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Can taking Ativan prolong your anxiety?

Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: 2 days ago | Replies (8)
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@yanks950

I am currently on 90mg of duloxitine and have been good for 2+ years. All of a sudden almost two weeks ago I woke up and my anxiety was at 100. I don’t get attacks. I get that random spike and then i am stuck there until my body comes back down to normal

My psych is giving it 2 more weeks to come back down and then wants to up my dose of duloxetine if it doesn’t even out.

I have had issues like this in the past and come back down but hard to see that when you’re going through it. Everything makes me scared. To much or to little Ativan. Never know.

What I’m not sure is if I use Ativan is it going to cause my anxiety to last longer or will my anxiety run its course in the same time frame with or without the Ativan. Scared of everything and crying everyday.

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celia16 | @celia16 | 3 days ago

That sounds very distressing. I might seek a full medical exam, including vitamin and hormone labs. Was there any event that brought this on?

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londonex | @londonex | 2 days ago

Ativan won’t prolong the anxiety. What it will do is calm your mind to some extent and allow you a window where you feel somewhat normal and able to consciously attempt to understand what’s going on and work on it from there. Anxiety is a natural human condition, but in certain instances occurs out of context and in sustained fashion, which then leads to a disorder. I have found that taking benzodiazepine to slow things down and allow me to take a break from the suffering has helped. Gives me better perspective on what’s going on. The only way this medication or others like it would prolong your anxiety is if you have actual anxiety about taking medication. (that’s a whole different discussion).
I would encourage you to use your medication to help you find relief and use that time to work with your doctor on more long-term potential treatments/solutions like CBT, mindfulness, diet, etc.
Best of luck!

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