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How did you successfully taper off of 0.5 lorazepam (Ativan)?
Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Sep 26 10:09am | Replies (180)Comment receiving replies
Psychiatrist pxed .5 mg twice a day of Ativan in conjunction with 100 mg of bupropion twice a day for major depression and anxiety. I am 77 years of age and the psychiatrist provided NO information or caution with regard to either drug. Aftertaking the meds for 30 days I went online to check on them and only then did I discover that I may already be hooked. I would like to taper off the Ativan, but I am concerned about the side effects and my age. When I mentioned this problem to the psychiatrist who is also in his 70's he said he has never had any patients who had problems and said he has had many patients on Ativan "long term." I was using the Ativan primarily for sleep. I have continuous rumination in my sleep and wake up with the thoughts. Cannot shake them. Anyone else in a similar situation? What do you do?
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I am 74 and have been taking Klonopin for over 30 years. I take 1mg in the morning and 1mg in the evening.
I have talked to my PCP and she has told me because I am very active and have no balance issues and I have never increased my dosage she sees no reason for me to get off it.
I also take Zoloft, Bupropion and Buspar. Obviously I am retired and cut my Zoloft back from 100 mg daily to 50mg with no side effects at all.
I tried to taper to .5 mg in the morning and .5 mg in the evening. That appeared to be way too fast.
I welcome any suggestions from people that have successfully tapered off clonazepam or any other benzo. I am assuming they are all as difficult to taper off of.
Are there any drugs that you can take to make the tapering process easier?
I welcome any thoughts and suggestions because I value opinions that are posted on this site. Anything to make the tapering process easier would be welcomed.
I look forward to hearing from anyone out there.