Has anybody successfully tapered off of lorazepam (Ativan)?

Have your doctor switch you to diazepam (Valium) it is milder…no sharp phase transitions and while still habit forming far less so then the current class like lorazepam and Xanax that like tobacco will prove to be enhanced to create dependence.

Step down…I find it very relieving and no harsh edges and I am not dependent on either, less than .5 a month after 3mg daily for years.

And I really don’t need that, it saves having to pull over on the highway and meditate for minutes, though that works just well if not better.

We have been poisoned for profit.

I just signed a book deal to expose all of it.

If I can heal anyone can.

Peace and Good Health is your birthright insist on it.

I’m positive they knew a long time ago. They just had no idea what to do with all their horribly dependent patients.

A benzo is a benzo. Some have a short half life, some have a long half life. Some are a little weaker, some are a little stronger. Bottom line is they all cause a horrible dependency and they’re all a nightmare to discontinue.

I have been on a benzo for many years with not one single issue. Remember your doctor prescribes a medicine because he believes that the relief you get out-ways the side effects. Sure, there might be long-long issues but living in the present is what matters now; to get through the rough times you are dealing with in the moment. Getting off a benzo is very, very hard, but remember, the reason you got on them was that you were having a very, very hard time. A doctor will help you get off of them slowly. Good luck!

But I was getting more sicknesses from not sleeping. They help me sleep which is what I use them for.

Do you mean that if your doctor puts you on diazepam, while you are still trying to get off of lorazepam, that it will help you get off of lorazepam faster?
I'm just trying to understand, I'm desperate to stop taking Ativan.

I had them switch me to Diazepam because it’s milder, and the faze transitions aren’t as severe.

That said very low dose cannabis, and I mean very low dose, is far more effective, just inconvenient but very low dose.

High doses retard cognition, making emotional processing more difficult and just like diazepam it shuts down the ability to process. My brain tends to fight against it, causing an initial panic attack from the diazepam or the lorazepam. I don’t get the same effect very low dose low THC cannabis. I have a prescription for it.

Bottom line, lorazepam, diazepam, opiates are not designed for human beings they are designed to make money, keep us addicted and make the need for the medication greater greater over overtime, think tobacco and nicotine.

I try to never use any psychiatric medication whatsoever. After 14 years of over 14 medications I am on nothing except very low dose, very low dose cannabis. I haven’t taken lorazepam in a month. I tested diazepam the other day. It made me sick.

If you simply switch medication and do not make other changes, dietary, sleep, movement, social interaction then the medication is pointless. With these other interventions. You probably won’t even need the meds.

I wish you peace in good health all the days of your life.

You will make it…eat right…love deeply (especially yourself) walk in nature, grieve and know you are loved..,

This has happened before..,we’ll make it,

There is going to be hell to pay…

Hang on find a good doctor not a psychiatrist that’s voodoo but whatever anyone does do not stop cold turkey…

They locked me up and took away all my meds …all fourteen…

Hard to explain the horror,

You will be fine your body will adapt nutrition exercise and lots of hydration will make it easier but not easy,

PM anytime

Peace us your birthright.

The problem is not just the doctors who prescribe these medications knowing that they are highly addictive, I also hold the government responsible for the problems we’re dealing with. If the government knows that these drugs are addictive, it really doesn’t matter to them, they will only get involved if the problem gets too big and then they will step in but with no regard for the patients. I believe that they created the problem and it is the same for the opioid crisis, these people were given a drug that is also highly addictive but they were told it was safe and not addictive, the doctors were also told to give them out because they’re safe. We know now that it was a lie but the only ones being punished are the patients, the same is happening with benzodiazepines and again they are punishing the patients, the doctors are also being pushed to stop the medication and now they’ve created a crisis. It’s common knowledge that desperate people do desperate things and buying illegal drugs is what is happening but the drugs they are buying are badly made with no regulations so sadly these poor souls are overdosing. Why should we trust in a government that causes these problems and yet they allow alcohol and tobacco sales to go on because of the huge profits made from the sales. It’s truly sad to be victimized and finding the help you need, our world is motivated by the almighty dollar and the biggest challenge we face is to avoid becoming another victim, it requires a strong mental and physical strength to do so.

Before I even found this place, I had started trying to get off of Ativan, and I had been on it since like 2000.
I keep feeling like I can't concentrate or focus on anything. I can't rest well at night, I am constantly rethinking every decision I've ever made in my life. I'm so figity.
It's really freaking me out.
I have a new PCP, but the first new patient appointment that I could get is for the 11th, and I'm not sure I can make it till the 11th as far as not having a nervous breakdown or something!

Can anyone help me in anyway?
I had been on 1mg, 3 X's a day for all these years, and now I'm trying to take one right before bed. But not sure if that's right or not.