Ativan not working

In my experience the body seeks balance, what scientist call "homeostasis". If I move my biology too much in one direction my body will compensate by moving in the other. I have been on a lot of medication over a very long time. All of them, without exception, either stopped working, created unstable side effects and/or need to be continually increased.

I'm pretty confident that such trial and error is not accepted in other areas of healthcare. Unfortunately it is standard practice in mental health care. I despair when I write this, but I have found that I am on my own. I have to do my own research. Try to figure out the root cause of what is going on and then inform my doctors. The good ones will tell you they simply do not know exactly what to do. They welcome the input from the patient and work with you to find an answer that works for you. They are far and few between.

Modern medicine has been able to standardize a lot of what goes on with many of the organs in the human body, When it comes to the brain/body connection we are in the dark ages.

I have two sisters, one with rheumatoid arthritis and one with arterial sclerosis. Both conditions are eminently treatable. Neither has done any of their own research. I started a company that does patient medical research and neither have asked me to look anything up for them. They simply keep doing what their doctors say and complaining that they are getting sicker and sicker. One will probably die of another heart attack soon the other if she changes nothing will end up in wheel chair.

Both rheumatoid arthritis and arterial sclerosis are well understood conditions with a lot of proven interventions. Mental health, not so much.

If I were to give anyone advice about how one drug or another works for them I would most likely be wrong. I had to take personal responsibility and do what had to be done to get better. Had I done so earlier I might not have lost everyone and everything that ever matted to me.

I wish someone had told me!

I hope you find the peace you deserve.

Thank you

How did you wean? Was it a dry taper?

I don’t know what you mean by dry taper but I’ve attached my schedule.

How long in between changes?

Thank You.
1)How long were you on ativan? I am currently on .750.
2) How many weeks did you taper and was it the same rotation as listed for eacgh 2 or 3 weeks at a time? Does each row represent 2 or 3 weeks at a time?
3) Dry taper means cutting/shaving pills and not using a liquid taper.

Please give me the timeline that you stayed on each reduction, did you rotate the days for the full 2-3weeks each timme? How lobg was your total taper. I need your guidance so I try to make progress somehow.
Thank You, Philip
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I’m currently taking 1 mg of lorazepam for insomnia anxiety. Some nights it works some nights it doesn’t some nights a half tablet works. I’ve only been taking it for three weeks so I certainly haven’t built up tolerance. Seeing my doctor in another week. saw a sleep specialist who prescribed trazodone 50 mg which didn’t kick in for 2 1/2 hours. So back to lorazepam until I get further direction. I’m tempted to go back to Ambien after a two month break. Maybe it will work better.

I also Took a half a Benadryl During the night after having taken Ativan at bedtime. It helped me sleep the rest of the night so I did it the next night. Turns out it left me with a dry mouth And a coated tongue plus a bit, dizzy and uncomfortable so no more Benadryl.
Alcohol is not recommended with Ativan

Take 150 mg quetiapine a night. It’s off label for sleep. Works after a year and I have bad gut pain daily.