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Has anybody successfully tapered off of lorazepam (Ativan)?
Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: May 7 7:47am | Replies (275)Comment receiving replies
In my opinion, if a doctor is continuing to prescribe and it sounds like you have good relationships with your doctors, and it is right for you, by all means keep taking it. Doctors are being held accountable for prescribing benzos by their practices as was told to me by my doctor. I moved to another state and I have been to three doctors and a NP who would not continue me on benzos. I had to make a choice. I chose to taper. I kept my last bottle and in the last three weeks, only took .25mg due to situational anxiety and unable to sleep due to my inability to let go of my problem at the time. In the past 3 weeks, I have more energy than I have had in the past 15 years. I feel better off than on it. And it is a bugger to get off the drug. God bless you.
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Benzo prescriptions are getting harder and harder to get. One needs to hope their doctor never dies, moves away or retires. The DEA and CDC do not want doctors prescribing Benzos any longer. Much like opioids. Finding a new doctor and getting a new prescription would be very difficult. The fear of being cut off and going into acute withdrawal is what leads a lot of people to taper. And yes doctors can abruptly cut patients off, force a fast taper which can be very detrimental, and a new doctor does not have to give you a prescription just because you’ve been on them for years. Another reason is they just stop working. You hit tolerance and have to keep raising the dose. They will stop working sooner or later. It took 25 years for me.