I’ve been taking Ativan for over 20 years and I always called it my anchor, nothing else ever helped me with anxiety and getting through cancer stress, believe me I tried. I always tried to stay on the same dose, 0.5 twice daily and I also used cannabis gummies which helped me to feel more uplifted and a better appetite. Recently I started taking Lexapro and had to stop due to severe side effects so then the doctor switched me to Paxil, this also caused side effects but I micro dose to 2.5 mg and I’m getting better very gradually. Another issue came up with Ativan, I started getting inter dose withdrawal and it took me by surprise, I get nasty symptoms every time it wears off and increasing the Ativan is a bad option because the withdrawal symptoms will get stronger, I’m loathe to switch to another benzodiazepine that stays in your system longer because it’s not a simple thing to do, presently I will see how it goes with Paxil and later try to wean off Ativan when possible.