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lorazepam
- Anxiety Community
how can i get off loraepam safly


lorazepam
- Addiction: Substance Abuse Community
I posted yesterday about my dr giving me something so I can sleep. He called in Lorazepam. Is this med. addictive? It is for my bipolar. He said it was short term. The dose is 1mg and it says to take it when very agitative.


Lorazepam???
- Anxiety Community
Seems i have acquired General Anxiety along with insomnia. Nervous,worried during the day,hard to get to sleep at night if at all.If i did fall asleep would wake up at some point shakey,sweaty,scared.Prescribed Lorazepam .5 twice a day. Will sometimes brea...


Ativan Withdrawl?
- Women's Health Community
was using Ativan o.5 mg for a year, and I am experiencing strange symptoms such as horrible pain and pressure in my jaw and buzzing in my ears. I also have anxiety and skin crawling. I have had so many tests done on my body, all coming back normal. Many...


low dose Ativan likely to cause depression?
- Anxiety Community
I take 0.5mg ativan (lorazepam) every other day for anxiety. I suffer from depression also which has been particularly bad in the last few weeks. I currently don't take an AD, but am wondering if taking the ativan alone in the evening at that small of a do...


Can ativan mask other medical problems
- Ask a Pharmacist Community
I started taking ativan this summer .25 - .5 mg to help me sleep. Late in the summer I started having panic attacks and started taking more. It varied by the day but never more 1.5 -2 mg in a 24 hour period. A couple weeks later the panic attacks went aw...


Zoloft and Lorazepam
- Anxiety Community
I've been using up to 1 mg of Lorazepam for years now, as needed, with no issues. All of a sudden, I started getting panic attacks at home after not having them for a long time. I took no more than 1 mg of Lorazepam per day as I alway would but this time...


Changing from Lorazepam to Xanax
- Thyroid Disorders Community
I was trying to wean off Lorazepam but it was very difficult so the doc swiched me to Xanax. I managed to reduce 0.75 mg Lorazepam in 4 weeks (Initially I was taking 2.5 for 4 months) and today I started with Xanax 0.25mg 3 times a day. I used to take Xan...


More than anxiety?
- Anxiety Community
I was diagnosed with a Random Panic Disorder back in 2006 a few months after I had my daughter. I am no stranger to anxiety. I've been on Lorazepam 1mg for 10 years now. I also dabbled with two different SSRI's more recently, which I didn't like and no lon...


Changing from Lorazepam to Xanax
- Anxiety Community
Hi All, I'd like to get your input on swiching from Lorazepam to Xanax. I took Lorazepam for 4 months, 2.5 mg/day. A months ago I decided to ween off Lorazepam and started with 0.5 mg. I took 17 days with unpleasant symptoms. When I felt a little better a...


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