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How did you successfully taper off of 0.5 lorazepam (Ativan)?
Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Aug 11 4:46pm | Replies (113)Comment receiving replies
I think the reason not one is addressing .5 mg is because it such a miniscule dosage. I take .5 mg Ativan on AS NEEDED basis. I have gone weeks without taking it with no noticeable withdrawal. And the suggestion to chop up these .5 tablets doesn't really work. They are so tiny you can barely manipulate them much less cut them into fourths. Ativan comes in 0.5 mg, 1 mg, 2 mg and some are prescribed two or three "2s" or more. That's where tapering really comes in. Anyway, also get professional medical advice when dealing with psychotropics, as several have suggested.
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Totally disagree. Everyone handles these benzos differently. I was on .5 mg and I had to do a very low taper to get off it. It stopped working for sleep and I was feeling horrible. I was able to cut in halves and quarters with a pill cutter and after 6 months, I was off it. Have been free of it since June.
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I must disagree a bit....5 mg Atavan or Lorazepam can be quite problematic if you've taken it once every day for years like I have. I got on it after heart problems put me in the hospital and I've been taking it for 15 years. So it's a matter of time, dosage, and frequency. Taking .5 every day for sleep has become a habit that I can't kick easily. It's part psychological and part physiological. What seems like a small dose to some is a bigger problem for others. I appreciate any advice I can get on this blog. Thanks.