanax which acted a lot better for me without the side effects of Ativan. | Activan is sometimes used before dental extractions also other than anxiety. I would say it's not has powerful as Xanax but close. And of course that big word that's used quite a bit on this forum...ADDICTING! Most benzos are addicting but "SO WHAT!" If they help you and you follow your doctor's recommended dosage, I could care less about that big over "Abused" word "Addiction." If any thing is addicting it's the over used word..."ADDICTION!" Dicipline yourself with these medications and you'll find yourself that these medications will indeed help you with your health issues. For me Ativan just didn't work for me. Xanax works much better for me. See how simple it was to say that without using that addicting word "Addiction?" I quit taking Ativan since Xanax works so much better for me. | M | 53 | 3 months | 2/28/2008 | 5 | Work stress. | Slight balance loss the first week, then it was fine. Slight short term memory loss, but that is fine now too. | I take Ativan for eye twitching and heart tightness due to job related stress. I quit my job. Just wean yourself off little by little and never take more than the doctor tells you too. It is a life saver. | F | 43 | 4 months | 3/3/2008 | 3 | Anxiety | Relieves temporary anxiety. Has a numbing effect. like drinking a couple beers without the down. Xanax is a similar drug but gives you a high. Don't take with alcohol, you'll black out and/or vomit. Pro: reduces anxiety, Con: addictive, lasting effects. | I started taking ativan/lorazapam(generic) at 19 yrs old. I was in college and experiencing anxiety. Took small doses (0.5mg) on and off for several years. Good part is that it'll get thru that nerve wrecking ordeal. You still have to get rid of the underlying issue. Im no longer on ativan, but I still get anxiety. This pill is addictive. After I stopped, my body twitches at times. I also have jaw/ear problems. Neck strains. Recommend being weened off. | F | 27 | 2 years | 3/11/2008 | 5 | Migraines | It worked GREAT, immediately and I didn't feel "doped up" at all. It got rid of the migraine and I could even work! Take only PRN. | My doctor prescribed this when long-term migraines didn't respond to Imitrex. Of course, I only take as needed and only if the Imitrex doesn't work first. Benzodiazepines are too easily addictive. | F | 40 | 1 days | 3/14/2008 | 2 | Dizziness & Vertigo | MORE dizzy, out of sorts, trouble focusing... sort of drunk feeling. sick to my stomach from the resulting increase of vertigo. | My doctor decided to give me this after i asked for a valium refill, which i wasn't abusing... i only was giving 30 and i spaced them out 5 months. I tried it and i'm not sold, this doesn't make me feel any better! | F | 28 | 1 weeks | 4/2/2008 | 1 | Made Me Crazy | The side effects I got from this medication where: disinhibition, confusion, disorientation (which made me behave abnormally wild and violent) amnesia, memory impairment, (I couldn't remember behaving wildly) depression (made me horribly depressed. tried to kill myself 3 times) | DO NOT TAKE THIS MEDICATION. IT COULD POSSIBLY RUIN YOUR LIFE. If you have anxiety try Bendryl. It may make you sleepy but at least you won't be going nuts. See a complete list of the side effects at http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/loraz_ad.htm | F | 31 | 365 days | 4/7/2008 | 1 | Anxiety | Severe panic attacks, very nervous, My mind is going crazy thinking about anything and everything. Every nerve ending in my body is tingling. Could not sleep at all. I was only on 1 mg twice a day for for 10 days and the side effects started at about 36 hours after not having it. I am currently going on about 72 hours and still am feeling horrible wondering how much longer these side effects or withdrawal symptoms are going to last. I actually felt like I was going to die the first 24 hours of the side effects starting. Now at about 72 hours off the drug the effects are not as intense. I do not feel like I am going to die although I am still very nervous with lots of tingeing sensations, my mind is still wondering. I also went to the gym and worked out thinking that the exercise would help relieve the effects which actually had an reverse effect and made it worse. This is a horrible drug to come off of and will never take it again. This has been the worse experience in my entire life | The drug did work for the time that I took it. I was very calm, mellow and able to function. I was still depressed but it for sure took away the anxiety and allowed me to sleep. All in all the withdrawals after not taking the drug are for sure not going through. I would rather deal with the anxiety than go through feeling like your gonna die. | M | 42 | 10 days | 4/8/2008 | 2 | Anxiety/Insomnia | Terrible rebound insomnia. | Started taking 1 mg a day at night and felt great. Relieved anxiety and helped me go right to sleep. After about twenty days I noticed a dramatic reduction in effectiveness. Increased does to 2 mg. After 40 days on this drug it stopped working. Quit cold turkey and had night sweats. Rebound insomnia has been unbearable, after 7 days off this drug, I need Ambien to go to sleep. Stay away from this addictive drug. | M | 40 | 32 days | 4/14/2008 | 5 | Muscle relaxant | None. | Doctor prescribed Ativan for spasms due to arthritis in my neck. Valium was the only thing that had worked well years ago, and she preferred I try this. Mostly it just helps me sleep well so the spasm relaxes away, usually in one night. Rx was for 1mg, but I found a half works just as well, and I only take it as needed - 1-2 times weekly - not often enough to worry about addiction (tho "every night" is certainly tempting!) Husband is retired pharmacist and warned me about addiction. Can't imagine a doctor not monitoring the use of Ativan so all of those who have spoken before me would not have all these problems! | F | 60 | 6 months | 4/24/2008 | 5 | depression/anxiety | nothing bad | I've taken this as needed for about a year now. when i', having bad days, and it's great, it'll also help me sleep. if i'm having a really really rough day i can take up to 2. usually in the morning or afternoon and one at night to help sleep. | F | 24 | 1 years | 4/26/2008 | 5 | insomnia, anxiety | none | 0.5 mg at bedtime allows me to sleep without torturous dreams. A blessed relief! | F | 74 | 24 months | 4/26/2008 |