Lorazepam User Reviews & Ratings (Page 3)

• Eva...
• January 16, 2019

For Insomnia "I've had insomnia for about 6 years now (ever since I started working shifts). At first, I got zolpidem, but it gave me blackouts. Apparently, I did a lot of stuff while using zolpidem, but sleeping wasn't one of them. I went to a sleep lab, and they gave me a sleep schedule. This didn't work. I was tired all day and still unable to sleep. About 5 years ago, I started using lormetazepam 2 mg. At first, 2 mg worked fine, but 5 years later, I have increased my dose to enormous, and I'm still not able to sleep. Does anyone else have this same experience with long-term use of lormetazepam? I guess I have developed tolerance. Any ideas on how to finally get some sleep?"

• EJK...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 13, 2018

Lorazepam for Anxiety "Yes, it will stop panic attacks, but good luck coming off it. I was having severe anxiety after a bad spell of taking Lexapro, which made my anxiety worse and gave me constant panic attacks, so my doctor had me taking 0.5 mg three times a day. I was so grateful to have some relief that I didn't question the dose, but the more I read about dependence, the more nervous I became. I started tapering off it after only a month, and I thought I was going to die. Hallucinating, insomnia where I didn't sleep for days, couldn't keep down solid food, crippling depression, and agoraphobia... it was a nightmare, and I was contemplating checking into a hospital. I eventually transitioned to buspirone and eventually Pristiq. Such a nightmare. I can't recommend Ativan to anyone who may be sensitive to benzos."

• Kan...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• October 9, 2018

Lorazepam for Anxiety "I am the 1% of people who take Ativan and suffer from extreme anxiety and paranoia. If you experience these symptoms, you are NOT alone, but you should stop taking the medication (with help from a doctor). Once I stopped taking it, I felt so much better and was not paranoid or filled with anxiety."

• Jas...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 22, 2018

Lorazepam for Anxiety "Terrible and dangerous. Muscle jerking, auditory hallucinations, jumpy all day. Even worse anxiety. If it is not life or death, do not take!!!!"

• Bon...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• August 19, 2018

For Anxiety "Has anyone been on this drug for 25 - 30 years? Once it was a miracle for me. Now, not so much. Doc never said it was addicting but had me take 1 mg 3 x per day and Ambien for sleep. Lexapro, too. No one in the medical field admits to this drug affecting the heart, I mean so that you have to take it. So what should ya do? Try to taper? Tried a detox program/crash course 7 days. Trying melatonin for sleep, not benzos. Down to 1 mg each morning, would like to get off or have them work like they did in the beginning. Any comments?"

• DsB...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 12, 2018

Lorazepam for Panic Disorder "I have lived with panic disorder since I was 16 and have had experience with various benzodiazepines. This has got to be the worst drug I have ever taken for a panic attack, it made me feel even more disconnected and stupid. I ended up in the back of an ambulance after taking this drug for a panic attack. I also struggled to sleep after taking this medication and was having suicidal thoughts. So far, I would have to say when it comes to the elimination of a panic attack, it goes: Xanax > Clonazepam > CBD > Valium > Bromazepam > Ativan."

• Bob...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 30, 2018

For Anxiety "I took a 0.5 Ativan for anxiety last night. It increased my anxiety, and I couldn't sleep."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 10 years or more
• February 27, 2018

For Insomnia "Severe, debilitating muscle weakness getting off the drug over a 6-month taper. Debilitating weakness has continued 3 months after stopping the drug."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• November 17, 2017

Lorazepam "Gave this drug to my mother around noon, an oral syringe form. She was so severely sedated I was afraid to go out to the post office at 2:00 pm. She could hardly eat around 5:30, eyes closed. I thought she'd sleep it off. I stayed near her till midnight. At 2:10 am, she had passed away. To this day, I wonder what the doctor prescribed this for, all she had was a very uncomfortable bedsore."

• Do...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• August 8, 2017

Lorazepam for Anxiety "My husband was 38 years old and committed suicide while taking Ativan. This medication was administered to him from two different psychiatrists. Ativan was prescribed for his anxiety. He took it in combination with Welbutrin for his depression. He was on Ativan for approximately three months. The medication made his heart race because of the lethal combination mixing with Welbutrin for his depression. He became manic, paranoid, and had extreme body tremors, insomnia, and many trips to the Emergency Room from side effects. This company knows it can cause suicide and writes it on the label. Do not take it."

• Tin...
• July 15, 2017

For Anxiety "I was given a double dose of Ativan IV in the hospital and 1 mg dose pills for home! Only took .25 on occasion, and now I'm having withdrawal symptoms! Can anyone answer my question about Ativan being addictive with only .25 mg occasionally?"

• Ben...
• July 5, 2017

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."

• Anonymous
• June 9, 2017

For Insomnia "Stay away from this drug, it builds up tolerance, and then you'll have excruciating withdrawals."

• Mar...
• May 4, 2017

Lorazepam for Anxiety "I was prescribed this a few months ago, getting anxiety while driving. The prescription is '0.5 mg once a day as needed.' I have taken it about 3-5 times a week, a few times, I have taken it twice a day. I have been having family issues recently, and I first thought that was the reason my occasional anxiety has progressed to debilitating (flying off the handle, depressive dying thoughts, chest pains), but after research, I've concluded that I'm actually going through withdrawal when I don't take it every day. Now it's 2:36 AM, I'm scared, my mind won't shut off, don't know how to wean off of this properly. I'm tired, will be calling into work in the morning for lack of sleep. Please do not take this and just get counseling for your anxiety first."

• Pau...
• April 20, 2017

Lorazepam for Anxiety "Have been taking this for situational anxiety for many years. It worked to some degree, but I would always feel depressed afterwards, which was awful. Last year, I used it daily, up to 1.5 mg, while I was changing my antidepressant. This was a huge mistake. I soon reached the tolerance and began to get rebound anxiety, which started up every morning. I've been off of it for 10 weeks now and still suffering. This is really hard to come off of. My advice is don't take this more than once a week, and that may be too much. My anxiety is so much worse because of lorazepam."

• Gat...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• March 24, 2017

Lorazepam for Anxiety "This drug is the devil. The first few doses work like magic. After 1 week, a hellish withdrawal starts kicking in about 2 hours after taking each dose. Impossible to wean off of without a doctor who's familiar with this highly addictive drug."

• Jay...
• March 18, 2017

Lorazepam for Anxiety "Sitting here, shaking in my boots. This stuff is weak: 1 mg, 3 times a day."

• Des...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• February 14, 2017

For Anxiety "I've been struggling with depression but mostly anxiety for 16 years. I take an antidepressant, and last year I tried to change it three times. During this time I began to use Lorazepam daily and began to increase it when it wasn't working for me. Needless to say, this was the worst year ever. My anxiety symptoms were hell. After reading about Lorazepam and the problems with tolerance, rebound anxiety, looping, and withdrawal, I realized my problem was not the antidepressants but Lorazepam. If you take it once a month or several times per year, it could help and shouldn't hurt you, but if you take it every day, you are asking for trouble. My recommendation is to avoid Lorazepam at all costs."

• Kan...
• January 1, 2017

Lorazepam for Insomnia "It was given to me in the hospital to aid in sleeping. I woke up in another hospital bed down the hall. It was empty, and I was trying to get in that bed. I had a heart monitor on, but I had moved out of my room and was half-dressed, wandering the halls until I came to the nurse station. Why didn't someone know I was having an issue because of my disconnected heart monitor? They put me back in bed and seemed upset at me. They never explained. I just took it once. I was awake but couldn't see or know what had happened or was about to happen. Could have walked off a building."

• Dea...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 15, 2016

For Anxiety "Before I explain, let me start off by saying I do not take meds, not even for a headache. This is a very rare circumstance. My Dr knows this and will ask me if I'm going to fill the prescription as to not waste either of our time. I usually say no, and we discuss non-medicinal ways to cope. This time I said yes and got 0.5 mg lorazepam, and in the 3 days I've taken them, I'm more anxious!"

• Ben...
• July 6, 2016

For Insomnia "DO NOT take benzos for insomnia - they work great, until you reach tolerance, and then you go into full withdrawal unless you up the dose considerably. By then you probably will have already found the dirty underside of this terrible drug, which is agoraphobia, brutal insomnia, loss of motivation and stunning depression. Next, you'll find out that you cannot withdraw from this drug in a reasonable manner, and the required tapering-off methods could take years. During withdrawal you will have the worst insomnia imaginable, for months on end, and nothing will relieve it, except more benzos than any doctor will prescribe. Don't even start on this evil drug. If you think this is an overreaction, Google 'benzodiazepine withdrawal'."

• TH1...
• June 26, 2016

Lorazepam for Anxiety "Do your research before taking! Consult with your doctor, but also be aware of the side effects involved. Symptoms include dizziness, fatigue, muscle weakness, slowed speech, muscle spasms, twitching/fidgeting, and nightmares. Not for everyone."

• cle...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• May 2, 2016

For Anxiety "This drug nearly ruined my life. But, you don't have to believe me. Just go Google 'lorazepam withdrawal' or 'Ativan withdrawal,' and you can see it for yourself. I was never told how horrific the withdrawal would be from this medicine. I have spent nearly five months in extreme anxiety that is nearly fifty times the intensity of the anxiety I had when starting this med. The doctors are not educated on the w/d of this med because the pharm companies do not release these studies because then they wouldn't prescribe it! I became agitated, suicidal, depressed, and had PTSD-like symptoms from this drug. Not one person warned me, and I just took it every day like the bottle said, many times LESS than prescribed. PLEASE do your research!"

• mcn...
• May 2, 2016

For Anxiety "BEWARE!! Some people have no problem with this benzodiazepine, yet there are many who do, such as myself. I took it for hyperthyroid. It has ruined the last 14 months of my life!!! Words cannot express the mental and physical torture I experience daily. PLEASE Google Professor Ashton to read the side effects. Visit Benzo Buddies. You will learn about the horrors these meds cause, as well as success stories of those who survived this! There has been a bill introduced in Massachusetts to get doctors to warn their patients!! Warn everyone you know! Don't be fooled! My world has been turned upside down, and I don't want it to happen to you!!"

• hea...
• March 24, 2016

Lorazepam for Anxiety "Instead of calming me down and relaxing me from my anxiety and panicky feelings, it made them extremely worse. I thought I was going to lose my mind. Well, actually for a brief time, I did. It caused me to have a nervous breakdown. This was only on the second day I took it. I didn't know what was going on or what was happening. I thought I was going to lose my mind, and before I knew it, I slit one of my wrists. I have never had any intention of doing this before taking Ativan. Thankfully, help came, and I got 8 staples put in my wrist where I cut it. I will never take this medicine ever again. I just want to be very careful taking this medicine. I have never had any reactions to medicines before until this medicine I took back on Sept 16, 2015."