Ativan and gerd
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I suffer from severe GERD and a anxiety/panic disorder I have been on protonex 40mg for my GERD /heartburn and it works wonders id be lost without it. I suffer more from the chest pain and pressure version of reflux not really burning or acid sensation, although I do get that from time to Time and I get radiating shoulder blade pain with it at times. I've had every test heart, endoscopy etc all cam back normal besides inflammation in my esophagus.
At first my doctor thought it was from heat or my thyroid medication but nothing helped. Then they thought it was GERD and I tried everything including Prilosec, Zantac, Prevacid, and Protonix but nothing has worked. I went to a Gastro doctor who says I have Irritable Bowel Syndrome but that is not the cause of nausea. Does anyone have any advice? I am lost and very sick.
This discussion is related to <a href='/posts/show/199814'>Chronic Nausea</a>.
posssibly mis diagnosed as a child possibly had autism but high functioning asburgers.
finally, sunday, after much anxiety my wife took me back to the ER where they gave me another steroid shot and an anxiety shot. they also prescribed me ativan. the doctor said he felt it was anxiety, allergies and acid reflux(which i have had for about 3 years-take nexium for)
Monday i went to my PCP. he sent me back to the ENT plus gave me a prescription for Lexapro. the ENT insisted i go ahead and start the drops for allergies.
now to the question.
I agree with paxiled as it does sound like you have an ulcer. It's good that you stopped drinking because that will cause additional anxiety and health problems. I've had doctors throw that gerd crap on me before as well and the reason I felt like crap was because of anxiety because once that was under control I felt better. If you find that you are nauseous when you have anxiety there could be a correlation there, it certainly is for me.
Like everyone else says, see your doctor. As far as the burning goes, it could be acid reflux, like greenlydia said. I've had anxiety because of health problems and I totally know how you feel. How are you sleeping at night? I'm not saying you're crazy by any means, because you only know how you feel and you know your body the best. But, in the meantime, you may want to try going on Paxil or Zoloft for anxiety. If the anxiety makes it hard to sleep, try Trazodone.
Okay, well how are you directed to take them both? Is one as needed, both as needed, and if so, how do you know when to take which? Do you take one of them regularly? It's pretty uncommon to be prescribed two short-acting benzos concurrently.
The equivalency between the two meds isn't an exact science, but per equivalency charts, approximately 0.5mg of Xanax equals 1mg of Ativan, so the Xanax is roughly twice as potent, mg to mg. Again, not an exact science.
What symptoms of a hangover are you talking about? If you're speaking of anxiety, that's most likely not a hangover, but rather the typical after effects of alcohol consumption.
Taking Ativan for hangover symptoms would technically considered abuse of your prescription, since that isn't what it's prescribed for, and all around a bad idea.
I think the headache was from something else and not the ativan. Woke up this morning with no headache and took .25mg of ativan and no headache. We'll see what happens later today....
I'm a bit sedated right now on just .25mg. too.
In addition to depression, I struggle with anxiety and take 1 mg Ativan as needed, up to 3x/day if needed. The Ativan helps with the anxiety but I've noticed if I have to take it for a few days in a row it really seems to affect my mood, in that I often feel even more depressed than I did before taking it. I've been on Klonopin before and all that did was make me fall asleep (even on a very low dose), and at least with Ativan I feel as though I can function without feeling so tired.
And the morning is the worst. I just started 5 mg celexa 4 weeks ago and my doctor wanted me to increase my ativan to help with anxiety. It seems like whenever I take too much, I feel sick and loopy. And, it is not that effective for me with dleep. It is more effective during the day to relieve symptoms. I am extremely med sensitive. Does anyone have any experiences with ativan?
Nobody can predict how any med will work for you -- it's trial and error, unfortunately. What I think your psychiatrist -- and I hope you are using a psychiatrist, not a regular doc -- is getting at is Zoloft, if it works, is a long-term solution in two ways: it works all the time, whereas Ativan is very short acting, and there's a limit to how high a dose and how long one should take Ativan.
I was prescribed .50 ativan(lorazapam) every 8 hours as needed for anxiety since the week of Thanksgiving. They made me too groggy so the Dr said I could cut them in half. I began taking .25 every 4 hours. My anxiety at the time was out of the blue and out of control. Attacks sometimes lasting less than an hour and sometimes all day. I was getting some relief for about 2 or 3 weeks.
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