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 |
| 1 | Insomnia and panic | Headache geting angry at times,feeling sad cry a lot getin depress loss of appetite fast heart beat dry mouth etc | Well my doctor give this drug to me after I told him I was goin college an I cannot remember certain things an I cannot sleep well at time ..I took it an it makein me worst when I try to stop takein it..my heart stated to race up.am getin lots of headaches getin angry fast.I really want to stop takein this drug but every time I stop my head hurtin a lots an am getin panic attack when I try to sleep ..I cannot sleep an my heart beating fast...please can some one tell me what to do to stop this drug..I will not recommend no one to take this drug it gonna ruin your life..thank you | F | 41 | 2 weeks 1mg | 12/20/2015 | 1 | Panic attacks anxiety | Ringing in the ears . Dry mouth , shortness of breath . Tremors , headache , depressed anxiety , panic , | I was given lorazepam in the emergency room for insomnia due to anxiety and panic . My doctor told me that my thyroid jump from hypo to hyper and I was having a bad reaction to my thyroid meds. He told me to take 1mg three times a day for 6 weeks until the thyroid medicine cleared out of my system . He did not inform me that this drug is very addicting . I started taking 1mg every 12 hours . This worked for awhile but then I noticed I would become very jumpy and aggravated afte taking the dose . Doctor told me that this drug has an 8 hour life in your system . So pretty much waiting 12 hours I was withdrawling in between doses . So changed to .5mg every 6 hours . That worked for about a day . I felt like crap . Over medicated and I was having the strangest thoughts running through my head . Went to every 7 hours for about a day . Then went to every 8 hours . I've been doing every 8 hours for about 4 days now . My body starts to crave it an hour before the time and now it doesn't even work . Sometime I feel worse . Jitters anxious on the verge of panic . I feel very stuck and very angry . How can I be going through withdrawl if it is in my system 24/7 ? I hate this drug and everytime I take a dose I feel like it takes my life from me . So afraid I will not get off it and worried about how I will feel when I am off of it . I don't recommend this to anyone and I will never take it again !! What a joke they give me one drug to counter react another . | F | 51 | 2 months .5 mg | 4/27/2015 | 4 | insomnia..anxiety..panic attacks. | Helped me calm down. Helped ease some leg pain RLS | Only med that helps me | F | 34 | 5 days 2 mg | 3/28/2015 | 1 | To 'calm me down' | Nothing at all. | Crap. | F | 29 | 1 days 4 | 3/15/2015 | 1 | anexity | Memory loss starting. B Was on 8 mg. A day.still 6 MG a day. Goin down to 4 mg a day . Good luck | F | 59 | 9 years 6 mg | 3/11/2015 | 1 | anxiety | No side.effects. I feel nothing from them. They are a waste. Sometimes I take three at a time and still feel nothing. | They suck. Your better off smoking a joint to ease anxity. Weed is way more effective. If you dont blaze, then nows a good time to start.. | F | 29 | 2 years 20 | 3/11/2015 | 4 | Anxiety, Insomnia | I have not experienced any major side effects, except for taking it at night and being sleepy the next day if I haven't gotten at least 6 hours of sleep. | Stops my anxiety attacks and clears my mind enough so that I can fall asleep. | F | 2 years .5MG - 1MG 1X AN | 2/17/2015 | 1 | panic attack disorder | Dizziness,racing heart,vision changes,breathing problems,headaches,jaw pain,shooting pains and memory loss. | I started this medication for panic attacks due to a house fire. I thought it was the best thing that ever happened to me stopped the panic attacks. But 6 years later I realize all it did was numb me to everything.I didn't ever up my dose even when my Dr told me too. And the side effects are terrible I would rather have a panic attack everyday than deal with the withdrawal symptoms. I'm weaning myself off slowly but now when I take them its hard to breath. Don't ever take these I'm warning you its not worth it. | F | 35 | 6 years 1mg | 2/6/2015 | 1 | anxiety | I was prescribed lorazepam for anxiety related to a health scare. I took 1 mg daily for two months and then stopped cold turkey when health scare was over. The withdrawal was terrible. Eventially reinstated it at 1 mg daily, and did a fast taper over a week. Again, terrible withdrawal. Have reinstated it again, at .5 mg daily. I asked my doctor for the oral suspension version so I can slowly taper, 10 mgs at a time. While this drug is effective for occasional use, DO NOT TAKE DAILY. In fact, I would avoid this drug and other benzos entirely. | F | 58 | 2 months 1-2 mg 1X day | 12/21/2014 | 5 | anxiety, panic attacks, insomnia, | M | 30 | 1 years 1mg 3X AN | 11/23/2014 Patient History | 5 | to control,acute anxiety, stress | I am chemically unbalanced,it helps me to think better with no paranoid tendencies, or purfused sweating. So I need to take them, not wanting to. Other issues are involved. | 63 | 3 years 2mgs | 10/22/2014 | 1 | anxiety attacks, depression | DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG. TOOK ATIVAN FOR OVER TWO YEARS I'VE BEEN OFF FOR 4 MONTHS I HAVE BODY ACHES NECK, LEGS, ARMS, SHOULDERS, FIBROMIALGIA SYNTOMS. REALLY BAD WITHDRAWALS DO THE NATURAL WORK OUT, KEEP BUSY LEARN A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, PLAY SOCCER KEEP YOUR MIND BUSY. | M | 52 | 2 years .5 | 9/4/2014 | 4 | anxiety attacks | I was on bromazepam for over 30 years .since they don't carry this medicine where I live now.Doctors changed me over to lorazepam. I feel like my blood pressure goes up and down .otherwise I feel fine. | F | 55 | 10 days 0.75 twice | 8/24/2014 | 5 | Insomnia | None | Excellent if used just off and on when I needed extra relaxation and relief of anxiety in order to sleep like a baby! I'm very sensitive to any meds and don't take anything else but am very pleased with this med. | F | 46 | 3 years .5 1X day | 4/12/2014 | 5 | I couldn't sleep at all many nights | No side effects - it just allows me to relax my brain sufficiently to fall asleep. Even at age 3 or 4 I was wide awake until 11 or 12pm. | F | 61 | 8 years 1 mg | 3/27/2014 | 5 | PTSD, ANXIETY ATTACKS, INSOMINA | Side effects dry mouth, I suffer from PTSD after 23 years in the Army. Being in the hospital numerous times. And suffering anxiety attacks Has helped so much. I would suffer for days with no sleep. Anxiety would ruin my life. PTSD is a killer thank God I take this it has given me my life back. I would have committed suicide because of the anxiety. This medication is not for everyone I understand that. But for me it was a God send. There are times when my anxiety gets so bad I will go to the hospital and get an injection. I only take 2mg daily and up to 4mg if I have a really bad episode. Please take with caution but for me this was a life saver. Thank you to my psychologist for finding something that helped. I can live my life finally. | M | 55 | 3 years 2 Mg | 3/21/2014 | 5 | anxiety stress | I understand everyone's opinion about withdrawal from these types of meds but if your anxiety is severe u need it anxiety and stress on the body and mind is much more unhealthy my case anxiety causes my BP to raise 180/100 yes its a true statement | M | 26 | 2 years 1mg | 3/8/2014 | 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 | 1 | anxiety/stress | Jitters teeth grinding lock jaw loss of muscle control headaches toothache jaw muscle pain etc... | F | 15 | 1 days .5mg | 2/16/2014 | 1 | anxiety | This medicine is absolutley HORRIBLE I've been on this on and off for about 2 yrs now for anxiety and it did help with the anxiety when I did take it but I noticed I started to get jittery a lot and headaches. I've been off it now for 5 days and the withdraw effects is terrible. Constant foggy feeling in head, dizziness, unbalanced, high blood pressure, fast heart rate, jittery and fidgety, pain in body and also feel like I'm dying. This medicine is so horrific I would not wish it on my worst enemy. Plz plz plz do NOT take this medicine do lots of research before taking this. Only by the grace of GOD will I get through this. | F | 31 | 2 years 1 mg | 1/31/2014 |