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please help i,m so scared.

Hi ativan hear,
I will try and cut a long story short, In 2006 I was put on statins to lower my colestrol, I took them for 4weeks and started to get a tightness in upper abderman, also that year I had to withdraw from tranzene as they withdrew it of the market so I was put on 5mgs of valium, I also take 4mgs of ativan daily have done for 30years, I stopped the statins after a month but the tightness remains, my doctor has given me 2 ultra sound which were both normal, i had the camara into my stomach which also came back normal and all my bloods have come back normal, I went to my g.p again in may of this year and she said there was nothing wrong and to see my phcyatrist he made nothing of it. I had it so bad today has every day so I went back to the docs, he said there was nothing to worry about it was musculer, but how can you have musculer discomfort for so long? i,m so scared as I cannott except thats its musculer or anxiety, im scared............................................................ as to what it is.
ativan.
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You no doubt have rebound anxiety, if you have been taking 4mg of ativan for 30 years. Please see web site benzo.org.uk. It's a real eye opener!  The "benzo's" made my life a living hell. My first prescription was for 8mg of aitvan a day!

good luck
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Sorry Ativan......I looked at your profile and realised that I was talking to someone who has been going through this for quite a few years as well.......But that is the first thing that happens to me when going through alot of anxiety, my muscles tense up so badly that I get headaches ( from my neck and shoulder area) and for the last few days I have had stomache probs like crazy. My guts are constantly turning, rumbling, I had such bad heartburn the one day that I though that I was having a heart attack. This disorder wrecks havoc on the body, I'm so tired of it...Aren't we all?!
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Anxiety will cause all kinds of muscular problems, and can really mess with your guts too! I know, I've been going through this **** for 10 years. It really tenses up all your muscles from....well....tension!
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hi im not sure if this will help as im not taking the medication your on, but i suffer from sever anxiety and other things, and have had it for 3 years, i get an extremely tight feeling in my chest and i also get it in my throat, i get scared im ill or im going to stop breathing. i found it hard and i still find it hard to beleive that its just anxiety as i think how can anxiety do such horrible and extreme things to you, as you have had all the test and ultra sound it sounds like anxiety.
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