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 |
| 1 | "anxiety attacks" that weren't | I took this drug very carefully as I knew it was addictive. Over the time I was on it I developed terrible anxiety, fear of being by myself, dizziness and many other weird sx. I didn't know what was wrong with me. 11 doctors/healthcare providers and many normal test results later I figured out myself it was the Ativan. I am now 96 days after I cold turkey-ed off the drug (NOT recommended) and it has been a living hell. Go to benzobuddies.org if you need help getting off this drug. See Ashton manual online for taper instructions. | Do not take benzodiazipines for longer than a few days. | F | 55 | 18 months 0,5 mg 1X AN | 2/10/2012 | 5 | Anxiety | I had no more anxiety. | I have been using Ativan safely for well over 2 years. I use as prescribed by using it when needed for things like an anxiety attack. I don't really anxiety attacks that much anymore however, after reading everyone posts about this drug, I am having one and think I will go take an ativan right now. I may have to double the dose to get through this one. (Seriously people, you are shocked that you have anxiety when you stop taking the pill that helps control anxiety? Perhaps its not the pill causing it but rather the condition that caused you to be prescribed it in the first place) This drug is an amazing drug and if used as prescribed you should not get addicted and it is impossible to continue having withdrawal symptoms from a drug after it is out of your system which certainly doesn't take a year as some people have described. | F | 36 | 2 years .5 3X AN | 2/13/2012 | 5 | Panic Attacks/Anxiety | Sedation, fuzzy feelings, relaxation and some inhabition. | It has helped me during panic attacks, when having problems sleeping and during travel by car and air. | M | 23 | 3 years 1mg 2X AN | 2/25/2012 | 3 | Stomach Cramps | I had an irritation in my lungs while taking either the tablet or having it intravenously. The taste/irritation reminded me of menthol whenever I was given it at the hospital. | I would not recommend this drug because it falls into the class of Benzodiazepines (one of the most addictive classes of drugs in the world). The withdrawal effects of trying to come off of Ativan (and other Benzodiazepines, such as Valium) are harder than most if not all street drugs (including Heroin). I wish I had never been given benzos. Stay away from this class of drugs for your own health. I CANNOT RECOMMEND THIS STRONGLY ENOUGH! | M | 49 | 2 days 1 MG 2X day | 3/5/2012 | 1 | PTSD, Anxiety | Hallucinations, Rage, Paranoia. I'm an OIF Veteran. In the midst of divorce. One night I became very emotionally overwhelmed and began to feel panic. Went to the ER at Loma Linda where they told me I wouldn't be able to see the psychiatrist unless I was suicidal or homicidal. They only thing they could do for me was write me a script for anything I've ever taken in the past. I asked then for a sleep aid. Ativan was that "sleep aid" 2mg. I was pretty much blacked out for an entire week, hallucinations, out of body experiences. I went through a paranoid rage and really hurt alot of people. I couldn't understand what had happened to me until reading through the effects of this stuff. They gave me 2mg 3Xdaily I can't believe they'd just hand that stuff out like that with no patient education. | M | 28 | 7 days 2mg | 3/7/2012 | 3 | Panic attacks | Moody. Depression. Weight gain. Tremors. Anger. Irritability. Hostility. Crying outbursts. Bizarre thoughts and dreams. Mood swings. Worsening of pms symptoms. Overall sense of dread. OCD. Paranoia. Etc. | F | 26 | 4 months 1 mg | 3/14/2012 | 1 | Anxiety | Brain fog, insomnia, heart racing, headaches, urinary tract infections, general feeling of illness, sensitivity to light, hearing problems, derealization, depersonalization. | I would not recommend taking this stuff. It caused a lot of problems while I was on it. It did help for anxiety, but the side effects are NOT worth it. This stuff is insanely hard to get off of too. You literally have to taper off slowly or you can have more serious problems. This stuff should not be taken for more than 2 weeks. | M | 22 | 3 months 1 1X day | 3/22/2012 | 3 | Anxiety | Headache (migraines), moody/depression, tiredness (in the beginning), sometimes foggy. | It worked, but the side effects and withdrawl sytoms were unbearable for me. I felt like my life was closing in on me when I tried to slowly back off from using them. My doctor just kept prescribing them more and more ... I actually have two unused bottles in my cabinet because of all the prescriptions he kept writing. | F | 26 | 4 months 2X day | 4/22/2012 | 1 | social anxiety | It did not help me at all. I have been going through social anxiety since I was in school. Then I stopped taking it, I suffered a seizure. Now I'm taking more pills to control my seizures for the next 3 years. My life is ruined. If Ativan helps you, great, but it didn't help me | M | 21 | 2 days 2mg | 4/30/2012 | 5 | Aniexty | none | works great! | F | 51 | 10 years 2X day | 5/9/2012 | 3 | Anxiety | Just makes me very sleepy and very light headed | Despite the side affects it has made me calm | F | 24 | 1 days 1mg 2X day | 5/24/2012 | 3 | For primarily alcohol Withdrawl | Not much,but makes it easier to handle alcohol Withdrawl,it helps,3 out of 5 with anxiety 4 out of 5 with alcohol Withdrawl !!! | M | 10 days 1 MG | 6/5/2012 | 3 | migraines | I don't take on a regular basis, but when I do need it for a migraine, and I may take it for 1-2 days in a row. The side effect I have is that, for 2-3 days AFTER taking it, I become a total witch, nasty to people and extremely agitated - ready to kill. Not pleasant. | I use it to try to stop migraines from advancing. Generally, it works about 70% of the time for me but I take it with celebrex, otherwise it won't work. If I feel a headache coming on, I'll take 1mg ativan and 1 celebrex & try to sleep for a few hrs and will often wake headache free (and for those with migraines, you can certainly appreciate that!!) My husband hates it when I take it tho b/c of the bitch persona that takes over me the few days following the dosing. | F | 57 | 1 years 1 1X day | 6/7/2012 | 1 | Anxiety | Tremors, vertigo, worse anxiety, paranoia, anger outbursts, weight gain ( only about 7 lbs but still a side effect).... Stomach upset, irritability, crying outburts, tage, fatigue...i started on .5 mg then dictor increased to 1 mg which worked but then it stopped working and I've been dealing with these side effects for at least 4 months.... I take Dramamine for the vertigo.... I never had these symptoms before. I tried 1.5 mg once or twice but that just made me sleep. So I'm getting off and reducing under doctors care. I wish I never took this in the first place I'm worse than I was before. Don't take this drug ever ever! | F | 26 | 7 months 1 mg | 6/16/2012 | 1 | Stressed | Hullucinatons panic sayimg unusual things unable le to make a sound desicion , | M | 52 | 1 days 2 | 6/20/2012 | 1 | Insomnia | Didn't work. Started at .5mg, nothing. 1mg, nothing. 1.5mg...you get the idea. I've had the same bottle for over a year cause I usually don't even bother taking it. Sane with Klonopin...no effect. Ambien works for insomnia, about 50% of the time. I think I'm doomed to sleepless life. | F | 28 | 10 times 1mg | 6/26/2012 | 5 | Occasional Panic Attacks | None | I've suffered with anxiety for 40 years. In the 70s I was taking Valium, quit cold turkey (which they didn't know was a no-no) which increased the anxiety. I learned how to cope with it without medication. I was given Ativan 7 years ago while in the hospital dealing with ulcerative colitis. I break the .5 in half and never take more than that. Ever. I don't take it every day. Mild anxiety is a normal human condition; every gets it now and then. One should be able to cope with that using one's own inner strength. Many people commenting here could be on other meds that are contraindicated for Ativan. And, I have to say, I am shocked at some of the dosages. But to each his/her own. For me, .25 PRN works. I've gone months without taking it. No problems. I take no other meds. | F | 60 | 7 years .25 PRN 1X AN | 7/7/2012 | 1 | Panic attacks | Crying uncontrollably, grogginess, morning hangovers when prescribed for sleep aid, brain fog | F | 33 | 1 years 1mg prn | 7/7/2012 | 3 | General Anxiety | Drowsiness, lack of coherence, limited short term memory, headaches, delayed periods with horrible PMS, emptiness | I started taking it to get rid of my overarching feelings of dread and malaise. It did that. I'm not afraid of people when I'm on the pill. I don't feel like the world is going to end. The bad thing though, is that now there's just nothing. I'm empty. Not completely apathetic but not really enthused about anything? On top of being sort of empty inside, I've been getting horrible headaches every single day. My period cramps are also not really doing me any favours. I have horrible short term memory now and often forget simple things as soon as I hear them. Everything sort of feels like it's covered in saran wrap. Overall, not an awful drug, but not a good one, and I will probably be asking my doctor for an alternative that won't make me feel like a blurry nihilistic mess. | 22 | 2 weeks 0.5 mg 1X day | 7/16/2012 | 3 | anxiety/schizophrenia | None | It didn't seem to work. Really. I was so anxious more so than my usual self. | F | 25 | 3 months 1 mg 1X day | 8/21/2012 |