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Looking for help to taper off Ativan (lorazepam)
Hi my name is pamee. I need help as I have a rare disorder from Ativan. It's horrific excruciating pain 24/7 with minimal sleep so I'm also sleep deprived. The pain is killing me at times I want to die. I take 2 mg 4x a day fir 13-14 yrs and recently been having blackouts. I'm scared. Can anyone please give me suggestions whether I taper one dose at a time or should I taper all 4 doses in a day at about 1/4 of the pill. Thank you for any help you can give. Kind regards, pamee
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Hi guys. I ve been taking Lorazepam for 5 years 1 mg before bed. I want to taper off. Do you think going to 0.5 mg is good?
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After 5 years, I'd drop down to 0.75mg for a while, not down to 0.5mg. I've not been on lorazepam steadily for more than a year at a time, but it's such a powerful Rx that I'd be very leery of dropping by 50%, esp. after 5 years.
What does your doctor recommend? ****It's really important to have their input when tapering off a controlled substance.****
Also, what are your dr.'s thoughts on OTC helpers such as Calms Forte or ashwagandha? (I'm not urging you to try either of those -- just noting that both have been helpful for me on the nights that I don't take lorazepam. You and I might take lorz. for different reasons; I take it bc I have difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep.)
Wishing you well with this -- and pls do talk to your dr.
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If you want to go down to .5, do a slow taper to get there. Based on how I tapered off of .5 (took me about six months,) I’d recommend the following based on how my sleep medicine doctor told me to wean off it:
Do every two to three weeks:
1) 1mg, 1, .75, 1, 1, .75….
2) 1, .75, 1, .75, 1, .75…
3) 1, .75, .75, 1, .75, .75…
4) .75 every day
5) .75, .75, .5….
6) .75, .5….
7) .75, .5, .5…
8) .5 every day
Please note: I’m not a doctor but this is similar to the slow taper that worked for me.
For what it’s worth!
kawanhee,
Do you take all of #1 in one day? That quantity would be 6 times a day,
and take that for 2 - 3 weeks?
Then do #2 amount every day for 2 - 3 weeks?
I think I'm confused.
Also, I take Ativan 200mg daily as well as Lorazipam 1mg 4 x a day.
I am nauseus every day.
omg that is a tremendous amount of benzo. You need a doctor to help you taper off. Be careful and safe.
I’m sorry if it’s confusing.
1) 1 mg first day, 1mg second day, .75 third day, then repeat. Do this for two to three weeks.
2) 1 mg first day. .75 mg second day etc.
Hope that explains it
Lorazepam and Ativan are the same drug