ATIVAN Reviews (LORAZEPAM)Average Rating: 3.3 (709 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ATIVAN with similar:
Type: Rx Drug
|
Results are sorted by Date from oldest to newest. Key to Ratings: 1=LOW (I would not recommend taking this medicine.) Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 |
More on ATIVAN: Reviews Summary | Drug Safety Information
| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ATIVAN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Anxiety, Panic Attacks | None! Yippee! | AMAZING! Gave me 2mg in hospital and had best sleep ever. Now I carry the 0.5mg subligual for panic attacks and they work perfectly. Just knowing I have some with me stops more attacks than the drug itself! Honestly folks, this is the perfect drug. | M | 42 | 20 days | 7/14/2008 | 1 | Anxiety | No effect, even at much higher than recommended doses; same story with Valium, Xanax, and Klonopin. If you don't notice any difference from taking benzodiazepines, you aren't alone. | M | 23 | 2 weeks | 7/22/2008 | 1 | anxiety/sleep issues | memory loss, blackouts, loss of inhibitions. I would watch the same movie 3 times because I never remembered seeing it...did things that I regret while on this med. getting off this med sucks! your body goes thru horrible withdrawal symptoms. | this drug is evil. I dont recommend taking more than recommended or boozing it up while taking. I know common sense one would think...I have had numerous blackouts from this and had to take more and more to have it work. | F | 32 | 6 months | 7/24/2008 | 3 | Panic | anxiety for 4 days after taking 1mg | EMAIL RESPONSE WELCOME HELP NEEDED I take 1mg sublingual as needed. I get panic attacks only when riding in a car. I am losing my eyesight due to RP. I don't know anyone else with this problem of having panic attacks due to going blind. I feel that 1mg will not be enough soon. The 1mg ativan has an 80 percent success rate for me. I take the pill maybe twice a week. Can I safely go to 2mg at once twice a week without addiction? I hope someone can help. | M | 54 | 180 days | 7/30/2008 | 5 | Anxiety/Panic Disorder | I been on ativan/Lorazepam which is the generic version of ativan. I been taking 4 mg's a day 2 when i wake up 2 when i go to bed. side EFFECTS : short term memory loss, pains in heart not saying the drugs doesnt work but its very addicting if taken to much wouldnt recomend upgrading/downloading the dose without medical advise | I started a anxiety/ panic disorder charity if u need help u can visit www.usanxietystressnetwork.org good luck everyone | M | 33 | 5 years | 8/6/2008 | 1 | anxiety | tolerance, needed to take more, this drug is HIGHLY addictive. It ruined my life. | 52 | M | 3 years | 8/19/2008 | 4 | chronic vertigo | sleepiness | Definitely helped with vertigo problem at .5 mg twice a day. Traditional vertigo meds didn't work. Stopping ativan brought on headaches, vertigo, dizziness, nausea, anxiety. | M | 51 | 14 months | 8/26/2008 | 3 | given to my Dad by Hospice | Hospice gives Ativan 1 ml sublingual every hours. after 12 hours I requested they give only as needed (PRN), as Dad was not experiencing anxiety after 1st dose. They held medication for 24 hours, and his close friend was able to talk to him briefly; although Dad could no longer talk, He realized she was there with him. After beginning to experince agitation shortly therafter this visit, Nurses administered Ativan,which fully sedated him for the next 4 days, when he then passed away. If You wish to have family members see/talk to your parent/loved one before they die, you may wish to ask Doctor's or Hospice for some other med, temporarily. Ativan seems to put seniors into a complete stupor where they will not be able to respond to anyone. When I die, I would like to be concious enough to know that my wife or my relatives are there with me. with Ativan, that probably won't happen | M | 57 | | 8/30/2008 | 5 | Anxiety and panic | Drowsiness if I take too much, but I've learned what dose is right for me. | I use Ativan sparingly because I worry about tolerance and addiction, but when I do use it, it helps tremendously. It has really reduced the suffering in my life, which can be extreme at times because of anxiety. It makes me feel calm, but not drugged, weird, or loopy (at my prescribed dose). | F | 27 | 1 years | 9/3/2008 | 4 | Severe Anxiety | I believe that this med might make me a bit sleepier at times. On the flip side, it helps me to focus so that I can "get things done." | I had anxiety every day. Sometimes several severe panic attacks in one day. My mind would just think and "re-think" about things that I had no control over. Being a single mom, I wanted to make everything "right" for my kids and I wanted them to be happy/content. I worked myself into an emotional tizzy with worry. I constantly felt bad/guilty about things that I really had no control over. I would continually try to think of how I could "fix" things. I believe this medication calms my mind down and helps me to realize that there are things that I can help fix in life and some things I just have to either let go of or accept the way things are at this time. Because my anxiety has been cut by atleast 75%, I now can say to myself, "things will be o.k. and will all work out in the end. Doctor/Nurse said it was safe to take a very low dose every day until I can work through some things. I am not worried about addiction, but I was worried about loosing my m | F | 48 | 7 days | 9/5/2008 | 5 | GAD / Panic Attacks | None. | Love ativan. It's like taking a Tylenol for a headache. Within 20 minutes, I am less anxious and whatever was getting me all keyed up seems less intense and more manageable. The only problem is that over time, this medication begins to lose some of its effects and you have to increase your dose. So I keep it as a "fallback drug" - only to be used when the regular meds aren't working so I don't have to become increasingly dependent upon it. I have been taking this med off and on since 1996. | F | 32 | 12 years | 9/12/2008 | 1 | panic attack | Complete memory loss. I did not know anything for a full week, did'nt know who my husband was, who my kids were or where i lived, i still dont remember that week people just tell me about how much i scared them, it was like one minute i was there and the next minute i was gone! | I know this drug works great for some people just be aware that this is a very rare but very possible side affect. This was about 5 months ago and to this day my memory is still not right...i get lost very eaisily i dont remember phone numbers and people come up to me and say they went to school with me but i dont know them i dont remember one day to the next and im only 25!!I have been to doctor after doctor and test afer test and they all say i've had the most extream allergic reaction to ativan you can have and yes while this is rare i think people have the right to know it can happen!! | F | 25 | 2 days | 9/15/2008 | 1 | anxiety | headaches, insomnia, achey body, tender breasts, overall feeling of flu like symptoms at times, among other things. | The hospital made a mistake and didn't send me home with any or a script, after about 30 hours, my skin and breasts were burning, I could barely talk, headaches, I was bumping into things and my heart was racing, thought I was having a heart attack. Can't even remember all the side effects. They put me back on it, and are weaning me off, but I still get some side effects, can't wait til I am off completely, will never take again. I've been on it about 7 weeks now. | F | 52 | | 9/17/2008 | 4 | Anxiety | Panic Attacks, Insomnia, Anxiety | Be VERY careful taking this medication. It is highly addictve. If you take it long term, be weary of how you stop taking it. The withdrawls are AWFUL. | F | 42 | 10 years | 10/1/2008 | 1 | anxiety/depression | BE CAREFUL!! I am going into my second week in the hospital, psychiatric ward, for an agressive taper off of ativan...that says a lot | Please please be careful with this med....I always saw myself as a very bright together take care of everything person and now, here I am...with sweats, trouble talking at times, memory very bad, anxiety bouts as I can never remember, and all because I found a Dr that didn't mind prescibing it almost as much as I wanted it, I was up to 10 plus mg,s a day but it just wasn't working as it use to...suicidal thoughts were high, hence my asking my mom and son to take me in because the last thing I wanted to do was hurt my family but I could no longer cope...in reading other posts I see that I got myself pretty darn in doses compared to some and the side effects and withdrawel symptoms were/are enormous...but I'll make it! | F | 47 | 3 years | 10/6/2008 | 5 | severe anxiety | only occasional sweating and flushing | I was taking .5 mgs. twice a day, and then recently my 25 year old brother died and dr. said I could take three a day. This drug has allowed me to calm myself and focus. During grief it has allowed me to not cry continually. When I am feeling more in control, I do not take all doses, or skip it all together. I have no problems with this, and suffer no addictive or withdrawal problem. I do take this in conjuction with Effexor. | F | 37 | 6 months | 10/8/2008 | 1 | For insomnia | This did not help my insomnia at all. I started out at .5mg and ended up building a tolerance to it. It is very physically addictive. I went from .5mg to 2.5mg in a period of a few months. Even at the higher dose, it did nothing to help my insomnia. Withdrawal was not easy, even on a gradual taper, since it has a very short half life. I had severe stomach cramps, ringing in the ears, and night sweats as the taper progressed downward. I've been off Ativan for 7 weeks now and am still having tinnitus and night sweats. Be aware that it should only be taken short term for sleep disorders. Apparently my doctor wasn't aware of that. I've found Valium to be much more effective, and the long half life makes it easier to taper off. | I wouldn't take this drug again. | F | 4 months | 10/17/2008 | 4 | OCD, GAD, PTSD | None, except additcion. | First, my history: I was diagnosed with anxiety disorders in 1990. I was given the usual SSRIs but had to come off of them because I couldn't tolerate the side effects. I was given Valium 1mg as needed for the next fifteen years or so. Didn't work very well. Finally the anxiety got so bad my doc put me on Xanax 1mg twice a day. Worked great until I had another episode of anxiety and was hospitalized. Was put on 2mg Ativan 7 times a day. Quickly reduced that to 2mg once a day with the same effect. Problem is, I was still taking the Xanax. So right now I'm taking 2mg Ativan during the day, and 1mg Xanax at dinner. Trying to stop the Ativan and was okay until another bout of anxiety hit. So here I am at 2mg Ativan and 1mg Xanax per day. That is drug abuse (neither of my docs know about it) but it happened by accident and I know I'm addicted. Okay, the good part: they work! Well, except for the most severe of anxiety episodes. But Ativan seems to even me out for the day, then Xanax takes m | M | 51 | 2 months | 10/19/2008 | 4 | Panic Disorder | Euphoria; occasional disconnected feeling; blackouts; clumsiness. | Ativan helped me a great deal when I was first diagnosed with panic disorder, a little over a year ago. It worked very quickly and effectively, and I took 1.5 mg/day for the first month until my SSRI (Lexapro) started to kick in. I later lowered the dosage to 2x/day, but often took less. I eventually switched to Klonopin, but after several attempts to wean myself off I'm still taking about .5 mg/day (=1mg Ativan) 6 months later. I plan to switch to Valium soon so I can cut my dose further. A great drug but be careful, it is habit-forming and physically addictive. | M | 20 | 7 months | 10/22/2008 | 1 | Insomnia, anxiety | Severe depression, muscle weaknesses. | Confirm this is very insidious, addictive stuff. First used about 4 years ago for anxiety, but quit and did not use again until past summer. More recently started taking 0.5 mg at night prior to bed off and on for about 2 months for insomnia with no notable side effects. Started taking more frequently in Sept, and moved up to taking 1mg during day and 0.5 mg at night. Took about 2 weeks to realize I was getting hooked. Started having very high levels of anxiety when I did NOT take it. Stopped taking it completely and had about the worst week ever with horrible depression and what I think was probably borderline panic state. This absolutely was the scariest thing I have ever experienced and there is no way I would take this stuff again. | M | 54 | 2 months | 10/23/2008 |