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 |
| 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 | 5 | anxiety, rages | slight euphoria | I am taking .5mg up to twice a day. This has helped me so much. My rage is gone, and my mind has slowed down enough to evaluate what is making me anxious, instaed of having thoughts running around my brain like a rabid weasel on speed. | F | 33 | 45 days | 11/8/2008 | 1 | anxiety | quickly develops tolerance even as you take it; flu like sympthoms, anxiety, chills, flushing, wrist pain, finfeg bone pain, agorafobia, anger... | really a bullshit drug, should be banned; if not, then legalize heroin, you might as well | M | 45 | 50 days | 11/6/2007 | 5 | anxiety | Mild fatigue and some loose bowel movements | I was prescribed ativan on an as needed basis for high anxiety situations. It works quickly and efficiently to calm me down. That overwhelming anxiety feeling is a very scary thing to feel and to not be able to talk yourself down is so frustrating. When I am having an anxiety episode I put a pill under my tongue as my psychologist suggested and it does the trick. Besides feeling a little tired and some minor bowel issues, ativan has helped me immensely. | F | 33 | 60 days | 5/13/2009 | 1 | Insomnia | Acute panic attacks, heart palpitations, tremors in body, electric shock feeling, anxiety, depression, extreme fatigue, agoraphobia , bad tinnitus | Worse drug ever taken. It is poison and should be taken off the market. Stay away! Still having acute withdrawal symptoms after 3 months. | F | 68 | 60 days .5 1X day | 11/29/2019 | 4 | Insomnia, daytime anxiety | Only side effect is I can't sleep without it. Wish I had tried Valium instead but this is long lasting. Tried one night taking Benadryl and melatonin instead but didn't sleep well and felt bad the next day. | Was sleeping great with Benadryl and Melatonin but didn't sleep solidly so tried this. Now I sleep for 6-7 hours straight but it's not enough. Takes 2 hours to work. | F | 75 | 80 days 1mg 1X day | 9/18/2019 | 1 | Insomnia | I decided to stop Ativan for insomnia after 89 days and four days later I could barely stand. Had to hold onto the walls and furniture to walk. My heart was beating so fast that I was sure I was dying of a heart attack. While still on this drug from the depths of hell, I had what turned out to be an unnecessary sigmoidoscopy and diagnostic mammogram because of the anal pain and breast tenderness that I can only attribute to Ativan. I have had lupus for ten years; but now I am finding out what true medical hell is withdrawing from a drug that the FDA states can be harder to kick than heroin after just two weeks of taking it. I'll never take another one of these horrific pills because I was so scared they were going to take my life. It is now 14 days later and I am still petrified. No amount of sleep is worth this nightmare! | RUN AWAY FROM ATIVAN. RUN AWAY AS FAST AS YOU CAN. | F | 61 | 89 days .5 1X day | 8/22/2017 | 5 | Social Anxiety Disorder | maybe a bit lazy at times... but then again I think I was like this before Antivan... | I am SOOO tired of hearing how ADDICTIVE this medication is on here... I would rather be addicted to something that actually helps me live a "normal" life rather than staying at home and screaming "Hurray!!! at least I'm not addicted to anything!!! yay me!!!" Idiots... You know something else that is very addictive, meat... can't get enough of it. Am I going to become a vegetarian because of my addiction? fuck all! I've been on this for just about 3 months at 1mg at night and it's worked miracles for me. Count me in as one happy dare I say ADDICTED customer... | M | 34 | 90 days | 10/18/2007 | 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 | 5 | temporary stress | none | I find it helps me have a good nights sleep and stops me worrying.I only take i tablet 5 days a week. not on weekends. | M | 61 | 120 days | 11/8/2005 | 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 | 1 | depression | Took for slight anxiety. Doctor mistook my growing anxiety for anxiety attacks. Really they were withdrawal. So he jacked up dosage, totally addicting me. Killer withdrawal. Three months in hospitals. Now AA every day. Brain messed. Still want to take Ativan ? | As addicting as crack. Use only if you want to die. | M | 70 | 200 days | 1/19/2008 | 1 | Made Me Crazy | The side effects I got from this medication where: disinhibition, confusion, disorientation (which made me behave abnormally wild and violent) amnesia, memory impairment, (I couldn't remember behaving wildly) depression (made me horribly depressed. tried to kill myself 3 times) | DO NOT TAKE THIS MEDICATION. IT COULD POSSIBLY RUIN YOUR LIFE. If you have anxiety try Bendryl. It may make you sleepy but at least you won't be going nuts. See a complete list of the side effects at http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/loraz_ad.htm | F | 31 | 365 days | 4/7/2008 | 1 | Stress related to a bad experience | Inosomnia, panic attacks, loss of appetite, cravings for more dosage, depression, mood swings. | I wish I knew how addictive it was before I started taking it. A day does'nt go by that I don't crave it to ease out the anxiety but i feel it has control over me now. | F | 28 | 400 days 2.5 3X day | 11/28/2010 | 3 | palpitations at nights | tinnitus | ativan worked fine for sleeping...getting tinnitus but may be the brand...am going to check on my thyroid condition to see if that is the cause of heart trying to pick up speed through palpitations (ativan stops the release of epinephrine\adrenline) to raise my blood pressure as I sleep. | F | 52 | 900 days | 6/25/2008 | 3 | For anxiety and depression | Unsteadiness, feeling weak, insomnia twitching. Lightheadedness. Very horrible feelings. Pain in arm and back. Horrible feelings. Please help. | F | 67 | 0 weeks 0.5mg 3 ti | 4/18/2018 | 5 | Help the withdraw affects of opioid | I can't stop going to the bathroom,my rectum is raw. I go 5 times a day.. | They help with the withdraw affects but should I stop the Ativan. | M | 39 | 1 weeks 2mg a day | 1/31/2015 | 3 | Anxiety | Cold sick | F | 38 | 1 weeks 2 mg | 4/22/2013 | 2 | Dizziness & Vertigo | MORE dizzy, out of sorts, trouble focusing... sort of drunk feeling. sick to my stomach from the resulting increase of vertigo. | My doctor decided to give me this after i asked for a valium refill, which i wasn't abusing... i only was giving 30 and i spaced them out 5 months. I tried it and i'm not sold, this doesn't make me feel any better! | F | 28 | 1 weeks | 4/2/2008 | 1 | Anxiety Attack | This is the worst thing I have ever taken before. After taking the drug about 2 minutes later I was feeling very funny and out there. I could not feel my legs for about 3-4 minutes. I felt like I was going to throw up. I could not hold off for a short period of time to go to the bathroom. For 2 hours I walked my house till that funny feeling went away and I was finally tired. It was terrible. | F | 43 | 1 weeks 1MG 1X AN | 6/20/2011 |