Lorazepam for Anxiety User Reviews

• Anonymous
• June 26, 2023

"Doesn't work for me. Leaves me lethargic and unable to focus."

• Pau...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• June 19, 2023

Lorazepam "I am 67 years old. I was prescribed Ativan in the early 1980s. I got addicted and after 5 months was taking 12 a day instead of the prescribed 6. I threw them down the toilet, then ended up at my GP with acute withdrawal symptoms. He did a six-week withdrawal plan. I lost the memory of that 6 months. I also lost a lot of my memory up to that point. As a person who has suffered memory loss and lack of emotion for the last 40 years and my life wrecked, I implore people not to take this drug."

• Ash...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• May 11, 2023

"Prescribed for anxiety. I didn't notice any difference or improvement after taking it."

• Onl...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• February 18, 2023

"Works great until it doesn't, and you are pitifully addicted. Do NOT, under ANY circumstances, let a medical professional tell you that Ativan (lorazepam) is not addictive or doesn't cause dependency if used 'as prescribed.' This drug is being prescribed completely inappropriately. ALL the prescribing literature says to use it for '2 to 4 weeks.' PERIOD. Regular use after this point could lead to dependency/addiction. The withdrawal is nearly unbearable. Stopping abruptly causes withdrawal that can be deadly. It took me 8 months, using the life-saving 'Ashton Manual,' to slowly wean myself off Ativan after 15 months of daily, physician-prescribed use (0.5 mg TID/3x per day). The interdose tolerance started very quickly, and the need for it skyrocketed."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• December 15, 2022

"I once thought lorazepam was exactly what I needed, as it helped me stop the fight or flight and be able to sleep and crack on with things. I began using it more often, as the times I didn’t take it, my anxiety seemed worse than it had been before. I only went from 0.5 mg prn to having one nightly until that did nothing anymore, so I went up to 1 mg at night. I started moving the time earlier and earlier as the days went on, and something I once took at bedtime started being at 5 pm. This was over the course of a year or so. I would start having panic and fear until I had it. I decided, because of all the stuff about addiction, that I would stop it for a day or two. The first night, I experienced a tonic-clonic seizure. I completely stopped for about 9 months and then decided to try to have it as needed again. I took it for a day or two, then I experienced my second seizure. The seizures slowly ramped up. I now have epilepsy, which I 100% blame on lorazepam withdrawal and addiction."

• Joa...
• August 17, 2022

Lorazepam "Absolutely dreadful. Have COPD and now going into the hospital since I started Ativan. Hallucinating, feeling devastated by all this. Disgrace."

• Anonymous
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 7, 2022

"Please, I beg you, stay away from this awful medicine! I took it for only five days (1 mg the first two days and then only 0.5 mg). I felt awful, foggy, slow, very emotional, and crying a lot. It was hard to function. At first, I thought maybe it's a stressful time in my life, and I just need to follow the dosage. But no, I have taken other anxiety medicine before, but this has a different effect. I am now on day three of horrible withdrawal symptoms that are way worse than any panic attacks I have ever experienced. I have tightness in my chest, foggy and blurry vision, and panic attacks, crazy fatigue, last night my panic was so bad my legs got numb. I have never felt worse in my entire life, it's messing with work and taking care of my child. It is highly addictive. Look at me after one week on a super low dose. I can't imagine how people take this long term. I wish I could file legal action on my doctor and the monsters who prescribe this. Please, BEWARE!"

• Dra...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• February 18, 2022

"This gets a negative 10 from me. I only took it a short while and suffered breakthrough panic attacks, or more like terror attacks. Never, ever again. If you can handle it, good for you. I wouldn't wish my withdrawals on my worst enemy."

• Che...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 31, 2022

"As a male in my late 20s and a healthy BMI, my doctor prescribed a trial of this for treatment of generalized anxiety to test its potential efficacy while we sought to establish which, if any, of the benzodiazepines best treated my symptoms. I was absolutely bulletproof to lorazepam. I tried it on a few separate occasions and felt no effect. I then performed a test. I took a dose (1mg) and waited 45 minutes to an hour. When no effect was experienced, I then took another. I repeated this process over the span of an afternoon. Even so, there was still no effect. I was not sedated, no less anxious, and experienced no cognitive impact or effect on coordination. I can only hope if I ever need a medical procedure requiring sedation, the doctors do not use lorazepam."

• Sar...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 25, 2022

"I wasn't the one who had this prescribed, but it was prescribed for my 22-year-old daughter who has a history of ODD, ADHD, acute anxiety, OCD, and autism. More recently, her OCD has completely taken over her life to the point where I'm her full-time carer. So I called in the cavalry. Big mistake. Her GP prescribed 0.5 up to 1 mg of lorazepam. 0.5 did nothing, so we went to 1 mg. Omg. She had what I can only describe as a manic episode coupled with rage and tears and wanting to talk for hours. This was 7 days ago, and it's now thrown her out even more...she could only cope with her OCD to a point. NOW that's gone out the window. She is in a continual loop of emotional dysregulation and doesn't know what to do...e.g., she gets upset now over the smallest thing, and it triggers increased OCD compulsions, and she's stuck, utterly helpless and frustrated and can't stop the intrusive feelings and thoughts. She blames the meds completely."

• Gap...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• August 15, 2021

"I absolutely don't like benzos, lorazepam makes me feel sick! I was given 0.5 as needed, but I did not always take 0.5. I would cut it in half, to me, it makes you feel worse, does not really help that much for what it is prescribed for. I started cutting it in half, will take 0.25 for a month, then cut 0.25 in half for a month, and hopefully I will be off this awful medication. It just makes me so tired and really ill. I felt like I had heat all over my body, itchy. If I could just quit taking it, I would, but I do not desire withdrawals. I have never had anxieties in my life until a nurse practitioner overdosed me on my thyroid medication and whacked my system up?"

• Bun...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 2, 2021

"I’m so confused. This is supposed to be the best stuff. Took one as prescribed before my flight, and it literally didn’t do anything. Then took another-literally nothing. Waste of $14 picking this stuff up."

• Kit...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 5, 2021

Lorazepam "I was given this drug as an anti-nausea drug for breast cancer treatment. It drugged me so bad that I fell into my coffee table and onto my back, causing a compression fracture and an additional cracked vertebra. I will never take this stuff ever again!"

• Tru...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 31, 2021

Lorazepam "After an operation, he was great for 3 days. Became upset with nurses waking him for this or that, told them in no uncertain words to leave him alone and was shaking. They assumed he was an alcoholic and he was having withdrawal from not being able to drink in the hospital. On the 4th day and for 3 days later, couldn't talk, move on his own, or walk. Now in rehab, why would you give Ativan to someone who you thought was a drunk."

• Ler...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 26, 2021

Lorazepam "It didn't work for anxiety at all. It didn't make me feel calm, but anxious. I felt nauseous, dizzy, itchy, and couldn't sleep. It literally did nothing but side effects."

• Jol...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• August 30, 2020

"I've been on Ativan for only 2 months. At first, it worked. Then, I had to take more to get the same calming effect. Now, it makes me feel nausea, headachy, and dizziness. I feel awful. And, it hardly takes away the anxiety. I take it to keep the anxiety from coming back --- 2 mg per day. On top of that, I've developed low blood salt or hyponatremia, a potentially very dangerous condition that has been linked with Ativan. I so wish I'd never started it. I see an endocrinologist in 2 days. I so wish I'd never taken Ativan and want my former energy and self back. Instead, I feel dull, depressed, and miserable. I'm going off Ativan (weaning off, which I hear is hard) as soon as possible!!!"

• Sam...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 25, 2020

"Ativan worked a little bit the first time I took it, and I only took it in emergencies when my anxiety was really high. But it lost its effect after a while to the point where it did absolutely nothing for me. I didn't have any issues with withdrawal or side effects, no drowsiness. I wonder if I even took the pill correctly! Anyway, I'm on a different medication now, so hopefully that actually works for me."

• T19...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 27, 2020

Lorazepam "Has anyone had very bad heartburn after using Ativan? I couldn’t even swallow because my throat burns so badly after taking this medication. Thanks."

• Att...
• April 7, 2020

"This stuff does NOT work. My doctor prescribed it as a sleep aid, and I'm back awake 2 hours later. I don't even feel drowsy."

• Hsa...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 30, 2019

Lorazepam "This is by far the scariest experience I have EVER had with a drug. Ativan immediately took the anxiety away but the after effects were horrible. I took it intermittently for 2 weeks and then noticed when I didn't take it consistently my anxiety was 100 percent worse. I was crawling out of my skin and so irritable. I also had uncontrollable muscle shaking and memory problems. This drug is very dangerous for some people. I'll stick to cognitive behavioral therapy."

• Anonymous
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 18, 2019

Lorazepam "Ativan amplified anxiety so bad I could not stop vomiting."

• Ali...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 21, 2019

"I suffer from anxiety and depression and was prescribed 0.05 mg. Unfortunately for me, it made me very depressed and very sleepy. Not suicidal, but just horribly sad and self-loathing."

• EEa...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• September 15, 2019

Lorazepam "I absolutely hate it. I was given Ativan last summer when I was having a total mental breakdown. At first, I waited and waited and felt absolutely nothing whatsoever, then I realized that it made me even more anxious and caused me to lash out at my parents. They ended up having to take me back to my house because they just couldn't deal with me. I decided to get some drinks at the bar and then at the cider house, and that's when it finally started to kick in. I was having a lot of trouble talking and had all these weird muscle jerks and having maybe convulsions."

• Ash...
• August 1, 2019

"I'm reading all of these positive reviews, but if I'm completely honest, this is making it much worse. It makes me feel like I'm having more of an out-of-body experience. Like I can't grasp reality, however, I am completely able to carry on as if everything is just fine. It's just very uncomfortable. I do not recommend this over Xanax in any way. Not for me anyway."

• Sha...
• May 10, 2019

"Not sure what fillers they are putting in lorazepam now. I have been on it many years and always worked for my anxiety, but now it makes it worse. More fillers, less medicine? Makes me dizzy, lightheaded, and a sick feeling. Maybe need to get off the generic and go to Ativan. But insurances won't cover them. Why make non-generic if no one can get them?"