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Has anybody successfully tapered off of lorazepam (Ativan)?
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I began to take lorazepam at night about 2 years ago (almost) for anxiety and sleeping issues. For the first couple of months I took 1 MG morning and night daily. Soon after I stopped the 1 MG in the morning and only took 1 MG at night. Several months ago I cut down from 1 MG every night to .5 every night. Does anyone have experience tapering .5 ativan once daily? Now that I'm at the lowest dose I worry about tapering further. I am under my Dr's supervision. The plan is to cut .5 in half and begin that and then stop altogether. Any advice is appreciated.
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You are so lucky your taper is going well! I cannot sleep on my .5 taer so went back to taking 1 mg at night. I am tapering per my request to my doctor. I don't know if I can accomplish this. The sleepless nights and the nightmares every night are literally driving me to thoughts of suicide.
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By the way I experienced essentially no symptoms tapering so far. It's gone very well.