Ativan withdrawal cold turkey
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I’m on day 10 of cold turkey withdrawal. Only thing I have is a very mild twitch in my right arm. Other than that, I’m just praying to God it will be a fine recovery off them. Today I was sitting, talking on the phone, next thing I knew I was waking up. Is sleepiness a sign of withdrawal? Other than that I’m going great, I feel better, more motivated. I was controlled by ATIVAN because of my negligence.
Been on ativan 2mg x3 a day and quit cold turkey 2.5 months ago. have terrible rebound effects and couldn't take so went to a clinic. Was put on klonipin. Guess I was in the window of vulenrability cuz it didn't help and after a week of taking them so I quit that cold turkey too. Wondering how long the rebound symptoms will last and is there anything I can do. Thanx for any help.
I've been taking .5 mg of Lorazepam for at least six months now, maybe longer, every other day. It's the only thing that helped my sleep and I thought by taking it every other day I wouldn't get physically addicted. I decided to stop taking it, probably 4 nights ago. My sleep has been horrible! Waking in panic first night,slept three hours the second night, up since 2 am last night.
I'm starting to suspect it's withdrawal.
Very dangerous to quit either of these drugs cold turkey. Although only one month on either isn't very long, you still probably have a mild dependency. I went off Cymbalta cold turkey (not knowing I'd deal with withdrawals), and had symptoms like yours, and quickly got back on and did a taper. I would imagine these symptoms will have passed by day 4 or 5, but again, it can be dangerous to quit these cold turkey....seizures etc.
re at a high risk of seizures and possibly even death if you quit cold turkey. benzo and barbiturate withdrawal is nothing like opiate withdrawal...these are things that you can't predict, and just because you're successful once in quitting cold turkey doesn't mean you'll be successful again without experiencing severe side effects.
Going cold turkey off of Ativan after being on it for years can definitely produce tremors and seizures, especially if that was a pre-existing condition. The nursing home should have found out which medications your grandmother was on and made sure they continued the dosage. An abrupt stoppage in Ativan can be life threatening after being on it for so long.
m just afraid that the doctor will not prescribe me the ativan to ween due to opiate use. I have been taking 1.5mg ativan for close to 11 years and going cold turkey on just the ativan is not the best thing for me since I have to get out of where I am staying. Has anyone been in this position? Will a doctor listen and understand that I just need a little time with a clear head and then if I'm not weened off the ativan at that time I will go to a inpatient center for help.
Hi,I was on 0.5 mg of klonopin last year and was stopped cold turkey and put on xanax i didnt have to much of a problem, but recently after being on klonopin this time since april i was stopped and put on ativan...im having awful anxiety wierd thoughts and dont feel well and it seems like the ativan is not working,i was on 0.
And at the end I took 180 bars in 2 weeks, 2 months worth. Then I quit cold turkey, on the 5th day I had a seizure and ended up in hospital for 3.5 weeks with kidney failure. So as far as I know, if you quit cold turkey there is Definitely the potential for that, and cardiac arrest. However, xanax being alot stronger than klonipin, I will say for the first 2 weeks in hospital, they were injecting me with lorazepam, ie ativan .5mgs...
6 weeks is not really long enough for you to experience an actual "withdrawal" from the Ativan, typically a "short term" course of treatment is considered 3 months or less. Those people who are on Ativan short-term won't typically experience a withdrawal, but there IS a possibility of some rebound anxiety, which is probably what you're dealing with.
The increase in anxiety will evebntually subside, but it may take a few weeks. Same with the sleep symptoms.
I get prescribed benzo,s diazepan for sezures and im not allowed by my doctor to stop them. But she hastold meif i did stop them cold turkey Its very dangerous indeed.
Wow. That's alot to just stop taking... The withdrawals will be severe - it's possible to do it but it will be pretty bad. Honestly? I hate to say this, but I wouldn't recommend going cold turkey like that. You're taking 2 very strong opiates... If you really want to stop them - is tapering an option? You could definitely ask your doctor to help you plan it... The ativan alone you really should not be just stopping, that's supposed to be tapered due to side effects.
I would definitely recommend not discontinuing this medication cold turkey. Speaking from experience, cold turkey withdrawal from benzos is extremely difficult and painful.
Information on Dependency is pasted below:
Physical and Psychological Dependence
The use of benzodiazepines, including Lorazepam, may lead to physical and psychological dependence.
25MG of Xanax as needed, i have been on Xanax since august and i take maybe 3-6 pills a week, my question is if i stopped taking xanax cold turkey would i experiance withdrawal symptoms?
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