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| 5 | partial seizures | none | i was given 1mg ativan iv for a partial seizure in the er approximately a year ago, it worked within a minute or two to stop the seizure. was given a prescription for 9 (total) 1mg pills. i just finished the pills about 2 weeks ago. i take .5mg when the partial seizures are uncontrollable. my seizure doc was hesitant to prescribe them because of the addictive properties of benzos. however, my neurosurgeon was willing to take the risk based on my medication history. he made sure that i was very clear on the fact of how addictive this medication is, and that he would be watching very closely how many i was taking. i haven't cracked the new bottle yet, as i only take this under extreme circumstances. it works very well for the partial seizures taken in small doses. it doesn't make me sleepy or loopy, just stops the seizures. | F | 47 | 1 years .5 1X AN | 8/25/2012 | 4 | Anxiety Disorder NOS | Brief tiredness in the morning went away though. | Do NOT take it every day only when absolutely necessary. Due to not taking it every day doctor said I could go up to 1.5 mg twice daily but NO MORE than 2 times per week. I've only had to do that three days in a 7 month period not bad. Aware of the addictive qualities so do not take it unless it is a last resort. | F | 48 | 18 months 1 mg 2X day | 8/29/2012 | 5 | Panic Attacks/Agoraphobia | Drowsiness until my body got used to the medication | Ativan is a godsend for anxiety issues. I couldn't leave my house for years until I started taking this & it gave me my life back....HOWEVER, I made the mistake of taking it a few times per day & I had withdrawal symptoms from hell when I tried to get off of it. If you start taking this I would recommend it as needed and NOT daily, if you need something for daily use trying another medication would be your best bet. | F | 23 | 2 years 1mg 4X day | 9/19/2012 | 1 | Anxiety | It was a miserable experience. It calmed me at first but bother my stomach all the time. I started with .5 mg and could drive on it but after a few weeks I stopped and started Xanax for a few weeks which really helped. It was strong at even .25 mg and it wasn't something that could let me drive unless I drank coffee redbull or had an energy pill. So I could drive if I took xanax a few hrs prior. I thought I was going to get a full prescription for Xanax but my doctor said no and gave me Ativan and Zoloft. Ativan didn't work so I upped it to 1 mg and refused the zoloft. Zoloft made me throw up basically... Anyways, the 1 mg worked for a few months until I upped it to 1.5 mg so I took 3 pills at a time. I did this because it gave me terrible tremors and such. Finally doctor gave me .5 mg klonopin and I'm starting to feel much better. Ativan is a hit or miss... It sucked for me personally and if u ever get a doctor recommending it to me I'm gonna scream about it. | F | 26 | 7 months 1 mg | 9/26/2012 | 4 | Anxiety, Depression Obsessive | None | Calming and neutralizing creating a more even mental state in chaos. My main pills have changed from Paxil (10 yrs) to Prestique, to Effexor and now to Wellbutrin all in the last year (the effexor and prestique made me highly aggitated) so it's been exhausting. Only two weeks into Well. so hopefully it works. Ativan has helped keep me half sane. | F | 33 | 8 months 1 3X day | 10/14/2012 | 5 | Anxiety | Works great. No side effects. Helps my anxiety. | F | 40 | 1 years .5 | 10/16/2012 | 1 | sleep | Over 50 side effects both mental and physical. Too numerous to list here. | This stuff nearly destroyed my life. It has been just over 1 year since I took it and I am still as sick as a dog 24/7. I had just over 50 side effects and am now down to 20. Avoid this drug and all benzodiazepines like the plague. You have no idea what a horror story this has been. | M | 63 | 11 days 1 mg 1X day | 11/3/2012 | 1 | ordered by misinformed Hospice | closing of esophogus; dry mouth, more anxiety, memory loss, | Back to normal when I took myself off. Esophogus closed for 2 weeks before family physican found solution, almost died from dehydration | F | 82 | 18 days 2.5 2X day | 11/10/2012 | 5 | anxiety | At little tired at first but after a few weeks I felt great. Totally saved my life. | F | 30 | 6 months 1 to 2mg | 11/16/2012 | 1 | Anxiety | Panic attacks brain fog burning sensations all over head Severe Debilitating Anxiety throat tightness chest tightness Doctor never warned me of side effects never have I taken meds like this before had one panic attack in May sent to ER they gave me Ativan that's when it started followed up with doctor two days later gave me prescription for .05 then upped to to 1mg 2xday had know idea what was to come in August I went into tolerance withdrawal too many symptoms to list have tapered down to .75 and jumped Wednesday Nov 14 had tremors and chest pains so far but i was in acute withdrawal all of October cant take it anymore makes me feel worse to take and taper even more is out of the question will have to suffer through this and let the body heal time will tell all I have to say it has turned my life upside down its been Hell mind you I was a super Healthy person before this I had one panic due to stress and losing a loved One Mom when I told PDoc about what was happening he didn't believe me said I shouldn't be having symptoms like I was on such a low dose I guess he doesn't know anything about the medication he's prescribing please do not take this med it will make you worse in the long run and its very hard to come off I don't know how I'm doing it maybe because I'm so angry and have put in my head this is poison doesn't work for me at all Wish I had researched before I took it would have never takin it go on Benzo Buddies and read their stories there true so is mine can't | F | 26 | 6 months 1 MG X 2 | 11/16/2012 | 5 | Anxiety .panic attacks | None....just sleep alot..lol | M | 28 | 1 years 1mg | 12/3/2012 | 1 | Anxiety Attack (severe) | Out of world feeling. Feels awesome at first. After you begin to come down, insomnia, really cold feeling in hands and feet, joint pain, numbness (face and hands), muscle twitching and absolute fear. | M | 20 | 6 days .5mgx2 | 12/26/2012 | 2 | Severe social anxiety disorder | Drowsiness att first, but faded | Anxiolytic effect is very minor. Didn't give me any side effects, but pretty weak. I prefer Klonopin | M | 18 | 5 months 2 1X day | 1/1/2013 | 5 | Anxiety | I haven't had any of the side effects that is listed here. It is the only medication that has helped me get restful sleep and with Fibromylagia, you really need to sleep well. You do have rebound insomnia when you quit taking it. | F | 58 | 5 years 2mg 1X day | 1/4/2013 | 2 | MRI | didnt relax me so i didnt get the MRI done | F | 50 | 1 days 0,5mg 2X O | 1/8/2013 | 1 | Bipolar | agitation, anxiety, psychosis, suicidal ideation, paranoia, seizures, chest pain, crying spells | I think it would of been initially ideal to take this drug had I taken it as prescribed but I didn't know what I was doing and blacked out on it cause I took too much. The withdrawal was possibly the worst thing I've ever experienced. Made too many calls to the ER and basically became a junkie. Many psych hospitalizations. Luckily I was put on klonopin and my seizures stopped and was able to smoothly titrate off of it. I'll never take a benzo again. | F | 23 | 3 months .5 1X day | 1/9/2013 | 4 | Anxiety | Forgetfulness, Sometimes Foggy and loss of short term memory. | At first, this drug was awesome. It is still the ONLY thing that makes the panic attacks go away, but trying to come off of this drug after 10years.........WOW.....hard is an understatement. | M | 44 | 10 years 2 MG 1X day | 1/15/2013 | 5 | Anxiety/ migraines | Drowsiness, calm, great sleep, no intense feelings or anxiety very good medicine in my opinion.. | I take Ativan along with pain meds which work wonderfully for my constant migraines and neck pain..I only take as needed because of its highly addictive qualities.. Bottom line though, it is a great med when taken as directed and not daily when you really don't need it. Only take it when you need it and you won't get addicted or dependent on it. | F | 23 | 3 months 0.5 mg 1X AN | 1/30/2013 | 4 | Anxiety | Some drowsiness. Otherwise very effective. | Be careful with this one. Easy to get hooked. Very difficult to break away. USE ONLY AS NEEDED!!!!! | M | 51 | 6 months 0.5 mg 1X day | 2/5/2013 | 1 | Anxiety | Within in minutes of taking it felt a surge of rage then a floating feeling. Real groggy. After that racing heart rate, fear, anxiety, vertigo, horrible thoughts, agoraphobia, claustrophobia, and the list goes on and on | I actually posted my experience on this drug from hell two years ago but got an email this morning asking me about how I got off of this roller coaster called Ativan. I will say this again... This drug for me was the drug from hell. My situation did not call for medicating any form of anxiety but it was the Doctors that opted for this method. What I got was a boat load of horrifying symptoms that this little pill is suppose to fight against. I begged the Doctors to do research on why I was falling a part after starting this pill but they refused. Within a day I was experiencing severe interdosal withdrawals. In two months time I had lost nearly 40lbs and was a mess. Since the very community that is suppose to help me wouldn't I decided I'd get off that pill myself and did the following... keep in mind although my side effects were severe I'd only been on this for 2 months. I tapered a 1/4 every three days. But I found that 10 mg of inderal once a day just as the withdrawals would get too severe would help me edge off that horror for a few hours. After the final 3 days on the last 1/4 I stopped. For about 7 days the intense withdrawals slowly got less and less. After one week I felt a bit more like myself. I continued to take only 10 mg of inderal in the evening for one additional week and then stopped taking it and there were no continued problems. | M | 37 | 2 months .25 3X day | 2/23/2013 |