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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ATIVAN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | extreme emotions, suicidal impulses | VERY agressive behavior. additionally, i was given it to prevent siezures during a week in the icu after an attempted suicide. i would rip out my IVs and was verbally and physically violent to the point i had to be restrained. (i have no memory of any of this.) | apparently this is a very rare side-effect. my psychiatrist tells me that she's only seen a handful of patients react in this manner — and she has been practicing for decades and has previously held a prominent position at one of the most prestigious medical schools in the country.
i took the drug as needed. it took a while before i made the connection of taking it and the affect on my mood. | M | 26 | | 4/24/2006 | 5 | insomnia | None | Can take 1mg at night and sleep all night!! Wonderful drug!! | F | 53 | 5 years | 4/26/2006 | 4 | anxiety/depression | At first I couldn't take it during the day because I felt too stoned, even after .5mg. This went away as I built some tolerance. Some slight rebound anxiety. | Excellent for anxiety, it's unfortunate that tolerance builds so quickly. I take 1mg at bed time and very occasionally during the day if my anxiety gets on top of me. I am about to taper off it, as my antidepressant has started to become highly effective at controlling my anxiety. A great drug to use while you're in an acute state and are waiting for an antidepressant to take effect. I have no idea how you could use it on its own though, as you get used to it so quickly. | F | 29 | 4 months | 5/3/2006 | 5 | Insomnia due to Anxiety | None | If you're using these to sleep they are a God-send. I kid you not, I love, love these little guys. I'd take 1mg and it would knock me out in three minutes flat. I try not to take them too often, since they can be addictive...I only take them when I HAVE to. | F | 19 | 2 days | 6/6/2006 | 5 | anxiety/panic disorder | None. | Works great and doesnt make me feel groggy or out of it. It just makes me feel normal, while taking away the panic attacks. | F | 24 | 1.5 years | 6/30/2006 | 5 | Anxiety..Clinical Depression | None | It gave me back my life..a wonderful drug..like a pillow and comforter in the middle of a war zone..I can cope again..this drug saved my life! | M | 45 | 6 years | 7/8/2006 | 4 | GAD | Terrible withdrawal symptoms after stopping cold turkey. diarhea,stomach pain, horrible back pain, panic attacks and could not sleep for 17 days. | Other than the withdrawal symptoms, this medication is great and I got so addictive to it, that I would I am not ever planning to go off of it, not after trying to quit unsuccessfully for the past 5 years. | F | 34 | 5 years | 7/15/2006 | 5 | Fear of flying | Mild sleepiness | I only take this to fly; it is the ONLY thing that gets me on a plane! | F | 36 | 4 times | 7/17/2006 | 5 | anxiety/depression | It is very addictive. On the occasional nights I dosed off before taking the medicine I woke up feeling as though I'd been hit by a truck - just from one night without the pill. | It saved my life through the stress of college. Although I still felt anxious about normal things, it certainly lessened my anxiety overall and eliminated the physical manifestations (hives, weak stomach, etc.) of stress. | F | 22 | 2 years | 7/20/2006 | 4 | Insomnia/anxiety/post migraine | After about three months of 1mg per night, became quite forgetful. Cognitive abilities seemed to deteriorate the longer I was using. Also noticed occasional morning dizzy spells. After ten months decided to taper--tapered off over three months and the last month was HELL. | Wish doc had advised against using drug daily--withdrawal sickness severe, including all over muscle cramps, high anxiety, flu like symptoms. After clear of drug for two months, began using again to help recover from severe menstrual migraine. If I avoid taking more than 4mg per month, and never two days in a row, this drug prevents the terrible depression and brain fog that otherwise comes after a migraine attack, and I don't have any withdrawal symptoms in between uses. This drug is wonderful as long as used wisely, but maybe too many dox ignorant of what wise use means?? | F | 47 | 10 months | 7/27/2006 | 5 | fear and anxiety and depression | none. Allows good sleep in 30 minutes, if I take it when I cannot fall asleep. But I take 0.5mg in the am, to stop my anxiety and chattering teeth symptom. Then I feel strong and positive. | The best miracle drug for me to solve my life crisis fears. I take many other physical medicines (not for anxiety) | M | 66 | 9 months | 8/4/2006 | 1 | anxiety & depression | Sweating, palpitations, tremors, feeling of withdrawing from society... curling up and doing nothing. | I had no idea it was so addictive and dangerous. I was prescribed 30, take 1mg at bedtime from a doc in Thailand to help anxiety and sleep, after being diagnosed HIV+. Knocked me out for 12 hours... then I continued taking it for 2 months before I realized that the symptoms (on the left) were from Ativan, not HIV. Now I'm trying to taper off. I'm at 0.5mg, but for how long..? | M | 54 | 2 months | 8/23/2006 | 4 | gen anx, insomnia, acute panic | Memory loss if I took more than prescribed, somnolence, loss of appetite. When I was on this medication I also had a recurring dream in which I was drinking a bottomless glass of water all night, and I have known others this has happened to. | I have taken this intermittently since I was 17. I found that I needed a higher dose than indicated (7 mg or so) in order to combat anxiety. This drug is powerful and a godsend for people who suffer acute anxiety attacks, but is dangerous because it's easy (and fun) to use recreationally. I've also taken a dose and then taken another dose either because the first hasn't kicked in yet, or doesn't seem to be working. What I found most dangerous about this drug is that I don't feel high or aware that I'm altered or acting oddly. Do not drive while on this drug, even if you feel safe doing so, and taking other depressants can really zonk you out, or kill you. In my experience, taking way too much of this drug can result in extreme agitation, panic, hallucination (not the fun kind), depersonalization, suicidal urges and almost violent extreme emotions and actions. | F | 25 | 9 years | 9/2/2006 | 1 | sleep | none | took before bed 1mg to help with sleep and was like taking nothing. Did not help at all. | F | 37 | | 9/9/2006 | 5 | Anxiety & related insomnia | None | Very helpful over short-term. Calms anxiety and helps sleep without feeling drugged. I took 1-2 mg./day for 3 months 10 years ago and had no problem stopping when issues were resolved and prescription ran out. Recently I was on 1-1.5/day for 4-5 months and tapered off after reading many of the withdrawal horror stories on the Internet. I would recommend using only as really needed, not on a daily basis and working on the underlying problems with a therapist or other means. Tapering works...I tapered off over a period of a few weeks until I was down to .25 mg for sleep and then stopped completely with no side effects. | M | 51 | 5 months | 9/15/2006 | 5 | depression and severe panic attacks | When I first started taking Ativan, the only side affect I experienced was getting drowsy. Now I don't have any side effects from it. | The drowsiness side effect only took place during the first few weeks of taking Ativan. From personal experience, be careful about taking cough and cold medicines with Ativan, because the side affects from the other medicines will be twice as bad. Or maybe that is just me... Anyways, the anxiety, depression, and panic attacks, are because I have a hard time dealing with my disabilty, and perhaps partially because I have problems with my spinal cord. (Ankylosing Spondylitis with Osteoporosis, and suspecting also Stenosis). I find Ativan to be a safe drug, and non habit forming even if taken on a regular basis, but it may be habit forming for other people. If I can always forget to take them, that must mean that I am not addicted to them. I was first perscribed .5mg, 3 times a day, now I am pescribed 1mg, 3 times a day. Ativan has kept me out of the emergency room from having severe panic attacks, and it also keeps my AFIB-RVR heart condition in check. I think Ativan has been a life save | M | 35 | 7 years | 9/17/2006 | 1 | axiety caused Lamisil symtoms | I am currently tapering off Lorazepan generic for Ativan after being on it of 6 weeks. At first it was ok with no major side effects but in the last three weeks I developed tremors, muscle spasm on right side of face, neck, back and legs. At first these tremors were infrequent, 2 max, now it is daily. Episodes 1st lasted .5 hour last episode was 2 days ago lasted. 1.5 hours. I also wonder if it has to do that I'm reducing the meds. | I took Ativan for dealing with axiety after taking Lamisil and causing side effects. Before taking these meds I had never taken anything except generic form of Xanax between Lamisil and Adivan to deal with Lamisil issue. I had to stop taking Xanax because I was becoming nauseated all the time, along with tremors. Best advise is to see therapy, support groups but NO Psychiatrist. They will want to put you on more meds. | F | 41 | 6 weeks | 9/25/2006 | 5 | anxiety | so far the only side effects i feel are a little sleepy but not so much that i couldnt get thru my day at work. | This is absoluetly a god send for me. I could barel function, drive etc and it just really takes the edge off. I amm seeing a psychiatrist nxt week to get on an anti-anxiety as i know i cant use ativans forever. If i could, i def would. It makes me feel like me again without the terrible horrific anxiety. | F | 27 | 4 days | 9/27/2006 | 1 | sleeplessness | Stopped working well after 2-3 weeks (developed tolerance). Developed chest pains, painful breathing, fatigued during day. After going off terrible withdrawal symptoms (did not know to taper off) -- still ongoing 3-1/2 weeks later --(ringing in ears, jerking movements, insomnia, painful breathing, anxiety & panic attacks). See www.benzo.org.uk for more details on this drug. | This drug is highly addictive. Not worth the short-term benefit. Do not take it beyond a couple of days, if at all. | M | 44 | 28 days | 9/30/2006 | 4 | anxiety | Not sure of any - maybe slight memory loss (but I can't remember) :) | Works well. Take about 0.5 mg to 1mg/day when anxious. I stop taking it for 2 to 4 day stretches at a time with next to no side effects. | M | 54 | 10 years | 10/5/2006 |