Ativan- Is not working for my anxiety anymore. What is a good alternative?

Hi Chris- Thanks, I will talk to my doctor.

Also, can you switch from Ativan to another BDP, without going through withdrawal? I ended up in the ER last year from stopping ativan cold turkey, which was a terrible idea.

-Chris

Yes. It should be a smooth transition if the doc prescribes the right dose. BDP can be very dangerous quitting cold turkey. You sure know how THAT feels, UGH!!

I had a similar experience with Ativan I was on 1 mg and was taking 1-1/2 tablets three times a day, after about 2 years I reaced a point until it didn't work as well, the doctor switched me to another Benzodiazepine which worked your body adjusts after a period of time and either a dose adjustement or a pill change needs to be made, sounds like it's time for you to talk with the doctor because things get more difficult and he may be able to make a smooth change without you having any problems

I agree that it's time to tell your doctor. I find xanax more helpful than ativan. Ativan made me jittery and didn't calm me down the way that .5 mg. Xanax did. I was taking 1mg. Ativan, once daily. Are you on an antidepressant? At one time, I was on Zoloft 50mg. and Xanax .5mg. once a day and it really helped me a lot.
Good luck to you and pls. tell your dr.

I have some sad news for you. The ativan you get now is not much more than a sugar pill.The idea of the powers that be is that they would rather have you on a psychotic inducing medication like the current anti depressants. I used to order trapax and other benzo['s which kept me happy, productive at a very high level. but now all those avewnues have been closed. and the stupid thing is that they sell tylenol 1 which you can filter out the tylenol with an ordinary filter and use acetone to remove the caffeine. In my honest opinion I would rather take the trapax and be highly productive and happy, the alternative is disability due to the back pain <i suffer from daily. God Bless every one...