Using cbd to wean off Ativan

@frouke I remember you saying that Ativan helped you for many years; interesting that that has changed. I’ve only been taking it for six months, but already noticing it not working as well as it was. My doctor said he could increase my dose, which I prefer not. So, like you I’m experimenting with CBD. My doctor also recommended Tylenol pm, which I’m not thrilled about. Good luck to both of us!

@berekann , you are wise not to increase these medications, they all come with a price. I’ve been reading stories here for years about people getting into trouble with benzodiazepines, sometimes it was the doctors pushing them to stop and other times it was the drug itself, I used to pray that I wouldn’t have to go through that, unfortunately I started feeling off at first and I thought it was due to the antidepressant I was starting on, some of it was but I felt something else was wrong and it took me some time to realize it was the Ativan. This is called hitting tolerance and I sure have been on them a long time, I always controlled my dose and I did benefit from cannabis gummies but I stopped them because they can interfere with the antidepressant, what a misery I find myself in.

@frouke thanks. I really do think it is the right decision for mei to stop taking these drugs. I don’t sleep as well as I know I would without anything. It will be a challenge, but I can do it, just like you can wean off Ativan eventually.
I’m going to start with trying CBD plus melatonin, tomorrow night, as I have no plans for the three days thereafter.

@berekann , I hope that you have a smooth transition to your recovery, sometimes I feel sad that I didn’t always make the right choices for myself but I’ve lived a troubled life starting with abuse as a little girl and so I carried all my problems through out life, today things are much better with good medication and therapy, best wishes, Frouke.

@berekann , I hope that you have a smooth transition to your recovery, sometimes I feel sad that I didn’t always make the right choices for myself but I’ve lived a troubled life starting with abuse as a little girl and so I carried all my problems through out life, today things are much better with good medication and therapy, best wishes, Frouke.

@frouke child abuse is a terrible thing; I’m glad you’ve gotten help. The more I read about Lorazepam and about possible withdrawal effects, the more I know I need to get off of it. Sure wish my doctor had never prescribed it. Had I known more about it, I wouldn’t have taken it. Research is so important!

@berekann, I told my doctor when he was pressuring me to get off Ativan that he is partially responsible for my dependency and he disagreed, he said that he prescribed them to me when I was younger, this made no sense whatsoever. In the past six years he was not well and he would reduce my dose without talking to me and then when the cancer returned he would increase my dosage, it was agonizing mentally and physically, I rarely saw him and just before he retired I saw him to say goodbye because I felt sorry for him and I knew that he wasn’t well, on this visit he said that no other doctor will ever give me these pills because they don’t prescribe them anymore and then he said that I was addicted to Ativan long before I came to him, of course this wasn’t true but I didn’t argue with him because it didn’t really matter anymore, I felt that he just didn’t want to be responsible for anything negative in his years of practice.

@frouke and my doctor actually recommended taking Tylenol pm in the middle of the night if I'm restless - which from all I've read can be dangerous. I did try it a few times, with varying results. I'm losing faith in doctors!
ps i sent you a private message