User Reviews for Ativan oral

i have a high leavel of axienty 1 take 1 .05mg and a hour latter i feel normale again. the side effect that has hapened to me is beeing realy tired after it wares off

I take one tablet .5 Ativan one to two hours before bedtime. Sometimes I wake up to go to the bathroom and go right back to sleep. I wake up after 7 or 8 hours and feel rested. I am 84 years old and am not concerned about possible addiction.

I take 1mg when i show warning signs of a panic attack, it calms me down enough to deal with it. I take 1mg before bed if I'm having insomnia, it gives me a few good hours sleep. I don't feel sluggish or 'hungover' the next day, my body feels like it actually slept. I haven't experienced any side effects.

I was prescribed 2mg Ativan 3 times a day. I was getting this drug to help me with panic attacks and anxiety. I didnâ??t get any directions, warnings or contradictions. I just didnâ??t even think of asking, he was the educated psychiatrist so I trusted him. Well my anxiety was through the roof and the Ativan was not working so I would take an extra one..then another and it still wasnâ??t working, I had built up a tolerance for them. It was the weekend so I said I was going to call him on Monday. When I got a hold of him, told him how much I was taking and he said that I needed to go to detox ASAP that if I didnâ??t I would have seizures. He was right, I almost died in that detox facility. I never ever have been in such physical pain and so sick. It was benzos, it might feel good at first but long term use even a month on 0.5 mg you will pay the price. Had I been told this before I would have never ever taken it. Be careful!Read More Read Less

Love this pill. Has helped me for many years off and on. Use it for calming brain down so I can sleep, or when Iâ??m nervous about something. Donâ??t use very often because very hard to get from Dr. so I have to limit my usage. But if it was up to me and easier to get Iâ??d take 1 pill every day. Sure takes the edge off .

Helped immensely with Stress Anxiety Waking Insomnia and Tinnitus which I did not know it could mask the whining noise in my ears which caused me major anxiety.

Had a very bad withdrawal experience. It was horrible. Took me 1 year

I took this as it can help with the effectiveness of my Chemo. I can believe this drug is on the market! I was mean, aggressive and suicidal when using it. I took it for three months and can believe the difference I feel not being on it again. I was not the same person! It was awful, PLEASE don’t start this or other benzodiazepines. If you weren’t suicidal before taking this drug, you will be after!

I have found Ativan to be my savior, my husband went into a nursing home and l became so anxious about it all, l was a mess but now everything seems easier to bear.

I have used this drug for a good 20 years. I had big problem with inner ear and vertigo. This was the only drug that helped me. You see with vertigo it can also cause to become very anxious.

Ativan is a living, breathing nightmare from the depths of hell to withdraw from. I took .5 mg for 3 months for insomnia and two weeks later after stopping it, I am still having trouble standing in the shower and walking. Insomnia is back big-time and the headaches are beyond brutal. I have already had unnecessary medical tests because of the side effects it caused while still taking it. I am sorry I just didn't put 2 and 2 together earlier on. Still so afraid because I know I'm no where out of the woods yet from what I've read and from what I am experiencing. I know I should taper; but I am petrified to have any more of this poison in me. FDA says it can be harder to kick than heroin-why is it still so available? Do something besides printing leaflets FDA!!!Read More Read Less

My husband was 38 years old and committed suicide from taking Ativan. It was taken in combination with Welbutrin for depression. Do not take these two together..the ativan made him have body tremors, nervousness, and horrible suicidal thoughts. Do not take Ativan and you become addicted within one month. He was taking it for three months and couldn't handle life anymore.

Suffer from claustrophobia - had to have an MRI and was horribly nervous about it. I took two 1mg pills about 1 hour apart and tolerated the MRI perfectly. However, I slept the rest of the day and all night! LOL This really worked well for me and calmed me down so that I could relax and lay still for the hour it took to do the scan.

I take ativan oral for anxiety and PTSD. It has worked better than any of the 9 or 12 they've me in over many, many years. I've been on threes time for 15 years, with no problems stopping when I need to for surgery etc. Lately there's a new black box warning out about this and oxys, but I've been taking them together for years now with no problem... sooooooooo, now my doctor says she can't give them to me anymore so I'm off them for two weeks, and in that time I've slept 2 nights through. I'm on tomazepam which doesn't work much at all. For insomnia, HA!! I've cut way back on the oxys so I can get the ativan back... it's the only drug for me to help with anxiety Read More Read Less

It works awesome.

I was prescribed for anxiety. I found it was great for my chronic sleeping problem also. Great sleep for 5 or 6 hours with no hang over, like most sleeping pills. Also I recently quit drinking after 40 years. Little side effects thanks to Ativan. I think it increases male libido too. This med has been a Godsend for me. 2 mg at bedtime for 10 years.

Worked great at first. Then my behavior got erratic (like flooring my car to 70 mph in 25 mph zones for no reason). Started getting irritable and shaky between doses. Realized I had gotten hooked off 1 mg, 3 times a day for a month and half. Tried to get off it and doctors were next to useless. Went to ER with full-blown convulsions/muscle spasms and doctor told me it was the worst case of withdrawal he had seen in 14 years, and that I would die of a heart attack, relapse and start taking it again, or become an alcoholic. 6 years later I'm still alive, drink once or twice a week, and haven't taken any benzos since the day after my ER visit. Be safe about it, but don't listen to doctors who tell you that you have to keep taking it forever, find one who will help taper you off. Be strong, you CAN do it, and you'll be better off for it. Read More Read Less

I was given this medicine when I was at the hospital and I was really nervous and was having kind of an anxiety attack so the doctor gave me it to calm me down. AT the time i was also at the hospital because I was having a weird right facial spasm that gave me headaches daily. The doctor gave me 2 mg when I was getting something done ,then they noticed my twitching stopped. At the time they couldn't figure out the cure for my facial spams so when they noticed that it had temporarily stopped my twitching, they were immediately intrigued and told us to take it for a bit until they find an actual cure. Later on, i have been taking 2 mg of attivan and it had made me really sleepy and it made it hard to stay away in school. Months later, they reduced the dosage to 1 mg, and it made me less sleepy but still same side effects. even though i refused to admit it, it made me forgetful, although it made me really relaxed, etc., and it did change my mood a lot based from what my family said. I would think i get headaches if i wasn't on it, I was taking it daily btw. Now coming off of it , it did have bad withdrawal symptoms my mood was completely messed up, it made me sad at times, however i was never mad, just crying but that was because i had a lot going on however i know the medicine did not totally help me either. I wouldn't say the medicine is bad because I'm pretty sure if u have anxiety and etc. this medicine would help a lot HOWEVER TAKE IN GOOD CONSIDERATION THAT THIS IS ADDICTING , AND U MIGHT BE ADDICTED AND NOT EVEN BE AWARE. Read More Read Less

I have been on this medicine for three months. I am having severe stomach pain and have to eat every 2 to 3 hours or I get really shaky and like I am going to pass out. Never been this bad before. I have been taking a 0.5 mg at bedtime, now I am taking half of that! Trying to get off this medicine!

Ativan has been nightmare for me. Does not help with anxiety. Withdrawal is extremely painful and unbearable. Can't see how anyone could possibly be satisfied with this poison to the body. It only hooks you and then you cannot get off it without excruciating pain all day and night long. Doctor will not tell you how addicting it is. You don't take it because you want it; only to not die because of possible seizures in withdrawal. EXTREME PAIN, NO SLEEP BECAUSE OF PAIN, NO QUALITY OF LIFE.