Ativan and Xanax

[HypoDi]

Hi,

I get severe panic attacks and was put on 1 mg Ativan and 0.5mg Xanax daily. Also I was getting major adrenaline rushes at night that would wake me up and I'd go straight into a panic so they started me on zolpidem 10 at night. I have been on it for 18 months now and zolpidem does not work, and I don't want to take more, so will try wean off that, but I know what will happen, back to adrenalin rushes...plus Xanax seems to have no effect, but if I don't take it, I know I have'nt, if that makes sense.
Am I on too much  here?

Thanks

[frue13]

why ativan and zanax?

[young46]

.05 xanax?  My doc says 8mg is max dose. I'm on 3mg.  I'm not a doc - but I'd ask about a higher dose.

[br2509]

I took activan and really did help me...

[EroToo]

I took to Ativan in the ER last Tuesday when I rushed myself there thinking I was dying.  At the end of their tests which all came back fine, they gave me 2 Ativan although I had taken a Klonopin a few hours before.  What are your symptoms?   I have recently been switched from Prozac to Zoloft.  Tomorrow, I take my full dose of Zoloft (50 mg) and I was switched from Klonopin to Valium.  My panic attacks went away for several years, but a couple of weeks ago, they came back and now that's all I think about is when my next panic attack is going to come so they keep coming.  I have to look up Zolpidem.  Never heard of it.

Good luck,
Karen

[HypoDi]

Thank you for your comments here. I recently moved to new country and they don't have zolpidem, sleeping tablet here, which believe it or not, helps me in a night panic attack. What they have given me here is zopiclon which does not work at all. I want to stop either xanax or ativan, but not sure which to stop, and trail the other off. I read someone else on this board is scared of eating when her throat feels like a lump in it, I am the same, scared I'll choke. It is the most horrible feeling and one of total helplessness. I can't even get a decent job because I keep getting these attacks daily. If I work alone I am fine, in a crowd, I get panic attacks.My doctor in my home country sent me 3 months supply of zolpidem, but customs rejected it. People need to know panic attacks are a real thing, it's not brought on by oneself, as my partner says, oh! get over them, it's easy.