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I’ve been on lorazepam 0.5 mg for many years. Recently, a bout of diverticulitis prevented me...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/892014/

I’ve been on lorazepam 0.5 mg for many

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Jul 8, 2023

I must disagree a bit....5 mg Atavan or Lorazepam can be quite problematic if you've taken...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/970656/

must disagree a bit....5 mg Atavan or Lorazepam

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

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Nov 26, 2023

Hi, I am so sorry you are dealing with this.:( My son has social phobia and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/231860/

My son takes clozaril and lorazepam.

Discussion: Cipralex/escitalopram & clonazapam.. I’m scared.

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Jan 15, 2019

Hi, thank you for responding and yes I was taking 200mg lamictal twice a day during...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/284182/

I am currently taking lorazepam because

Discussion: Breakthrough seizures after 16 yrs

Support Group: Epilepsy & Seizures

Posted: Dec 28, 2019

I am so sorry to hear of your absolutely terrifying experience while withdrawing from Klonopin. Many...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/689632/

healthy, social person before stopping Lorazepam ... was put on Klonopin to withdraw from Lorazepam ... Benzodiazepine 10 months ago, I knew the word Lorazepam

Discussion: Klonopin taper

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Mar 14, 2022

Hello, I'm new here. I'm 68 and have been on venlafaxine 300 mg for about 4...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1162280/

m also taking trazadone 200 mg and Lorazepam

Discussion: As promised, my successful tapering off Effexor (Venlafaxine)

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Oct 24 6:38pm

I've taken Saroquel for four years. I never gained any weight on it. I think 100...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/90867/

why he wouldn't want to give you Lorazepam ... I would ask him to consider Lorazepam

Discussion: Seroquel for anxiety, social anxiety & PTSD

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Nov 12, 2018

Hi, I think conventional wisdom is to titrate off one med at a time and allow...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/204667/

and took my .25 mg (1/2 of .5) of lorazepam ... lexapro, seroquel and am now down to .25 lorazepam

Discussion: Getting off of Seroquel

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Feb 18, 2020

dawgbone,,,,,They had me on Gabapentin for 8 months, which was for tapering from Lorazepam and 3...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/690686/

months, which was for tapering from Lorazepam

Discussion: Klonopin taper

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Mar 17, 2022

I had been taking Seroquel for three years. 150 mg for sleep. Gained 55 pounds. And...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/890953/

Some nights I do take 1mg of Lorazepam

Discussion: Desperate to be free from dependence on Seroquel for sleep

Support Group: Mental Health

Posted: Jul 6, 2023

To @lilybell......I was in the same situation.....taking diazepam for anxiety and ambien for sleep....but only staying...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/926018/

So I was put on Lorazepam.

Discussion: Ambien stopped working

Support Group: Sleep Health

Posted: Sep 7, 2023

So sad. Is medical society unaware of the connection between alcohol and social anxiety/panic disorder? Of...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/162441/

He has been taking lorazepam for three

Discussion: Klonopin taper

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Dec 8, 2019

I'm looking into going into detox from the Zoloft and Lorazepam. I'm definitely hooked on this...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/824910/

going into detox from the Zoloft and Lorazepam ... I somehow didn't take the Lorazipam

Discussion: Has anyone had Nausea that won't go away.

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Mar 12, 2023

Since lorazepam (Ativan) connects to GABA receptors I found the only way to get off of...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/885828/

Since lorazepam (Ativan) connects to

Discussion: Has anybody successfully tapered off of lorazepam (Ativan)?

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Jun 27, 2023

You have my sympathy . Your story could suggest environmental causes as my cousin had a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/296752/

I am taking gabapentin and lorazepam

Discussion: Numbness All Over: My story...

Support Group: Brain & Nervous System

Posted: Mar 7, 2020

According to Mayo Clinic, Ambien is less likely to cause dependence than benzodiazepines. I think that...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1033368/

All my doctors wanted me off lorazepam

Discussion: Weaning off zolpidem (Ambien)

Support Group: Sleep Health

Posted: Mar 14 10:37am

With all due respect, please stop saying that benzos are the best meds for anxiety and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1083436/

Mirtazapine works for me; lorazepam

Discussion: Ambien and mirtazapine

Support Group: Sleep Health

Posted: Jun 9 8:49am

Well, I didn't just get this peripheral neuropathy out of nowhere, and that makes me incredibly...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/868067/

I take Pregabalin plus Lorazepam which

Discussion: Unbearable Neuropathy

Support Group: Neuropathy

Posted: May 28, 2023

Rozy288, you need a new doctor. And also need to go to a gastrointestinal doctor who...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/919150/

medication ever.....have you ever tried Lorazepam

Discussion: Ambien stopped working

Support Group: Sleep Health

Posted: Aug 26, 2023

Hi, @jennykl - welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Apologies for the delayed reply to your post....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/120827/

taking the clonazepam (Klonopin) and lorazepam

Discussion: Protracted Benzo withdrawal

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Nov 21, 2018