ATIVAN Reviews (LORAZEPAM)

Average Rating: 3.3 (709 Ratings)

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 SEDATIVES HYPNOTICS ANTIANXIETY    DEA Schedule IV   

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ATIVAN  (LORAZEPAM):  This medication is used to treat anxiety. Lorazepam belongs to a class of drugs known as benzodiazepines which act on the brain and nerves (central nervous system) to produce a calming effect. This drug works by enhancing the effects of a certain natural chemical in the body (GABA).    (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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RATING  REASONSIDE EFFECTS FOR ATIVANCOMMENTSSEXAGEDURATION/
DOSAGE
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 2  PANIC DISORDER & SEVERE ANXIETY NONE IT DOESN'T HELP MY SEVERE ANXIETY OR PANIC ATTACKS M 36 2 years
8mg a day
10/9/2015
 2  Recreational Slept, next two days couldn't keep food down, vomited, extreme anxiety. It's been two weeks and I still feel headaches constantly, some brain fog. Do not recommend, even one dose can be harmful. M 21 1 days
7.5 MG 1X day
7/7/2015
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 2  anxiety none 190lb - barely touched by 1mg in high stress times. Im guessing 3-4mg is going to work for really manic times or act as hypnotic (knock me out). ambien is my hypnotic choice when melatonin doesnt work. M 44 4 years
7/6/2009
 2  Anxiety/Insomnia Terrible rebound insomnia. Started taking 1 mg a day at night and felt great. Relieved anxiety and helped me go right to sleep. After about twenty days I noticed a dramatic reduction in effectiveness. Increased does to 2 mg. After 40 days on this drug it stopped working. Quit cold turkey and had night sweats. Rebound insomnia has been unbearable, after 7 days off this drug, I need Ambien to go to sleep. Stay away from this addictive drug. M 40 32 days
4/14/2008
 2  Anxiety Insomnia Please take this medicine only as prescribed. I did have a glass of one 2 nights in a row and ended up with 10 days without any deep sleep. I personally will not take this medicine anymore and highly recommend that you strictly follow the instructions and only for a short peiod of time. M 34 2 weeks
3/19/2009
 2  atypical facial pain this drug increased the pain i originally had and its hard to get off after taking for a while so beware... M 24 2 years
2/24/2009
 2  Anxiety symptoms dizzy walking After taking 1 mg for the first time, anxious feelings dissipated but became more disoriented and off-balanced which is what I wanted to cure. M 35 1 days
2/18/2005
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 2  Generalized Anxiety, Panic Disorder In the beginning I only experienced drowsiness... Now I believe I am experienceing withdrawals. I gave a good rating on Ativan about 6 months ago, and since then I found enough proof that I could be having withdrawals from dependency, tollerance, and or addiction. I was always told that I have panic attacks everday, and I used the ativan to stop the panic attacks, over a period of 7 years. Turns out that after researching Ativan withdrawals, it can cause panic and anxiety withdrawals, which would resemble the actual panic attacks. I am also losing my memory, concentration, and going through confusion, panic and anxiety like symptoms every single day. I have many other symptoms of withdrawals too. So I am left with a choice, continue the Ativan at a higher dosage, or switch to a longer lasting benzo, or try to get off of them period. I want to get off of them or at least try. M 35 7 years
1/14/2007
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 2  anxiety disorder I have been on the medicine for alot of years. My tolerance went up so I asked my Dr. for more. After 4mg I was told I was at the maximum dose. I went to rehab. I could not feel normal while off ativan. I was a Zombie. I shook all of the time after weeks of being off it. Everything felt like it was in slow motion. Eventually the Dr's took pity and put me on Klonopin. I felt relaxed but I was not functioning at 100%. Eventually I quit Klonopin and went back to Ativan. I was never 100% on this drug and got hurt at work twice in one day. Now I have no job. You can't tell people about your psyche meds because of the stigmatism related to such a revalation. I remain addicted to Benzo's without any hope of not using again. What the hell do I do now? I've tried detox 3 times and failed each time because my reaction was so severe that the Dr.'s felt the only humane thing to do was to put me back on them. I have sufferred the withdrawls from this medication and I can't get off. I hope you M 46 6 years
9/19/2007
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 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
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 2  Anxiety Disorder(s) Headaches that I attribute to the new medication because I did not get them until I started taking the Ativan and get a headache each time I take it I was taking Xanax for ten years. It worked like a charm. Then about 6 months ago it stopped working for me. Shrink said I may have become "sensitized" to the Xanax - he says that can happen with benzos. The Ativan is doing absolutely nothing for me. M 61 28 days
2MG 2X day
3/24/2010
 1  anxiety Completely screwed up my body. Brain fog, achy joints, nausea, loss of weight, lack of sleep, heart palpitations. This drug did not act as a sedative for me, it did the opposite. This drug is extremely dangerous. After starting ativan i came down with my stated side effects. Never been sick in 57 years. When I tried to stop taking ativan, it triggered physical side effects (just like an illegal street drug user would have - fever, tingling sensations, mind fog, sweating, muscle cramps). The first attempt to get off this drug, I justed stop taking it. 3 days later withdrawal symptoms triggered. On second attempt, i took 1 week to come off dosage. 4 days later i had major withdrawal symptoms. My body had become physically addicted to this drug. I never took any drugs my whole life even though i used less than 90 days and took only .75 mg a day. At this point in time, i did research on the Internet. The sites clearly showed how addictive Ativan is. My doctor didn't emphasize this addictiveness. The sites pointed towards changing diet to a Mediterranean diet and adding supplements to help ease the withdrawal symptoms. After starting these changes, i called a psychiatrist, (doctor dealing with drug addiction). She told me to wean off the drug over 4 weeks with each week taking 25% less dosage. I did as she said and was able to come of the drug cleanly. She told me she had clients who took up to a year to get off of some of these prescription anxiety drugs. Moral of the story, if at any time one gets side effects from prescription drugs, stop taking it. I never gave it a thought that one could get sick after stopping taking a drug!!! M 57 90 days
.75 mg 1X day
3/25/2010
 1  insomnia. abnorm bruxism, impaired speech. the worst BZD to treat insomnia because of its side effects. horrible drug. M 24 2 days
1 mg 1X day
8/12/2010
 1  Anxiety Ativan is one of the most problematic benzodiazepines. I became addicted in 1975 and could not discontinue due to the horrific withdrawal symptoms. I finally managed to withdraw completely this year using a Diazepam taper as recommended in the Ashton manual. I have now been benzo free for 4 months and feel 100% better but still have many withdrawal symptoms some of which I believe may last longer than I anticipated. I now campaign in the UK in order to help others addicted to benzodiazepines. Ativan, made initially by John Wyeth and Brother Ltd, is one of the most addictive benzos and has been shown to cause epileptic seizures on withdrawal from therapeutic doses after as little as 3 weeks ingestion. It has also been shown to cause up to 200 side effects and withdrawal symptoms. If you are on it then look up the Ashton manual online for advice and information regarding discontinuation. M 55 35 years
1mg 1X day
7/1/2010
 1  panic attacks, anxiety tired, memory problems. during detox: psychosis, electric shocks. Bad bad bad. It has taken 8 years of my life. Went through detox, which was absolutely horrible. When I took this drug for the first time, I thought that it was going to save me from feeling miserable. Well, in the long run, it really doesn't. M 28 8 years
3-4 mg 2X day
6/1/2010
 1  anxiety, restlessness complete shutdown, virtually comatose 4 months after being given 3.75 mg (total over 48 hours), our father still can not walk. M 82 2 days
.25-1 mg 2X day
9/11/2010
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 1  panic Seizure! should I say more? M 23 1 days
0.5mg 1X day
9/14/2010
 1  Anxiety All I can say is that I am slowly coming off this, and will never take it again. I had severe crying fits 3 nights in a row where I almost had to be hospitalized. In addition, I had EXTREME fatigue where I couldn't even get out of bed in the morning, and terrible muscle aches where I couldn't even walk/life my arms. I still feel like crap, and my anxiety is even worse. Next time I am just smoking pot... M 32 5 days
5MG f 1X day
11/25/2010
 1  doctor recommened all side effects, confusion, memory loss, can't work, blurred vision, agitation, paranoid, body pains, loss of weight to the point of see rib, pure agonary M 45 10 months
1 1X day
11/30/2010
 1  stress dizzy, off balance M 65 5 times
.25 1X AN
1/1/2011

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