LORAZEPAM Reviews (LORAZEPAM)Average Rating: 3.2 (188 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare LORAZEPAM with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LORAZEPAM | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | to sleep | A little sluggish in the morning if I did not allow for a full nights sleep. | It has been very helpful for me. I do not take it more than 3 times a week. | M | 57 | 1 years 0.5mg 1X day | 5/1/2010 | 5 | Panic attacks | Tiredness / drowsiness, but well worth this. | I've taken this drug since September 2008. I have panic attacks every once in a while, and my physician at my university prescribed this for me. I rarely take the medication (only when I actually have an attack, so possibly 10-15 per year). When I do take this, it's a miracle worker. I am so relaxed afterwards, and my panic attack subsides shortly afterwards. I do get a little tired or sleepy from taking it, but it's actually quite nice to fall asleep after such a traumatic event. Having the medication on me is sometimes enough of an insurance policy than actually taking the drug. I would never even consider taking anything but lorazepam. | M | 25 | 3 years 0.5 mg 1X AN | 8/19/2011 | 5 | Insomnia | None | I take it to help me sleep and it works fine without leaving me drowsy. I take one tab each night just like I take a vitamin each morning. No side effects, no comlaints | M | 59 | 10 years 1mg 1X day | 10/11/2011 | 5 | To make me sleep | None! This is the first and only drug I've ever taken that does exactly what I wanted with not one side affect. | I take this med. to help me sleep. It shuts my mind down. I came across it by accident, my ex. mother in law took it for anxiety, I ask to try some and immediately I had to go see my own Dr. for a script. My mind will go all night thinking about things, I can fall asleep without it but not for long. If I run out of my meds (which I have) I get no sleep and dread the next day :-( This has truly been the best med. ever made, and I don't how I'd do without it, I even tried to wean myself off just to see and that was a horrible week. | M | 44 | 7 years 40 1X day | 10/22/2011 | 5 | stroke related | sleepiness | Have been on it for a few years after having strokes in 2005/2006. Helps with seizure control and anxiety | M | 50 | 1mg 2X day | 2/17/2012 | 5 | NEUROPATHY PAIN ARMS AND LEGS | Virtually none | Have found this the only thing that is effective while not building a immunity. Take .25mg doses and will on rare occasions take up to 3 doses a day. My sister is using the same dosage for her restless leg syndrome | M | 68 | 8 years .25MG 1X AN | 2/28/2012 | 5 | anxiety and sleep | never really had any except sleepiness a little in the beginning but no side effects after few days...can even take 4mg a day without being overly sleepy and can function fine!..have ambien for sleeplessness too just in case. i typically switch back and forth each year between ativan and xanax and have had no problems with either! nothing better for anxiety! | M | 39 | 3 years 2mg 1X day | 2/24/2012 | 5 | anxiety due to stroke | drowsiness | M | 60 | 24 months 1 mg 3X day | 2/15/2012 | 5 | Panic/anxiety | Not too many side effects occasionally sleepy feeling | Saved my life during panic occurances. Great drug for anxiety issues | M | 35 | 10 years 4mg 1X day | 3/12/2013 | 5 | Anxiety | Slightly tired | M | 33 | 2 years | 11/20/2005 | 5 | severe anxiety neurosis and panic | None | I take lorazepam as a PRN (ie. when needed) to calm me right down when I'm panicking, anxious or having severe disturbing thoughts. This is a strong benzodiazepine, and it works wonders for me, even at a low dose of 1mg. It lasts for around 6 hours, sometimes longer for me. It does have a high potential for addiction, but I only need it every other day on average. I also take 50mg Paxil and 7.5mg zopiclone daily and they have no obvious interactions with the Paxil, but I wouldn't use it together with zopiclone because of the CNS Depressant effects of both medications. | M | 28 | 1 years | 5/22/2004 | 5 | Severe Tinnitus/Anxiety | None so far. | I had tinnitus for over 10 years now but it got very loud in last to week, there was no way for me to fall a sleep and basically I was going insane. When I took one pill I got very relaxed and went to sleep with in an hour. Not sure what the future holds for me and I hope I don’t have to take this pill for the rest of my miserable life but it is a life saver for now. | M | 26 | 1 weeks | 2/16/2007 | 5 | anxiety | none | real effective at short circuiting the anxiety causing worry causing higher anxiety, a real life saver for me. | M | 63 | 5 years | 8/30/2007 | 5 | panic attacks; anxiety | Sometimes my memory is not as good; must be careful when planning on partying and drinking | I have a very stressful occupation which requires high levels of performance- I would have been disabled without this drug; this med was/is essential for me | M | 56 | 16 days | 11/23/2007 | 5 | Anxiety | No major side effects. | The first day I took It in 2mg form I felt so much better. I actually was able to sleep straight through the the night. When I tried this over a year ago i was given the 0.5 MG the lowest dose. It didn't do anything for me. But the 2MG does work for me. Although sometimes I wake up early In the morning & sometimes it's hard to get back to sleep . I finally told the doctor that i have to be on medication for the rest of my life. I have a bad Italian temper & no patience. Not a good combination. I just told my doctor that i needed something to calm me down. What lead me to trying this medicine again was the fact that my job was starting to take away 16 hours a pay period from me. That really kept me up. Many times getting up 3 hours prior to my normal time of getting up. And then one day I was up all night without sleep. So i just said to myself that I can't & don't want to feel like this any longer. I still have my Bills, but I'm not nearly as worried about them anymore bec | M | 43 | 2 weeks | 11/8/2008 | 5 | panic attacks | Tiredness, sleepiness, appetite returns which is a good thing, gets rid of the panic | I don't know how people didn't get side effects from this. I found it hard to operate or do anything. Really groggy, but it works nicely for gettin rid of the anxiety. Feel free to email if you're havin trouble and need advice | M | 26 | 3 months | 11/13/2008 | 5 | anxiety/panic attacks | calmness,more relaxed,less panic and sometimes tierdness | lorazapam works very well for me sometimes i can have these bad anxiety attackts for up to 6 hours were i feel like im about to die or have a heart attact when i have a anxiety or panic attack i take 2mg and within 30mins to a hour i feel so much better 90% of the time | M | 24 | 2 years | 4/7/2009 | 5 | Anxiety | None | Helps relieve anxiety and some symptoms of IBS. It is hard to withdrawal from, but not if kept at lower dosages. | M | 45 | 6 months 1MG 2X day | 5/28/2013 | 5 | anxiety | No side effects yet but people have bad eceriences need to realize that you must lower you dose slowly to avoid unpleasant symptoms. This is safe effective medicaton for those who ate not just using them like fools to get hi. Come off the medication slow and you'll be fine. Hope this helps. | M | 32 | 4 months 1 to 3 mg | 11/18/2013 | 5 | Anxiety => heavy perspiration | In 2001, IN MEDICAL SCHOOL, I was prescribed diazepam for extreme anxiety. It was the first benzo I ever had, and it did nothing at all. so I tried a series of other benzos until I finally got to lorazepam. It changed my life. I finally felt like myself again! I' was immediately prescribed a very high dosage (2mg 4x/day) and have not altered it in 12 years. No troubling side effects to mention, although I never take less than 2-4mg in a day, and I can feel the need for it most mornings. Some of these posts re: hellish withdrawal really worry me, so I may be married to lorazepam for life. Which is fine with me, because it works so well for me and I have not felt the need to alter my dosage for 12-13 years. | M | 45 | 10 days 8 mg day | 2/22/2014 |
LORAZEPAM (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). FDA Approval Date: 1987-03-23 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)