Lorazepam and Withdrawal: What Users Say (Page 3)
Brand names: Ativan, Lorazepam Intensol, Loreev XR, Ativan Injection
Reviews for Lorazepam
- sky...
- Taken for 2 to 5 years
- November 21, 2017
For Anxiety "About 4 years ago I started having early-morning awakening/insomnia/anxiety after excessive alcohol consumption the night before. Discovered that I could prevent this by taking diazepam my wife had lying around. When this ran out my GP prescribed lorazepam 0.5 mg. Gradually this lost effectiveness (tolerance) so I quit, also cut down on alcohol. A year ago I had a stressful situation and started 0.5 mg daily for a month, but was able to stop again with no side effects. However, my early-morning awakening/insomnia/anxiety had become chronic and independent of alcohol. A month ago I started 0.5 mg daily for 10 days, had a severe withdrawal, had to taper off. So, yes, like others wrote here: it works great, but not for chronic use."
- Jef...
- Taken for 1 to 2 years
- August 28, 2019
For Anxiety "Works great... no question about it, but I fear the day I go off it. That is the only reason I give it 8 instead of 10... because of the horror stories of withdrawal."
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- Jay...
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- November 4, 2019
Lorazepam for Panic Disorder "I was prescribed Ativan after I was catatonic when I had a psychotic episode. It helped with my anxiety. I had never had any withdrawals, and I used it as prescribed."
- Anonymous
- June 9, 2017
For Insomnia "Stay away from this drug, it builds up tolerance, and then you'll have excruciating withdrawals."
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Lorazepam for Anxiety "You would have to be crazy to take Ativan. I took 1-2 mg 2x a day for 6 months and had withdrawal symptoms for almost 4 years after stopping over a 2-week period per my doctor. If you think your life is bad before taking Ativan, just wait until you experience the withdrawal and aftereffects of this poison. After 2 years, I still had vibrating, hypersensitive vision and hearing. Burning in your nerves, especially in your feet. Forget sleep, all you do is lie in bed awake for me, almost 2 years dreaming while awake. That part was the most torturous part of the med. The FDA needs to remove Ativan from FDA approval immediately."