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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ATIVAN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | anxiety, PTSD | none | Didn't work at all for me. I took 4 times the dosage and nothing happened. No edge off my anxiety what so ever. I switched to Xanax and am much happier. | F | 22 | 2 months | 2/23/2008 | 4 | Anxiety | I have had no side effects | I have been taking 0.5mg for about 7years with no problems,but I never thought about any problems getting off it if I wanted to. I have heard that on this small a dosage there should be no major withdrawl problems, does anyone out there know if this is true, I've read alot on this and it seems like the worst withdrawal side effects are from people who have taken very large doses for a long time. Any info would be greatly appreciated. | F | 60 | 7 years | 2/22/2008 | 1 | CHEMOTHERAPY-anti-nausea | Loopy, dizzy, tired all the time, mood swings if not taken on time | If you're reading this, then you're probably already on the drug. this is a horribly addictive drug that I wish I had never taken. I was warned about it by a physician friend, but didn't realize how strong it was. I immediately quit it after treatment, and have experienced horrible side effects worse than what the drug is supposed to treat, nausea, dizzyness, almost blacking out, shortness of breath, etc. I had to ween myself off it UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A PHYSICIAN! Please don't take this drug under any circumstances! You will be sorry you did. I am. I would rather have been sick while on the chemo - because I was still sick! | M | 37 | 2 days | 2/13/2008 | 3 | Panic Attacks | Withdrawls. Almost feel drunk, off balance, dizzy - out of sorts. Severe ringing in ears. Chest pain, difficulty breathing, shakes, unsteady walk, EXTREMELY tired, yet can't sleep. Constant yawning. Heartburn, occasional MILD nausea. Overall, every symptom I started taking the medicine for, has returned now that I am trying to wean off of it. | I don't take a lot of it, but I do take it daily and have developed a dependance on it. I have gotten 3 Dr's opinions all concluding I could get off of it now, with no SERIOUS complications. Will be uncomfortable, but it will pass .. yet I hate being uncomfortable so I keep taking the dang medicine. I have weaned down to about .625, twice daily. I dunno how long I cam going to do this for ... cause sometimes I feel I am over the hump then the next day, I get the withdrawls back ten-fold. I find if I can, I just sleep the symptoms away - keeps me from taking more than I want to of the medication. | F | 28 | 8 months | 1/28/2008 | 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 | 3 | convulsions, and anxiety attacks | I took this drug when I was 17. Hyperactivity, psychosis/mania, no need for sleep were the side effects. Took 2mg at the onset of heavy twitching, then it would kick in an hour later. Some days I would take 6mg, others I would keep it down to 4mg depending if it was a good day or a bad one. | This medication worked to control my convultions due to an adverse drug reaction and controled my anxiety attacks, however the side effects included me speaking at a million miles an hour, producing a language that no one understood, HYPERACTIVITY, and not needing sleep. The drug was an amazing fix, but it caused me to loose lots of weight from me running around and not needing sleep. No one understood what I would say, and my thoughts would go at a million miles and hour. I could not perform simple addition, nor sit still. I was taken out of school while I was on the drug becuase of my inability to perform. My choice was to be a maniac on Ativan or stay with the convultions. I chose Ativan, but it was just a temporary fix. When i got off of Ativan I went crazy with the withdrawal symptoms, but thank God I was able to go through that hell in one piece. What doesn't kill you will only make you stronger. Once I went through a detox, I didn't have any more problems with convultions or anx | F | 21 | 1 months | 1/18/2008 | 1 | antiety/panic attacks | muscle tension, shortness breath, anger/violent thoughts, anxiety, tightness in chest, weight gain, fatigue, memory loss, nerve pain in face, inability to tolerate others, suicidal thoughts | I've taken ativan for 21 years. I never felt I was abusing it (.5mg prn, and I didn't take it every day for many years until recently) and I NEVER did deal with the issues I was taking it for to begin with, (anxiety). I forgot why I was taking it! It made me feel better for many years, that's all that mattered! my doctor who was giving it to me since I'm 17 just retired.. now I'm forced to stop it or go begging like an addict for more. I have a good job and I can afford to DR shop but now that I'm going through this thought process I see my addiction for what it is and has become. This drug will make you feel better,(no doubt about it!).. but, this drug will make you a lunatic on it and if you try to stop it.. consider the worst panic attack imaginable.. all that hell doesn't even compare to what you will feel and how your body will react when you have no more little pills left. It hurts and it doesn't just go away..this withdrawl duration. forwarned is forarmed. I can't express it i | F | 38 | 21 years | 1/14/2008 | 1 | anxiety | TINNITUS, tolerence anxiety, headaches. Quickly develops tolerence. | I quit taking this drug 10 months ago and am still having ear troubles/tinnitus. ENT can't find anything wrong. Do not take Benzo's for more than a week. Very addictive. Check out benzo.org.uk for further info. | M | 39 | 1.5 years | 1/8/2008 | 4 | anxiety | slight dizziness, lowered alcohol tolerance, memory loss | this medicine was amazing for treating my anxiety. i use ativan along with zoloft and though i still find it necessary to take after six months my anxiety attacks are less severe and i need less of the pills. tried to take along with buspar as well but that medicine gave me very bad side effects | F | 17 | 6 months | 1/7/2008 | 4 | occasionally for OCD caused anxiety | Derealization, increased any OCD I was experienceing, drowsiness | I've only taken it on occasion, but other then the side effects it helped calm my anxiety down and helped me sleep well | M | 17 | 8 months | 1/3/2008 | 1 | panic attacks, anxiety, depression | Seemed like a miracle drug for 9yrs! Went from .25mg to 4mg; Helped me sleep, interact socially and removed my panic attacks with hardly any side effects. Coming off this drug and the damage it does mentally and physically is a whole different story: Cold sweats, severe shakes, confusion, mood swings(mostly anger), suicidal, flu like symptoms, respiratory problems, sensitivity to light(seriously), delirium, pulmonary edema and a host of other problems which doctors treated as different illness with more drugs. If I had the chance to do it over again knowing the outcome, I'd take a bullet before using this medication. In times of need the use of "Calms Forte" made by Hylands which is not addictive and non-prescription seems to work. I used the non-addictive prescription drug "Vistaril" to help overcome the addiction to ativan. It won't remove the wilthdraw symptoms but numbs the effect a little. | Make sure you understand this medication is highly addictive and is easily missed due to high physical addictiveness and less on the mental side. If you told me 9yrs after taking this medication that it was possible I was addicted, I would have laughed and said "impossible, It saved my life!". Amazingly it took me that long to understand I was, and 3yrs later the destructiveness these medications took on my mind and body are still present. The withdraw symptoms are intense, and in my case it was seen as other mental illnesses; Bi-polar, schizo-effective, schizophrenia. If your agitated and can't sleep after stopping this medication your addicted, get help immediately. The only miracle this drug offered was surviving it! | M | 35 | 10 years | 1/2/2008 | 4 | Anxiety, insomnia, PTSD, OCD | Memory loss over the years. | Very addicting. I have been taking it for about 20 years at the same dose of 2mg. My PMD prescribed several other sleep meds, but none of them helped me with the anxiety and insomnia like Ativan does. Ativan is the only med that shuts my mind off so I can sleep. It has been a Godsend for me. | F | 55 | 20 years | 12/27/2007 | 5 | anxiety | the best medication for anxiety...the only med that halped me. | a little drowsiness at first,and state of bliss. | F | 30 | 1 years | 12/21/2007 | 3 | panic attack | wild dreams and only after 14 days I felt lost and cried if I was not on the meds. Was not sad or crying before.. just stomach pains and panic attacks ;-( | I am a bit confused as my doctor has me on prilosec for my terrible tummy pains, heart burn which is contributing to my panic attacks. No panic attacks before ulcer issue.. Also a bout with IBS and now it seems in reading sounds like it is the wrong drug (ativan) when you have IBS and ulcers!.... Bummed | F | 36 | | 12/20/2007 | 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 | 5 | restless, aggitation | F | 77 | 18 days | 12/12/2007 | 4 | Anxiety | Very tired, feel lethargic, memory loss, grinding teeth, and delayed orgasm. | I took Paxil for a year and it eliminated my anxiety. I became much more social and could concentrate/focus. I then went off Paxil because I couldn't have an orgasm. I am back to were I started. I can't focus on a task and don't want to go out. My life is being severely disrupted. My doctor told me that I'm going to have to decide to live with the sexual side effects or anxiety (looks like I'm not going to be able to have my cake and also eat it). I've decided to go back on the Paxil (30 mg) and live with the side effects. I can't stand being nervous all the time. I feel like I'm going to lose my mind. I'm still suffering from the anxiety and will most likely have to increase the dosage. I do grind my teeth at night, but I solved this problem by using a sport's mouth guard (99 cents at Wal-Mart). If I wear my mouth guard at night, I wake-up feeling fine. If I don't wear a mouth guard, my jaw and teeth hurt (sometimes have headaches) when I awaken. Currently, I'm also taki | M | 39 | 6 months | 12/12/2007 | 5 | insomnia, panic attacks | none | I typically take only .5mg when I REALLY need to get to sleep at a normal time. This is the only pill which has worked for me. I started getting panic attacks while using lunesta. I would take .5mg ativan to deal with those attacks. Tada, stopped using lunsta, majority of panic attacks went away! | M | 43 | 3 months | 12/8/2007 | 3 | OTD/OCD Cancer Anxiety | sleepy, agitation, bladder and kidney pain,trouble urinating,but works well for the anxiety and OTD/OCD. | I want to get off all my meds I take Sinequan as well as Ativan. I'm going to get help through therapy. The long term side effects that can happen are very frightning. | M | 43 | 1 years | 12/7/2007 | 5 | Panic Disorder/Insomnia | Very fast relief for my panic attacks. | I take .5mgs twice a day and I swear it's been an absolute God send! | F | 41 | 2 years | 12/5/2007 |