How did you successfully taper off of 0.5 lorazepam (Ativan)?

Posted by ch2232 @ch2232, Jan 8, 2022

Has anyone tapered from 0.5mg of lorazepam per day? Can you share your experience? Thank you.

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frouke | @frouke | Oct 29, 2025

In reply to @berekann "@frouke do you know anything about this - I’ve read that THC can trigger tachycardia in..." + (show)

@berekann, I agree that it can increase your heart rate and the cardiologist will probably not approve that you use it, your dosage is very low compared to what I take but I can’t say how it will affect you and the medication you take.

berekann | @berekann | Oct 29, 2025

In reply to @frouke "@berekann, I agree that it can increase your heart rate and the cardiologist will probably not..." + (show)

@frouke the medication is only as needed for tachycardia, and I’m hoping the amount of CBD & CBN will balance it. The person at the dispensary said she hadn’t heard of anyone having issues - but we’ll see what my cardio says! Thanks

daveshaw | @daveshaw | Oct 29, 2025

In reply to @daveshaw "As I have said before if it isn’t broke why fix it. Klonopin is part of..." + (show)

@daveshaw It is the same with today’s SSRI’s. Rather than trying to get off them and condemning them embrace them and make your life better.
Does someone who is diabetic trying to wean themselves off insulin?
Let’s get real on this site.

frouke | @frouke | Oct 29, 2025

In reply to @berekann "@frouke the medication is only as needed for tachycardia, and I’m hoping the amount of CBD..." + (show)

@berekann, I was sent to a cardiologist too and he made no comment about my gummy bears, a lot of doctors don’t have much information on cannabis because it’s not being studied thoroughly, it’s only been legalized for a few years. I don’t think that the dose you want to take is very high but I’m not a medical expert and I think it’s a good idea to check it out with your doctor.

berekann | @berekann | Oct 29, 2025

In reply to @frouke "@berekann, I was sent to a cardiologist too and he made no comment about my gummy..." + (show)

@frouke it was encouraging to speak with the people at the store; they all said they had no negative reports, of either anxiety or tachycardia, and that it was a very good ratio to support sleep.

berekann | @berekann | Nov 26, 2025

In reply to @frankaventura "I am 55 and lost my ability to spell cetain words and forgot where I parked." + (show)

@frankaventura the book ‘Remember’ by Lisa Genova will give you some reassurance.

sibritious | @sibritious | Dec 7, 2025

Hi!
It has been many years ago but I found that if I kept cutting the lorazepam in half repeatedly, I was effectively able to get off it. I would do it a week at a time and then 3 to 4 days and then less and less until it was just a drop. I noticed that I was wanting to take more and more then realized it was addictive so I just weaned myself off.

kawanhee | @kawanhee | Dec 8, 2025

In reply to @sibritious "Hi! It has been many years ago but I found that if I kept cutting the..." + (show)

@sibritious congrats! An insidious drug for many of us!

frouke | @frouke | Dec 8, 2025

A very helpful one for some people, the negativity surrounding this drug is a type of propaganda by Pharmaceutical Industry, my guess is that they have something new to replace benzodiazepines, perhaps less addictive but let’s be clear here that most medications come with a downside to cope with, when you read about how many people have lots of problems with all types of drugs. I don’t want to promote any drugs and in a perfect world we wouldn’t need to take them, just my thoughts.