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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ATIVAN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | Panic Attacks | Sleepiness and dizziness. Take 1 hour to take effect for me. | My doctor keeps warning me of the very addictive nature of this stuff, so I've been instructed only to take it when needed. It tends to dim the sensations, but I know the original problem is still there, lurking underneath. It's just muted somehow. But in the middle of a full-blown attack, I'm glad to have the volume turned down. | M | 37 | 40 days | 5/20/2004 | 3 | anxiety | M | 35 | 5 years | 8/14/2004 | 3 | Insomnia, waking in wee hours | No morning hangover after few days. | Not a very good sleep aid. after a few months begain to wake up at 4am. Recently swithced to Klonopin - a much better seep aid. Had no physical symptions when stopped taking. Dosage was 2mg at bedtime. For me higher dosages didn't make me sleep any better. | M | 52 | 5 months | 9/26/2003 | 3 | OTD/OCD Cancer Anxiety | sleepy, agitation, bladder and kidney pain,trouble urinating,but works well for the anxiety and OTD/OCD. | I want to get off all my meds I take Sinequan as well as Ativan. I'm going to get help through therapy. The long term side effects that can happen are very frightning. | M | 43 | 1 years | 12/7/2007 | 3 | anxiety, ganja withdrawl ,insomnia | memory loss at larger doses 3mgs or so for me, sleepiness, relief of anxiety, and a slight drunken feeling | it helps to dull anxious feelings, not strong in potency compared to other Benzodiazepines but still effective at a low dose for me (1mg), i only take it at night and continue to smoke weed but have cut back some, it makes me sleepy some, not as strong as alprazolam and clonazepam | M | 20 | 1 months | 11/20/2007 | 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 | 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 | 3 | Panic Attack | None | 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 | 6 months | 6/30/2008 | 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 | 3 | Stress-related stomach pains | A little spacey | I've taken it sometimes in .1 or .5 mg doses to relieve what seem to be psychosomatic stomach pains related to anxiety and stress. It seems to work fairly well although I'm never quite sure. If I take doses over consecutive days I end up feeling a bit queasy but no big deal. | M | 43 | 3 years | 7/12/2008 | 3 | Anxiety-Panic-Phobias | made me tired, dizzy, more anxious when it wore off. | I took this drug for 13 yrs! It made me MORE anxious! I was hooked. When the drug wore off I was a mess! Very anxious and shakey. Moody as hell. I am trying to get off this drug but it's really hard. | M | 40 | 13 years | 5/27/2009 | 3 | sedative | This drug is NOT for more than a WEEK or 2. it is a HORRIBLE drug if used long term with many strange side effects | To get off this successfully try the following which worked 1-1-1 one month 0.5-1-1 2nd month, 0.5-0.5-1 3rd month, 0.5-0.5-0.5 4th month, 0.25-0.5-0.5 5th , 0.25-0.25-0.25, 0.125-0.125-0.125, 0-0.125-0.125, then 0-0-trace. then one day 0.5 withn the week....slow...coming off this drug works well if done SLOWLY....any abrupt come off and you may DIE..this is a very dangerous cold turkey drug. S L O W please. Good luck | M | 35 | 12 months 2.5 mg 1X day | 11/26/2013 | 3 | Sleep | People on this site get surprised when they take this drug for 10 years straight and then try and come off cold turkey and get withdrawals.... Do not take more than twice a week and you will be fine. Take it every day and you will obviously screw yourself up. Works great though for sleep. Just be very careful and take as little as possible as infrequently as possible. ANDDDDDD yeahhh. | M | 16 | 1X day | 10/5/2013 | 3 | for panic attacks | Lightheaded tired shaking dont wont to go anywhere | M | 34 | 7 weeks .05 | 9/14/2014 | 3 | Cancer | Been addicted hopelessly for 10 years! Prescribed for several reasons due to cancer! Dr now wants me to stop! | M | 65 | 10 years 5mg 3X day | 11/27/2022 | 3 | Insomnia and Anxiety | When I couldn't sleep I broke 1mg pill in half. It helped to get me to sleep, I felt groggy the next day. When .5mg quit working I began taking 1mg as needed. That worked for a short time but I became irritable the next day. It stopped working for sleep issues but did calm anxiety. Doc said I've been taking it too long and discontinued my prescription. Prescribed Ambien for insomnia instead. Have not started Ambien yet. | Crestor increased issues that I already had with Insomnia, requiring Ambien to help me get to sleep. I have stopped crestor because of insomnia and other negative side effects. Might not use Ambien since I've eliminated a major cause of Insomnia (Crestor) and ask Dr to renew my prescription for Lorazepam because it did help to reduce anxiety. | M | 67 | 10 years 1mg 1X AN | 9/27/2021 | 3 | Anxiety/insomnia | When I first started taking it it was a god send. I was trying to quit alcohol and wasn't having success due to anxiety and panick attacks. I got off of alchol for awhile but then suddenly lost my health insurance so there went my ativan prescriptions after being on them daily for 2 years. The withdrawls were terrible and I ended up in the emergency room a couple of times. Only to get 1 ativan and then sent home. I have been off them for about 6 months but had a couple of relapses by taking my wife's ativan. Only to end up feeling withdrawl symptoms again each time. This is a very hard medication to stop taking, even trying to taper off of. I advise to stay away from it if can. Only a last option. If you do take it, quit as soon as physically possible with a doctor's assistance. | M | 48 | 2 days .5 mg/1.5d | 12/19/2019 | 3 | GAD/SAD/Panic Disorder | None | This isn't the most effective benzo on the market, sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn't. When I went to the dentist, I took 1.5mg and within an hour it gave out. A few nights ago I took 3mg, nothing good happened. Then I took 1mg a day later and it worked. Klonopin is better for me. | M | 38 | 2 months 1mg 2X W | 3/14/2020 | 2 | Every day anxiety | I didn't experience any negative side effects during the brief time that I was taking Ativan. | Honestly, Xanax works a lot more effectively than Ativan. I didn't want to take Xanax anymore because of all the horror stories I read about Xanax online, but Ativan pretty much did nothing for me. I didn't feel anything when I took it. It provided no relief and didn't alleviate the symptoms of anxiety at all. It just flat out didn't work. I even gave it a week and kept trying but never felt any relieving effects. | M | 22 | 7 days 1MG 2X day | 8/21/2020 | 2 | extreme anxiety/panic | memory loss, increased somnolence, and increased sex drive | While the aforementioned side effects were tolerable, Ativan just is not an effective benzo/anti-anxiety drug. Not because it doesn't work, it will sedate you and calm you down, however, it is probably the most addictive for me, as well, the withdrawal is drawn out and miserable. Memory loss is unpleasant, and the ultimate problem with Ativan is that it doesn't kick in right away like Xanax or Valium, and doesn't last nearly as long as Klonopin, Xanax XR, or even Valium. My dosage, as you would read, got way out of control, and I had to shelve the Ativan after less than a year. Look to its competitors for longer-term, more effective relief. | M | 25 | 1 years 6 mg 3X day | 12/27/2013 |