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 | For help sleeping after Migraine | No side affects very good drug if used properly. | Ativan is a very affective drug when used for stress and relaxation... Its very important not to take everyday or even every other day .. space out your dosing and you cant get addicted and wont build up a tolerance ... Its nice to know its there and you have a way to relax but you must be very responsible with this drug.... people that rate this drug bad because of addiction have to hold themselves accountable for not being responsible with the drug.... YES ativan is addictive but so are alot of drugs if you over use them.... BE RESPONSIBLE....If you having anxiety everyday then talk to your doctor and get a new gameplan ... dont take ativan everyday ... its not made for that.... | M | 37 | 15 years | 2/18/2006 | 5 | anxiety and depression | Well, I want people to know, that they need to educate themselves on WHY they are taking ativan, and if Ativan is harmful using it long term. After watching my dosage continue to rise.. I finally wanted to wean off it. My doctor wrote me a schedule and it took awhile. I'm now at .5 mgs and night and in the am. Tapering has not been as hard as I expected, but I fear that the worst challenge is yet to come... coming off the 1mg and the .5mg. One product that seemed to help me, whether it was a placebo effect or not.. who cares, right!... was Calms by Forte. I was stupid in not checking it with the pharmacist on interactions with Ativan and other meds. Please check with the pharmacist before trying Calms or ANY OTHER herb or whatever to help you taper. Good luck to all of you! | P.S. I don't want to scare anyone, as I am sure for some, Ativan is a great TEMPORARY drug... or maybe if your anxiety is debilitating. I don't k now as I am not a doctor, but ativan is highly addictive and is NOT to be fooled with. | F | 39 | 1.5 days | 1/29/2006 | 5 | anxiety and depression | Well, I want people to know, that they need to educate themselves on WHY they are taking ativan, and if Ativan is harmful using it long term. After watching my dosage continue to rise.. I finally wanted to wean off it. My doctor wrote me a schedule and it took awhile. I'm now at .5 mgs and night and in the am. Tapering has not been as hard as I expected, but I fear that the worst challenge is yet to come... coming off the 1mg and the .5mg. One product that seemed to help me, whether it was a placebo effect or not.. who cares, right!... was Calms by Forte. I was stupid in not checking it with the pharmacist on interactions with Ativan and other meds. Please check with the pharmacist before trying Calms or ANY OTHER herb or whatever to help you taper. Good luck to all of you! | P.S. I don't want to scare anyone, as I am sure for some, Ativan is a great TEMPORARY drug... or maybe if your anxiety is debilitating. I don't k now as I am not a doctor, but ativan is highly addictive and is NOT to be fooled with. | F | 39 | 1.5 years | 1/29/2006 | 5 | anxiety | Obviously I meant 1.5 years... not 1.5 days... sorry! | F | 39 | 1.5 years | 1/29/2006 | 1 | | 1/22/2006 | 5 | anxiety | F | 45 | | 1/19/2006 | 1 | Panic attacks and agoraphobia | Serious addiction, a weird sense of reality, muscle pain when withdrawing, insomnia. | This drug is **HIGHLY ADDICTIVE** much more so than Diazepam (Valium). A few years ago I gave this drug a 5 rating but what I didn’t realise then is how addicted I was. 1mg of Lorazepam is the equivalent of 10mg Diazepam. | M | 18 | 12 months | 1/12/2006 | 3 | Panic Attacks/Depression | It makes me drowsy and effects my short term memory. | I think this drug is GREAT for helping with anxiety and panic attacks. It totally helps me cope with my anxiety. However, this drug is VERY ADDICTIVE. I have been trying to wein myself off because I've been taking more and more over a short amount of time ( up to a hundred in two weeks ) I suffer from bad with drawl symptoms and I'm finding weining myself very hard. I believe I may have to enter detox. I'm hoping it doesn't have to come to that though. Do NOT take this drug for more than two weeks. Highly addictive. | F | 21 | 4 days | 1/5/2006 | 1 | Initially air travel anxiety | Feelings of chronic heart problems. Twice went for heart problem diagnosis. Eventually figured out through the web, benzos.org.uk and this page that Ativan was the problem. This is a very scary drug. Forewarned is forearmed! | I would take 1 mg on a casual basis for travel and anxiety etc. Over the past couple of years I found I would take it for just about every malady - anxiety, insomnia, hangovers etc. I was using about thirty pills every two months. A few months ago one of the doctors at the clinic warned me and said that Ativan is a "bullshit drug" and I should exercise extreme caution. Of course, I thought he was being overly cautious and ignored his advice. Over the past few months I have been plagued by problems associated with heart disease, such as severe left side pain, shortness of breath although I work out regularly and consider myself somewhat fit. Ativan would always restore my sense of well being. This past couple of weeks, I tended to over indulge (to my way of thinking). Took a pill almost every day in the week leading to Christmas, two on Christmeas Eve, two on Christmas Day and because I only had four left and did not wish to be be rebuffed by my doctor, decided to leav | M | 52 | 17 years | 1/3/2006 | 5 | Panic attacks, Anxiety | Sometimes it causes me to be a bit tired but other that that no problems other than it is addictive | This Medication allows me to have a much more normal life. | F | 31 | 12 years | 12/30/2005 | 5 | panic/ high anxiety | sleepy 1st few times | wonderful | M | 25 | 30 days | 12/29/2005 | 5 | severe anxiety / derealization | Only side effect I have noticed is a mild hangover feeling in the morning. | I have been taking Ativan for 9 months on the days I really need them.It has really helped me deal with this derealisation. I am a stay at home dad of a 2 year old and six year old. Ativan has helped me get through those really horrible days. Only using when I absolutely need it has helped me not build up tolerance to the drug.I take 1mg when I require it to bring me back to reality.Iam very thankful I found something to ease the symptoms. | M | 36 | 9 months | 12/27/2005 | 5 | Anxiety, Panic Attacks | drowsiness | I can't imagine my life without it. Prescribed 1mg, three times/day. You build up a tolerance to the drug quickly. In order to avoid that, I only take 1 or 2 mg on "normal" days. On days where anxiety/panic attacks will be likely (for me it's public speaking) I will take 3 to 4 mg about 1 hour before the event. It works great if used in this manner. Don't bother taking this medication long term if you can't do this (regulate). You must be willing to use it on an as needed basis, but you will still need to take some each day (lowest possible dose) to prevent insomnia (when I take just 1 mg I take it before bedtime). | M | 49 | 3 years | 12/27/2005 | 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 | 5 | panic | none. never been happy until now | i dont care if it is addictive . it was worse living and feeling so much panic | F | 40 | 4 years | 12/7/2005 | 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 | 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 | Tension, stress, fear | None that I could tell. I did notice at times that I looked forward to lying down or napping/sleeping. | This works so well that I would go to it whenever I felt something different. I tried to do without it but once the idea got into my head I gave in to the drug as the easiest solution. | M | 58 | 3 months | 11/16/2005 | 5 | temporary stress | none | I find it helps me have a good nights sleep and stops me worrying.I only take i tablet 5 days a week. not on weekends. | M | 61 | 120 days | 11/8/2005 | 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 |