Lorazepam withdrawl or in m head? (please read people)

[MayMayMeemers]

I was given a script of only 10 1mg lorazepam on novemer 30th to help with my panic attacks. I have been spliting the pills in half and taking them and splitting them in half so I get 4 quarters of one pill and it lasts for 4 days or 2. sometimes I take one quarter in the afternoon and one before bed. sometimes I skip a dose and when I do I feel twice as paniced as i did before. my problem is I have one pill left and I am afraid I am addicted to the meds or I am going to have withdrawls from it. can this happen with taking quarter of the pill everyday? or everyother day?

it says to take one to two pills every 8 hours or as needed. Taking the whole 1mg made me dizzy, unseady and very tired and I hated it so I tried quarters which worked fine. not too much and it seemed to settle me with no real side effects. not like the whole pill caused.

what are the odds of me being addicted? should I worry? I don't want to take the last pill. I want to save it or even ditch it and flat out not take it. It was a script given for short term use. again 10 day dose that I have managed to split into more days. does this have a higher risk for me to become addicted or is it less likely because the ammount of drug in the system is a small amount? UGH, please help with experianced users.

I didn't take my quarter tonight and I have felt hot sweaty, palps, and insomnia, and sick like i am going to throw up. -.-
that isnt anything new however.


what should I do? I am terrified right now!!!
I don't want to take them again but I also don't want to die from withdrawls or have seizures from it. =/

again: I take a quarter of a pill. I take this:
http://i49.tinypic.com/dwxj5i.png


should I go to the er? how can they tell if i am having withdrawls?
how can I stop taking the meds? like I said..I am down to my last pill with no refills.

am I addicted now because i took them longer then 10 days full dose?!

>.<

who do I call for help!?

[MayMayMeemers]

I will call a pharmacy and ask them. chances are they will tell me to go to my gp which I don't have. the er dr prescribed me the dose.
I noticed when i didn't take my med I would get very bad panic attacks and insomnia.
i have had it before the meds though so i am unsure of if it is actually withdrawl or just NORMAL panic attacks. I know Lorazepam has a half life or I think18 to 20 hours? that's for 1mg dose, now split that whole to a half and that half to a quarter and how many hours would that be? I doubt it would be enough to cause actual withdrawls and at that major ones that I am worried about. idk, I will call later and post what they say later

[cj29]

I would have to agree with MrGreen here.  Why not call your pharmacist and ask?  You were on a very low dose and not on it that long in my opinion, however, benzos can have withdrawal effects.  Also, as MrGreen stated, you are already worried about the symptoms and in my experience with this, if we are particularly worried about somethng chances are it will be magnified because we are already preparing for it....keep us posted!

[MrGreen]

I think your mind is playing tricks on you. You already had this addiction thought in your head. So like any other anxiety symptom you are blown it up into something much bigger. The more you worry about it the worse it will get. As I am sure you know by now. If in doubt check with your local chemist. Tell them how you took your took your medication. It doesn't seem like a long time. A month. But play it safe and make your mind feel at ease. Ring your chemist and ask them. They will tell you what you should do.