Hey everyone.
I've been on lorazepam since mid-december. Basically I started out taking one miligram as needed. I also take 100 MG of zoloft every night. Not sure how those two interact.
After a few days my night time panic attacks were getting so bad I almost never slept. So I was staying at an adult crisis center for a week to manage it better. Eventually the Doc increased my perscription to 1 MG every four hours as needed. For a while I took it like that and the panic attacks diminished and finally I was able to sleep. I kept that up for maybe two weeks into the beginning of January.
Then I decided to start weaning down (At the suggestion of my Doctor) and went down to half a miligram every four hours. Another week and it became half a miligram three times a day. Reaching the point below that though (two times a day) has been a struggle as going that low I have had panic attacks and seem to have more anxiety. So as of friday I stopped trying to go back to two every day and went back to three (had been taking two for a couple days). I seem to struggle with this, going back and forth between two and three.
I wonder if anyone has any advice regarding this. Has anyone taken lorazepam before? How did it effect you do you think? What were the side effects? I've heard good and bad things about lorazepam but it has always helped me to manage my anxiety and panic. Still, it is meant for use short-term and I worry about addiction and how hard it may be to go off completely when the time comes.
It seems to make me tired, but I wonder if it may be causing other side effects as well that I don't notice so much. Any advice or information would be much appreciated. Thanks.
God Bless you all
David