ATIVAN Reviews (LORAZEPAM)

Average Rating: 3.3 (709 Ratings)

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 SEDATIVES HYPNOTICS ANTIANXIETY    DEA Schedule IV   

 Type: Rx Drug

  

ATIVAN  (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).    (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 1  Nausea Developed tolerance after taking it for a few months. My initial symptom (nausea) was getting worse. New symptoms emerged: anxiety, tremor, irritability, restless, palpitation, sweating, insomnia, fatigue, dysphoria, throat tightness, headache, racing thoughts and speech difficulty. Still experience some symptoms (primarily anxiety and headache) after tapering off 4 months ago. Be very cautious if you are taking ativan long term (>2-3 weeks). It did help my nausea in the first few weeks, but it made me feel worst when I was trying to get off this medication. Avoid benzo, it's highly addictive. M 34 4 months
1mg 1X day
7/22/2014
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 1  anxiety. I was simply put, stupid. Hair loss! Strengthened anxiety(worse) after its affect going out of your body; addictive; joint and muscle pain. Anyone had hair loss because of it? And did it grow back? F 28 1 years
2g
7/6/2014
 4  PTSD /sleep None I take Ativan sublingual and not generic named Lorazepam. I was told by a pharmacologist that many people can't take generic due to liver enzymes being different in everyone. I tried generic and what a difference between the two, many side side effects I read here. If you can permit yourself the trade names, it's worth every penny. While trade and generic names and their active ingredients are the same the other components aren't, and that's why people react to most of them. Email me with any question. I have a no substitute rule on meds. F 4 years
1mg 1X AN
6/19/2014
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 1  remeron withdrawal dizziness, anxiety, nervous, nauseaus worst crap ever! I got dependant on it in 1 week. now im in interdose w/d and no doctor will help me. I am not joking, stay away from this horrible stuff. If anyone knows of a good doc to get me off this stuff, plz email me. thank u so much F 48 1 months
1mg 1X day
5/24/2014
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 3  stroke and health issues causing an None but scared to take more F 46 2 days
1mg
5/18/2014
 2  anxiety none-- however, the drug did NOT help with my anxiety AT ALL. It would be as if I had taken nothing at all; I know this is likely due to the fact that I'm accustomed to alprazolam (xanax) for anxiety, however, which is a more potent drug and has always worked wonders for my severe anxiety. For people with more moderate anxiety, ativan is likely a good/better choice as it is milder than other popular benzodiazepines with less noticeable side effects, generally. Simply not for me. F 23 1 days
1mg
5/18/2014
 1  anxiety It seemed to help me calm down and sleep but the next day I was totally out of it. Felt very tired, down, wanted to cry, couldnt handle work, incoherent, had to go home and drinks tons of water but little appetite. One time i took as directed...any time...in the morning and had a nervous breakdown. I think kolonopin might be better for me since I have tried it but I dont remember how much anxiety I had then. I wont ever take larazepam (same as ativan i believe) again. Ill just take a sleeping aid. M 57 3 days
I think 30
5/14/2014
 5  GAD following prostate cancer surge None. Very effective as opposed to 5 SSRI's & 2 SSNI's. M 69 2 years
1mg Dailey
3/30/2014
 5  Lyme Disease to brain none I am writing on behalf of my daughter who has suffered from Lyme Disease since the age of 15. I started noticing 3 yrs ago my daughter's mental state changing with high anxiety to the point she would yell and screaml. It was then diagnosed the Lyme had gone to her brain. IV antibiotics started but last year anxiety getting worse and Ativan started, she was more relaxed and it helped alot. Now due to damage to her brain she is on prolixan and ativan. It has made a world of difference in seeing my daughter not as anxiousl. She will never be the same but at least this med is helping her function. F 25 1 years
1mg 3X day
3/26/2014
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 1  anxiety due to PTSD issues I was never told by anyone about the side effects of Ativan and blindly followed my doctor's orders. It worked wonderfully at first, but then I started experiencing interdose withdrawal symptoms pretty quickly, which I thought were just continuing anxieties about my medical situation. I was taking it "as needed," which I know now to be another path to addiction even though I didn't take it every day. 10 months later, I was out walking and experienced extreme dizziness. I thought I was having a stroke. This happened twice, and searching online, I realized I was addicted. This drug was very difficult for me due to its short half-life and the anxiety it caused (much more than the original anxiety I had), and I chose to go through an online tapering program, Point of Return, rather than up the dose. Best choice I could have ever made even though it was still very difficult on a slow taper, as I switched to Klonopin with its longer half-life. Klonopin caused extreme dp/dr issues. F 61 10 months
.5-1mg. 2X day
3/14/2014
 5  anxiety none wonderful med M 44 7 years
2 1X day
3/3/2014
 4  anxiety Dry mouth F 24 10 days
3,,mg a da
2/15/2014
 4  anxiety None F 38 4 months
0.5
1/17/2014
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 4  Hi heart rate from reflex sympathetic dystrophy None M 53 10 years
6mg
1/12/2014
 4  High heart rate from reflex sympathetic dystrophy None M 53 10 years
6mg
1/12/2014
 5  anxiety ans sevear panick attacks I've never had a problem with addiction or withdrawal from them and I've been on them for a long time there are times when my script rus out and can't get to my dr for weeks I take 4 mg a day . what's weird tho is If I take 2 at once the way I'm supposed to they don't work at all if I take them one at a time it stops my panick attacks :) F 31 8 years
2 mg 2xday
1/1/2014
 2  extreme anxiety/panic memory loss, increased somnolence, and increased sex drive While the aforementioned side effects were tolerable, Ativan just is not an effective benzo/anti-anxiety drug. Not because it doesn't work, it will sedate you and calm you down, however, it is probably the most addictive for me, as well, the withdrawal is drawn out and miserable. Memory loss is unpleasant, and the ultimate problem with Ativan is that it doesn't kick in right away like Xanax or Valium, and doesn't last nearly as long as Klonopin, Xanax XR, or even Valium. My dosage, as you would read, got way out of control, and I had to shelve the Ativan after less than a year. Look to its competitors for longer-term, more effective relief. M 25 1 years
6 mg 3X day
12/27/2013
 1  Anxiety Extreme fatigue, dizziness, off balance, trouble concentrating, short term memory loss, chest pain, piercing burning tingling throughout body. I sincerely wish I never would have taken this. This drug has consumed my every thought And I'm fearful of coming off of it. The Interdose withdrawl are hORRIFIC! Feel like crying all the time and in so much pain. I just want off of this alive!!!! F 29 2 months
.5
12/27/2013
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 4  anxiety Sleepy sometimes but not tearful F 39 10 days
1mg
12/25/2013
 1  anxiety over medical procedure nausea; dizziness; drugged, woozy feeling (lasted about 5 hours) only took it one day. Would not take it again. F 43 1 days
0.5 1X day
12/15/2013

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