kittycatg...The anxiety came from opiate withdrawls. I was on 90mg of morphine and 4 7.5 vics a day. do not want to become addicted to ativan should i stop after 5 days?
I've been taking 3 to 6mg of ativan for 3 days, to combat unbearable anxiety?
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- 31 Dec 2011 by kittycatgirl2
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- ativan, anxiety, generalized anxiety disorder, opiate
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Hrmnee1 Jan 2012
Oh yes! Ativan is THE most addictive drug! You should be just fine if you used in only for five days and they maybe occasionally. But avoid steady use at all cost!
Hey, way to go! feting of the morphine, wow, that take a lot of courage! Hang in there! and take baths, lot of soothing hot, sweat producing baths. And you can take 800 mg of magnesium for the leg cramps. May God be with and help you to succeed at this amazing transformation! Harmony
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Thank you for getting back to me, even if I take 5 or 6mg I still feel sweaty and just on the edge of everything going to hell in a handbasket. Very very afraid to stop, yet very very afraid to continue.
The sweaty, usually without a fever is normal. What day are you on? If is 5 or 6, you are SOOOO close to turning a BIG corner. Can you sleep at all? As for the Ativan, just take what you can get away with, but keep taking it. It is actually a miracle that you have something like that to help you through the anxiety part. One thing at a time. If you only take for a week or so and start taking less and less as you feel better, you will be fine. You could try taking benidril up 4 pills, it can really help (and hopefully make you sleepy, the more sleep the better) and melitonin at night (for sleep) and my Dr. Said that you can take up to 30 mgs if you need too! (he takes 25!). And hot baths, and lots and lots of water and sports drinks. god be with you! You are amazing! You CAN do this! Give us status reports and people will help you along the way!
I am on day 5, no ativan today. prob take one tonight along with two types of herbal anxiety and herbal sleep remedies. first 3 day I didnt sleep at all. and I mean at all! it's getting better, i was ready for the phych ward, seriously. Your support has meant so very much to me, thank you
well i kinda screwed up the night before last i found a vicodin and i took it... slept like a baby. Am i back to step one?
Heck no! Morphine is a 9 on the say intensity scale, vicodon is a 2-3. And, it was only one. Look at in this way, with a good nights sleep at your back, you'll have more strength to continue to fight the good fight! You are so close, really! What kind of support system do you have? Do you have a counselor, pastor, friend, sponsor or 12 step program to help you throughout the next few months? Getting clean is hard. Staying is almost impossible without a few good friends, especially the one who know where you are coming from. God bless you and keep up the good work this will be one day something you can look back on with great pride and self satisfaction! That's how I feel about myself! You can do this! harmony