I've been taking Ativan for the last few months and have been tapering it.
I have always been on a fairly low dose and my doctor and the pharmacist says I can actually stop it anytime I want to and just use it prn.
I am presently taking .5mg in the morning and .25mg at noon. I really want to get off of this stuff. I always seem to wake up really anxious.
Has anyone else gotten off of this stuff before? 30 years ago when I had my panic disorder I was taking Serax (a different benzodiazepine) and back then I really didn't even taper much. My doctor says to do it anyway I want to. That at this dose I shouldn't have any rebound/withdrawal. I usually feel beter as the day goes on, so am wondering if I should try discontinuing the noon dose. Otherwise I was thinking about decreasing the morning dose to .25mg and then down the road d/c the noon dose and then d/c the am dose. Any ideas?