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 |
| 1 | a liquid replacement for Valium | Replaced Valium 10mg to a liquid form. Given 4 x day and my husband turned into a mean hateful man who could not speak due to shakiness garbled talking. He is a hospice patient who must have someone with him when gets out of bed or chair. What little walking capacity he has requires assistance. The Ativan made his ability a challenge, especially when he is irritable and in pain. I stopped Ativan and returned him to Valium and now i have my kind considerate loving Tommy nack. | M | 72 | 4 days 60 | 8/18/2016 | 5 | whole body ached burned everyday | None | I have been in so much pain everyday all day.Until I was given ativan.It was like a miracle.No more painful wake ups in middle of night.I could actually wake up in morning unafraid of Pain I usually had deal with.Im hoping I can stay on them until.I figure out whats causing me so much pain Daily. | F | 42 | 5 days 1mg | 10/29/2015 | 5 | anxiety | drowsyness | This drug is very good for anxiety and insomnia. However it is addictive and should be used with caution. | F | 57 | 5 days | 3/8/2005 | 4 | alcohol withdrawal symptoms | the first few days i was extremely drowsy and slept most the day. i was always freezing but sweat so much i soaked the sheets. it did help with the shakes andhelped me to keep food down. i had been throwing up each morning and constant diarrhea although i wasn't eating. this allowed me to stop throwing up and keep down soup. | i was told not too take it more often than every 4 hrs. i take 1mg 3 times a day but i find myself counting the hours until i can take it again. i've only been on it 5 days but still i worry about addiction. i have severe liver damage and i imagine this is better than drinking but i don't need another addiction. also i cry alot. but i want to stay sober. i'll stay on it til the shaking stops but it makes me feel a litle dingy. i need to talk to my doctor again. | F | 49 | 5 days | 12/26/2005 | 4 | could not sleep | Just a little drowsy | F | 44 | 5 days 2 mg 1X day | 8/15/2011 | 3 | Insomnia, Psychosis NOS | Memory lapses like not remembering where I parked the car and difficulty coming up with words when I speak. I've been taking for years (1mg) to sleep because I'm hypersensitive to noise from neighbors. I've become unable to make major decisions in my life and think that this drug may be the reason why. Now I've read that the damage it causes to the brain is often permanent. | Wow, it sure does help me sleep and I haven't found a replacement. Am hopefully going to see an Orthomolecular Doctor because I've tried enough of the anti-depressants and anti-psychotics to know that I have no confidence in them. I was anorexic for years and suffered various malnutrition problems which I think hurt my nervous system. I sort of have an ability to feel when the electrical wiring is overloaded or the wires are crossed in a building. I guess this is an official disease in Europe but the American Doctors think I'm hallucinating. | F | 46 | 5 days | 10/18/2005 | 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 | 5 | Loss of wife through illness | None, but looked forward to relaxing or lying down. | If it wasn't for this drug I never would have gotten through the unbelievable stress, grief, pressure, that I endured in watching someone disintegrate in front of my eyes. I look back on it now (4 years ago) and am amazed that I was able to function through it. All the Ativans in the world could not get me to do it again. But as I said at that time there was nothing else I could turn to independently without showing to the rest of my family how really weak I was. I did not realize later how difficult it was to stop the drug, you definitely have to go very slowly or you'll be experiencing other symptoms. Even now, I always keep them around as safety crutch. In summation, thank you Ativan, the side effects were insignificant to the actual benefit I received at the lowest point in my life a truly horrid time. | M | 58 | 6 days | 11/16/2005 | 4 | Anxiety and panic attacks | I tend to feel a little nervous the next day. I can sleep through the night. I am just afraid of taking it during the day when i am at work cause i am afraid i will fall asleep at my desk. I get very sleepy when I take it at night. I also was wondering if I get a headache during the day can I take a tylenol and then at night take my ativan? Can someone let me know. Thanks again.. | Is is true that you can develop cardiovacular disease with this drug? I really dont want to get addicted to it so im a little worried about that. I go to my doctor in a couple of weeks so I should talk to him more about it. If anyone can email me about Ativan i would appreciate it. | F | 31 | 6 days | 11/20/2005 | 1 | Anxiety Attack (severe) | Out of world feeling. Feels awesome at first. After you begin to come down, insomnia, really cold feeling in hands and feet, joint pain, numbness (face and hands), muscle twitching and absolute fear. | M | 20 | 6 days .5mgx2 | 12/26/2012 | 1 | social anxiety disorder/agoraphobia | I specifically told my dr.I have alchohol issues. He prescribed me Klonopin. Which I abused. Next visit I said they werent helping so he would stop giving me them. Instead he gave me Ativan and that is a messed up drug. Don't remember three whole days. Had to piece together things by credit card statements. Bought drugs from india and don't even remember. Wouldn't suggest this drug. No criminal record........ but this drug could lead to one. | M | 40 | 6 days 4mg | 11/29/2013 | 4 | Anxiety | Just made me relax from nights of anxiety due to cirtisone | M | 50 | 7 days 1mg | 10/9/2015 | 4 | tachycardia | drowsiness, confusion | F | 26 | 7 days | 2/5/2005 | 4 | Severe Anxiety | I believe that this med might make me a bit sleepier at times. On the flip side, it helps me to focus so that I can "get things done." | I had anxiety every day. Sometimes several severe panic attacks in one day. My mind would just think and "re-think" about things that I had no control over. Being a single mom, I wanted to make everything "right" for my kids and I wanted them to be happy/content. I worked myself into an emotional tizzy with worry. I constantly felt bad/guilty about things that I really had no control over. I would continually try to think of how I could "fix" things. I believe this medication calms my mind down and helps me to realize that there are things that I can help fix in life and some things I just have to either let go of or accept the way things are at this time. Because my anxiety has been cut by atleast 75%, I now can say to myself, "things will be o.k. and will all work out in the end. Doctor/Nurse said it was safe to take a very low dose every day until I can work through some things. I am not worried about addiction, but I was worried about loosing my m | F | 48 | 7 days | 9/5/2008 | 2 | anxiety | agitation | F | 33 | 7 days | 8/22/2003 | 2 | Depression, anxiety, agitation | Lorazepam was prescribed to me by the Home Treatment doctor. When I took it, I fell to sleep almost instantly. However, if I needed to stay away, I would start hallucinating. I saw little men on my hands talking about apples.... | F | 21 | 7 days 0.5 2X day | 11/1/2010 | 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 | 1 | PTSD, Anxiety | Hallucinations, Rage, Paranoia. I'm an OIF Veteran. In the midst of divorce. One night I became very emotionally overwhelmed and began to feel panic. Went to the ER at Loma Linda where they told me I wouldn't be able to see the psychiatrist unless I was suicidal or homicidal. They only thing they could do for me was write me a script for anything I've ever taken in the past. I asked then for a sleep aid. Ativan was that "sleep aid" 2mg. I was pretty much blacked out for an entire week, hallucinations, out of body experiences. I went through a paranoid rage and really hurt alot of people. I couldn't understand what had happened to me until reading through the effects of this stuff. They gave me 2mg 3Xdaily I can't believe they'd just hand that stuff out like that with no patient education. | M | 28 | 7 days 2mg | 3/7/2012 | 1 | anxiety, insomnia | first few days grogginess during day; withdrawal symptoms: extreme anxiety and insomnia (unable to sleep for 3 days), panic attacks, flu-like symptoms, headache | I knew ativan was addictive, but Dr. told me nothing about side effects, or how quickly I could experience withdrawal/tolerance. I am only realizing from this web-search that what I am experiencing is related to the Ativan. Dr. prescribed 2 mg nightly for a 1 week period. I am very sensitive to most meds, but was told this dose and time period was not a concern. But, I am practically climbing the walls from anxiety and lack of sleep, much, much worse than before I began the ativan. Not worth the one week of sleep at all! | F | 28 | 7 days | 4/23/2005 | 1 | anxiety | Confusion,disorientation,felt like i was on my own planet,dry mouth, real bad insomnia when I got off it. | I would stay away from this drug..the side effects are terrible. They need to do more research on this drug. | M | 33 | 8 days | 8/5/2009 |