I was just prescribed Ativan?!


Question: I was just prescribed Ativan!?
1 mg twice a day!. My husband lost his job (our only income) and I've been experiencing extreme anxiety!.
I'm a little afraid to take it!. I'm about to start my part time gig at the neighborhood pizza joint and I don't want to feel or appear loopy or strange!. But I really need the help to get a grip!.
Anyone take this stuff!? Is it okay!? What do you feel like!?
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Answers:
It is okay, just start slow and small, and make sure you taper slowly when you go off it!. This will decrease any possible withdrawal effects!.

Ativan will simply take the edge off your anxiety!. It creates a sort of buffer between you and your anxiety!. If you take too much of it, yes, you may get spacey and slow!. 1 mg twice/day seems like a lot to start with, but everyone's body is different!. I would start smaller and slowly increase until you are feeling less anxious!.!.!. just enough to help you cope through the day!. No need to overmedicate yourself!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

I take a different anti-anxiety medication but it is 1 mg!. The doctor started me on 1/2 pill (ONCE a day) for a week or two then said take the whole pill after that!. I did and never could take the whole thing; it was just too much for me because I was too drowsy!. I still take 1/2 pill and function fine but without the anxiety!.

Taking the Ativan together with the Wellbutrin may turn you into a "space cadet!." Why not take the Ativan in the morning and the Wellbutrin at night!? It works fine for my husband who is a heart patient and he is never drowsy!. It seems like you will be taking a lot of medication if you take the Ativan twice a day!. Just my opinion!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

!.5 mg makes the paranoid feelings go away!. I swear (from experience)!. more than that can make you dopey (I saw it in the hospital I was in)!.

I don't currently take it although I do get very mild panic attacks, but I've taken it in a hospital about 8-12x for anxiety and anxiousness (over 3 months)!. It should be fine!.

edit: 1 mg, might make you a little groggy!. sorry bout the mix up!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

It will probably make you tired, but it will defiantly make you feel little to no anxiety!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

You might want to start at a lower dose to see if that helps first!. Www@Answer-Health@Com

lil' Sammy,
Ahhh Ativan is just like aspirin! It may as well be!. That's how little it will help you! I've been getting Anxiety Attacks since my early 20s, and Wellbutrin was a nightmare drug for me! I had to have the paramedics come to my house to rescue me from that stuff! I had such a bad experience from so many of the Anxiety medicines, after being a "Human Guniea Pig" for almost two years, until I had to go and play like I was my own doctor and tell them what would work for me! See, when I had an Anxiety Attack early in my 20s I thought what everyone thinks, "I was having a heart attack,right!." Well, I called my BFF!. She brings me a Valume, it works, end of Anxiety! So, I mentioned how tired of being a "Human Guniea Pig" I was!. How much I could not miss any more work behind them not knowing what's best for me, so I broke down and told them, I'd heard Valume works wonders for people with Anxiety Attacks!! They said:"Okay, we'll give you a prescription and see how you do on this, and do a follow-up" in a few days and the rest is history!. I've been on Generic Valume now for many years, and haven't had Anxiety Attacks, in so many years! It's been just Wonderful for me! I have tried Wellbutrin, Paxil, Zanax, Elivil=(Coma) dont take if you have small children who need you! Just a fair warning!. If your still getting Anxiety I would blaim the Wellbutrin, for sure! Because, to be quite honest with you I felt as though my heart was going to leap out of my chest from that stuff! I did not like that or Paxil!. Both of those two and Prozac made me feel like my heart was racing! Worse, than just a normal Anxiety Attack!! So, if I were you I'd go back and see if you can get something that's mellow but just enough to feel relaxed, but not look loopy!. One miligram of Diazepam, would probably help you! What they are giving you is just aspirin!. And that has caffein in it!. Which to much of caffeine makes me nervous! I can't believe they've got you thinking your on some sort of medicine for Anxiety!. When it's just an aspirin!. Wow! HM!? I'd go see another physician if I were you! Good Luck!. I can promise you this will not effect your performance on stage! If your body agrees with the Wellbutrin, this will not give you any side effects taking it together!. Trust me! I have both too! Depression and Anxiety!. What a trip! I am not on anything else except for the Diazepam for both! It works Wonderfully, for both! Www@Answer-Health@Com





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