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Ativan question

I've been taking .25mg. of ativan for just over a week now.  Most days it's one .25mg.,  some days it's two .25mg pills - one in the am and one in the pm.  Other days, none at all.
At first,  even the .25mg. sedated me enough for me to take a nap.  Now it is not.  I just feel calm but not that sedated feeling. Does this mean I'm becoming addicted or does it mean by body is just adjusting??  I understand how AD's work but I'm not sure on the benzos.
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I went to my holistic Dr. yesterday to talk about my anxiety and the possible low GABA receptor thing.  He did some stuff and put me on pharma GABA pro.  Anyone heard of this?  Not much on the internet to research about it.  
I'm a bit nervous about it because I HOPE it works good enough for me.  The 5-HTP kicked the gloomy feeling I was getting and I do respond well to SOME natural remedies.  
I'm going to give it a try in any case.  I'll give it 1-2 weeks and see if it helps.
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Yes, you build up an immunity to it. It makes your GABA receptors (what keeps you calm) more effective so when the medicine leaves your body, your GABA receptors start to panic because it got so used to being so efficient. Try to skip a few days, and you'll be able to get knocked out by .25 mg again.
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hey, i take ativan only when need, i take .25. ive been on it for 23 years , yes its very addicting, but i dont take it enought to get used to it, i might take once every 3 months or longer, if you need something more than once a day or more than twice a week you need to ask for the long term benz, like klonopin, your body will get use to that dose and after awhile need more ativan, if you take it everyday , but with klonopin it is made to take everyday twice a day and you should never need anymore ,thats what ive been told, i took klonopin for two weeks twice a day and its a great med i just needed it to get over hump i was in. ativan a great panic stoper and helps with anxiety but not a good long term med and harder to get off of, if your happy with it and think you will not need everyweek than sure take it , but if your going to need more than not talk to your dr. hope this helps.
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