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Hello, @sady - welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Thanks for sharing what your body experiences when you have anxiety.
I'd like to introduce you to @trellg132 @mostlybill @gingerw @artscaping @stsopoci and others in this discussion on what your anxiety is like.
If you are interested in talking with others more about tapering off lorazepam specifically, you might check out and participate in this thread https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/tapering-off-of-lorazepam-ativan
When you experienced the physical sensations like sore stomach or brain fog, what did you do to counteract the symptoms? Did you find anything that helped you?
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The doctor at the time told me if I had diabetes, the lorazapam would be my insulin! I took Lorazapam for 38 years and it worked for the physical and mental symptoms. Now it doesn't work as good, but as I taper off; It is still helping. a little. I do my deep breathing that my therapist taught me. I go out and feed and pet my horse, I read and do paint by numbers.I have a wonderful and understanding husband, two golden retrievers, and three cats.They say that those with fur are wonderful therapists.Thanks to all that gave me advice on this forum.
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@lisalucier Thank you for tagging me in this conversation. While I haven't ever taken any medications for anxiety, I have experienced many of the things that people have talked about. For @sady I wonder if you have gone back to your doctor, to let them know about your symptoms now, and get a full physical checkup, before you try to taper off any medications. It has to be scary now and make you want to just stay in bed, I bet! Does taking deep breaths help your anxiety, or moving your thinking to something more pleasant? i find that helps me out. When my stomach starts getting upset from anxiety, I have some plain water [here it runs cold right out of the faucet all year!] and I think rehydrating seems to help me. I hope your will let us know how you are doing today.
Ginger