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 |
| 5 | insomnia, anxiety | no negative side effects at all | This medication helped me sleep and get through a very tough time. One thing you should be aware of is the reason I was on this medication: NASONEX! As strange as it may seem, if you have been prescribed this RX for anxiety and do not know the source of your anxiety- consider any cortico steroids you may be on. I was shocked and so happy to discover this terrible nose spray caused all of my problems. See this site for more info on Nasonex side effects. | F | 39 | 10 days | 1/7/2009 | 5 | panic attacks | No side effects. Just when I first started taking them I got sleepy. | Calms me down so that my panic attacks are under control, especially when I have to do something that makes me nervous and helps me to sleep at night. | F | 58 | 10 days | 8/8/2005 | 4 | anxiety | Sleepy sometimes but not tearful | F | 39 | 10 days 1mg | 12/25/2013 | 4 | anxiety | Dry mouth | F | 24 | 10 days 3,,mg a da | 2/15/2014 | 3 | insomnia | I felt knocked out in the morning. | Put me to sleep but not worth the morning after effects. | F | 50 | 10 days | 4/8/2007 | 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 | 1 | anxiety | 46 | 10 days 1mg 1X day | 12/5/2010 | 1 | Anxiety | Confusion, loss of memory, headache, hangover, fatigue, feelings of depression. It took about three days to get this toxic drug out of my system. | This helped calm the anxious thoughts but the pain from the side effects do not make it worth taking. | M | 49 | 10 days | 2/26/2007 | 1 | Anxiety | Severe panic attacks, very nervous, My mind is going crazy thinking about anything and everything. Every nerve ending in my body is tingling. Could not sleep at all. I was only on 1 mg twice a day for for 10 days and the side effects started at about 36 hours after not having it. I am currently going on about 72 hours and still am feeling horrible wondering how much longer these side effects or withdrawal symptoms are going to last. I actually felt like I was going to die the first 24 hours of the side effects starting. Now at about 72 hours off the drug the effects are not as intense. I do not feel like I am going to die although I am still very nervous with lots of tingeing sensations, my mind is still wondering. I also went to the gym and worked out thinking that the exercise would help relieve the effects which actually had an reverse effect and made it worse. This is a horrible drug to come off of and will never take it again. This has been the worse experience in my entire life | The drug did work for the time that I took it. I was very calm, mellow and able to function. I was still depressed but it for sure took away the anxiety and allowed me to sleep. All in all the withdrawals after not taking the drug are for sure not going through. I would rather deal with the anxiety than go through feeling like your gonna die. | M | 42 | 10 days | 4/8/2008 | 1 | sleep | Over 50 side effects both mental and physical. Too numerous to list here. | This stuff nearly destroyed my life. It has been just over 1 year since I took it and I am still as sick as a dog 24/7. I had just over 50 side effects and am now down to 20. Avoid this drug and all benzodiazepines like the plague. You have no idea what a horror story this has been. | M | 63 | 11 days 1 mg 1X day | 11/3/2012 | 5 | Prostatitis\Pain | I'm not sure why but this drug is really the only drug that stops the pain associated with Prostatitis. There are times when I'm in so much pain I can't do much of anything but this drug lets me sleep. I try to keep is down to ONE pill in 24 hours at most but God knows it lets me sleep and forget about the pain for a little while. It also allows me to urinate if I run the shower and let the water splash on me. | This drug works but it frightens me half to death! I think its a narcotic. I have always taken pride in the fact that I have stayed away from drugs like this but now I just sit in pain and wait for 12 mid night when I can take this thing. The pain is bad enough where it takes this drug about three hours to work but once taken I get relieve for about 12 hours. Once this drug wares off I then use Ibuprofine then a Vicodin to keep me from being in total pain. One good thing, I've lost weight and I look like I did in High School! I know I'm in big trouble here because there isn't a cure for Prostatitis type IIIA and the pain can drive me up the walls, can't eat or drink much. The last time I couldn't urinate they used a catheter! Being that everything down their is very inflamed the experiance was horrible. So if anyone has any ideas I'm all ears. I'm hoping that if I only use the Lorazepam once a day I'll be OK for a while. The Doctors just keep feeding me AntiBiotics but I don't think they are doing anything at all because type IIIA doesn't have infection associated with it. They did a urine test and culture. I have a little blood and a few white cells and the culture is clear. So I have no idea what they are doing. | M | 50 | 12 days | 1/30/2005 | 1 | Panic/insomnia | Intradose withdrawals began within days, experienced somnolence, crying off and on all day, depression, suicidal thoughts, no motivation for anything, wanted to hide away from the world. | I was given Ativan after an ER visit for heart palpitations, told the physician I could use something to get some sleep and get back on track since I was having anxiety and difficulty coping with events in my life. Big mistake! I began taking .5 mg to sleep. First three nights it worked great. Then in the morning I felt a bit "off" and felt like it would be okay if I took a quarter of one (.25 mg). I did this for several days in a row (.50 at night, .25 in the morning) and quickly began having crying spells during the day. I know what it is to be depressed but this was a very deep depression that just came up so quickly out of nowhere. I ended up acting psycho with an ex boyfriend and also drank at a party and raged on some people there (granted they WERE real jerks but still, not my style). I was afraid to cut back because I felt like I didn't want to live as it was, but I am now on day 2 of having cut out the morning dose, and tonight I'm going to cut the .50 in half. I've been taking loads of niacin (NOT the non-flushing kind), I'm taking about 6 100mg pills a day spaced out with food, this has had a calming effect on me so I'm not taking anything out on anyone. I'm just keeping to myself, unable to get out of bed really, crying up a storm over silly things, worst than when I was pregnant. Feeling that life has no meaning. I've always been sensitive to pills but never like this! I got off Vicodins with so much less trauma! Trust me, do not take these for more tha | F | 41 | 12 days .5 1X day | 1/20/2015 | 5 | Anxiety Phobia going outside | Slight tiredness but nothing to speak off | OMG does this drug work. I have had such anxiety and this has taken it all away. Just unsure about it being addictive but spoke to psych about it and he said as long as I take it only when needed there will be no problem. Best drug for me | M | 54 | 14 days 1mg 2X day | 9/9/2017 | 5 | anxiety / depersonalization | Tired; drowsy; slightly depressed | I was prescribed Lorazepam(Ativan) in 2003 during a period of intense anxiety and insomnia; in 2005 when I ruptured my Achilles tendon and was stressing out being in a cast for two months; beginning of 2007 due to work related stress. Every time the doctor wrote me a script I only took about four to ten pills (0.5 mg)during the course of six months and I only took them on an as need basis. I do not find this drug addictive at all but it's a wonder drug for removing those anxious / nervous butterflies in your stomach and it also work great as a sleep aid. This drug is a wonder drug IF you have a non-addictive personality and can take it on an as-need basis because all benzos are designed to work as temporary palliative measure. Anybody who takes any benzo for weeks or months consecutively is just asking for trouble. | M | 42 | 14 days | 8/27/2007 | 5 | Stress. anxiety. Panic | None Really please read my additional comments on why | I truly feel everyone is different. Some say I got so sick to my stomach I threw up. I believe that may be true. What is their tolerance to upset stomachs. I have friends who feel sick to stomach and right away throw up. I have felt sick to stomach for hours and just dealt with it. What i am saying is do not weigh heavy on such things. No way to know unless you YOURSELF try. Infact reading these may manifest unreal symptoms for some...think about it. Anyway I used if 8 years ago and was fine. I am on it now as I have some stress with a family member being pulled from life support as well as a layoff from a fortune 500 company account exec position....give it a try | M | 37 | 14 days | 3/3/2009 | 5 | Anxiety & Akathisia | None | This drug has changed my life. Akathisia and anxiety is gone. I now only use it as needed so I don't get hooked. | M | 38 | 14 days | 4/18/2006 | 1 | anxiety | Horrible withdrawal! I thought I was losing my mind. Stopped taking it after 2 weeks and experienced panic attacks, severe depression, depersonalization/derealisation, the worst insomnia you could imagine, nausea and constant muscle twitches all over my body. | This drug ruined my semester at school. The withdrawals took over a month and I still have muscle twitching. This is a highly addictive medication, and can cause rebound symptoms from withdrawing even if you're only on it for a short period of time. It works for a few hours when you're on it, but quickly wears off and you will crave more. It only worsens anxiety in the long run. It's withdrawals put me through HELL. | F | 22 | 14 days | 12/14/2007 | 4 | depression and panic | This drug helps in the beginning, it takes edge off. BUT EXTREMELY ADDICTIVE!!! I'm shocked at the painfull withdrawl I am having to endure after only 15 days of treatment. I have been having major life changes and upsets so rather than exploding in hid from the problem and was up to 10-15 mg of it a day over the last couple weeks. You MUST taper off this drug. | I have taken ativan on and off for years in very very low doses, maybe one every few months when stressed. This is crazy, I feel that I have now lost my mind and don't rememebr the last few weeks...guess that was to be expected but wow. It does work, but be carefull. | F | 35 | 15 days | 5/1/2008 | 5 | restless, aggitation | F | 77 | 18 days | 12/12/2007 | 1 | ordered by misinformed Hospice | closing of esophogus; dry mouth, more anxiety, memory loss, | Back to normal when I took myself off. Esophogus closed for 2 weeks before family physican found solution, almost died from dehydration | F | 82 | 18 days 2.5 2X day | 11/10/2012 |