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 |
| 4 | claustrophobia on airplanes | Well, I expected to feel sleepy, and I was def hungover the next day. Constipation short term also. | My mother took ativan and it was bad for her. She was 70. | M | 55 | 5 years 10 4X day | 10/17/2010 | 4 | anxitey | makes food and flaovred drinks taste strange. black outs | M | 27 | 3 years 2mg 4X day | 10/10/2010 | 4 | social anxiety | none | works great helps calm me down and i can go about my daily life without having these thoughts about how nervous i will get in certain situations i am able to focus better on the tasks at hand i also take 50 mg zoloft once a day and these 2 drugs work pretty good in conjunction with each other | M | 21 | 2 months .5mg 1X AN | 2/6/2010 | 4 | anxiety | drowsiness and 'pill hangover' type feeling. not being able to wake up after falling asleep from taking ativan. | i like how quickly it works and that it has worked for my anxiety attacks effectively in the past. i have taken it on and off for ten years. | M | 33 | 3 months 1mg 1X AN | 2/14/2010 | 4 | Severe Anxiety & tension state | No adverse effects | After 3 years of having Ativan keep the anxiety & aggression in check, doc office staff decided I was using it too much and cut me off. Doc told me if I need it more than 3 times a week he wants me on Paxil...HUH? I never abused it, I never sought it from other doctors. Without warning, without a call to discuss it-he cut me off. The aggression and anxiety have returned with a vengeance. The verbal fights with family & loved ones has torn relations apart and cost me a couple of friendships. Why did this ASS &*^E do this to me? I had 3 good years on it, now he ripped it out from under me. I am pretty much non-functional now. VERY short temper, very destructive. I went to this doc for help & he's made me more of a mess than when I started out. DO NOT let a GP give you benzos-they don't know what they're doing & it's not pleasant when they say NO MORE with no warning. A psychiatrist should be the ONLY one with the authority to prescribe these. I was honest, I was responsible and I got kicked in the teeth for it. Now I need to find a psychiatrist to put me back on it and I'm scared to death I'm going to be made to suffer. Why would they withhold a med that allowed you to be functional? I've not left my house since being abruptly taken off it, 3 months ago. | M | 41 | 3 years 1.5 MG 1X AN | 3/12/2010 | 4 | anxiety | slow reaction time while driving | This has worked really well for me when I became very anxious during my mom's illness and having to move her to a long term care facility. I'm very cautious, only take half a pill as needed, which is now once a week or less. If I can't get to sleep, or wake up too early, the half a pill is good for about 3-4 hours sleep. I've experienced unexpected benefits, such as less shyness, ability to urinate in a public restroom, improvement in foreign language fluency, and more social confidence in general. It made me realize I'd been experiencing a certain constant level of anxiety my whole life. I wish I could take it all the time but don't dare to, just when I need a little "vacation." | M | 47 | 1.5 years 1X AN | 4/5/2010 | 4 | Dizziness, Depersonalization | Acid Reflux, Sleepiness, Mild Headache & Anxiety. | Ativan is something that really gets me through the bad moments. I really wish that I could have been introduced to this medication a lot sooner. Anyways besides that Acid Reflux (which might be caused from smoking while taking this drug) and the Sleepiness I really like the way this drug works. | M | 21 | 8 months 0.5 3X M | 6/9/2010 | 4 | Anxiety, insomnia from flagyl | Good sleeping aid, esp in hospital settings, but a real som-amnesiac, (can't remember dream one). | Probably need to taper dose off w. GABA supplements | M | 51 | 2 months 2mg 1X day | 6/18/2010 | 4 | insomnia from anxiety | slow to wake as if not ready to get up, but once up felt great. main reason for taking was insomnia related to stress and non-stop thinking. worked great for 1st month but found I had to increase dosage to maintain effect over time. | I leveled off at .5mg/day and felt it had served it's short term purpose to clear my head so I could rest and begin working through issues. Dr. wanted me to go to ambien for insomnia but I refuse to take it, scared. Decided to stop ativan and had about 3 days of withdrawl including aching joints and muscles (similar to the flu), pounding heartbeat/high blood pressure, increased body temp, sharp headaches, abdominal cramps, diarreah, inability to stay asleep. I intended to take it only for stressful episodes but was so happy with being able to relax and sleep it became a nightly routine. I'll now just keep it on hand for occasional use to relieve only the extreme events. Used wisely I think this drug is very helpful, but abused I have experienced what could turn into total hell as your dose and duration increase. | M | 40 | 7 weeks 0.5-1.0 1X day | 8/22/2010 | 3 | Bipolar 1 with rapid cycling panic | M | 53 | 15 years 1.0 mg 1X day | 7/17/2011 Patient History | 3 | Panic attacks | Very addictive but necessary when panic hits you ! | M | 26 | 2 years 8mg | 1/17/2012 | 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 | Anxiety | Cognitive dysfunction, memory issues, feeling "doped up". | I take Ativan only once a day, in the evening. Most times I take 1 mg., but occasionally 2. I'm presecribed 1 mg, 4x/day, but there's no way I could tolerate that. Like a lot of other people reviewing here, I enjoy the effects very much, but I'm concerned about the side-effects. I only take it in the evening to get myself ready for bed. In my history, night is when "the bad stuff happened", so when evening falls, the frequency and intensity of my stressful thoughts/morid scenarios, teeth grinding and tics go way up. The Ativan effect wipes all of that clean away and gets me in a nice mood to go to bed. It's difficult to say if it's only the Ativan that's causing me to have difficulty with my cognitive functions because I also take Trileptal (900 mg. 1 x day), which definitely exacerbates the situation. Unfortunately, I've tried life without either, and it's a difficult trade-off, as I'm sure most of you know. You take the side-effects so that you can function like a noral human being. Anyway...I'm very concerned about the addictive nature of Ativan, but at this point in life, the trade-off weighs in favor of not being in a highly agitated state 24 hours a day. The information contributed to this site has been very eye-opening, and I appreciate everyone's contribution. I wish you all the best. | M | 48 | 2 years 1 mg. 1X day | 12/10/2011 | 3 | disturbed sleep pattern | staggering, drowsiness during day | Drs. here in MA are keen on prescribing SSRIS. IBS over last five years has always disturbed sleep, sometimes to intolerable degree. Last few months tougher than usual; also have plantar fasciitis, job hanging by a thread, dermatitis, etc. Past Rxs for Paxil, Remeron, Tradnazone: all nitemares. Rx for valium back in '70s--that helped me. I did have a dependency, but nothing serious. Averaging 3, 4 hrs of sleep--shitty sleep--for MONTHS. Dr. broke down & gave me one time rx for lorezapam. No dramatic change, but it is helping cut down pain & cramps, & of course, anxiety. | M | 59 | 2 days 1 mg P.M. 1X day | 11/30/2011 | 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 | 3 | anxiety/derealization | shakes,insomnia,vomiting. | I have posted earlier with a 5 rating for this drug but in the last few weeks i have been experiencing severe withdrawl symptoms. I wake up at 4 am and have a horrible nervous stomach and I have been throwing up in the morning. I was taking on a as needed basis but made the mistake of taking everyday for 3 weeks and that was enough to get be addicted.This medication helps for the occasional user but please do not use for a long duration. | M | 36 | 3 weeks | 3/3/2006 | 3 | Paxil Induced Anxiety Disorder | In a nutshell: started with 2mg once a day. Worked up to 8mg a day (don't laugh it may happen to you). Got horribly addicted. Couldn't stop. Had to go into detox/rehab. Screwed up my life. | You will suffer some Ativan addiction in as little as one month. You will not be able to stop taking it. You will start denying you have a problem. You will start stealing pills from others. You will crave more. I'm not kidding - never thought it would happen to me. Ativan is a fun medication, until you try to stop taking it. | M | 35 | 2 years | 4/6/2007 | 3 | Depression/Anxiety | My mother passed away on March $th, 2007. I started having massive panic attacks to where i would take 2/2mg tablets a day. I'm still very addicted to Ativan, but im tryin to ween myself off of it. This is the 3rd day that I have been off of it and let me tell you, It's not fun what so ever!!!! Ativan is very VERY addicting, and it only made my anxiety worse in the long run. PLease if anyone has any suggestions for me I would love that | M | 25 | 6 months | 8/19/2007 | 3 | anxiety | None. No differance between brand name and generic. | Almost as good as diazepam (valium), but it just wasn't strong enough to do anything to help that well. < I'm pretty high strung. | M | 23 | 2 weeks | 11/9/2004 | 3 | anxiety/nervousness/sleeplessness | A little drowsy. Roller-coaster ride at the end of a dose and prior to the next one. Stopping it is pretty rough. Withdrawal symptoms left me very tense and anxious and could not stop pacing. Woke several times during the night wide awake and kept pacing. Became tolerant (drug did not have as strong an effect as it did o\in the beginning) after just 2-3 weeks. It is very addictive. Because I tried to stop cold turkey and had to go back since I as very nervous without it. Don't stop it cold turkey, taper it. I was taking it .5mg 3/day | This is a very dangerous drug to start on. | M | 44 | 3 days | 10/11/2006 |