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Re: Comparing benzos - your experiences please..

Posted by Sef on February 19, 2000, at 21:37:29

In reply to Comparing benzos - your experiences please.., posted by John on February 19, 2000, at 12:29:48

> 6. lorazepam: slow onset, but rapidly out and... by FAR THE WORST 'withdrawal' of any and after very short course of therapy. What is it about this one that is so MISERABLE (in the end)

This one, I took (Ativan) with prozac for anxiety. It helped my anxiety and had a side effect of diminishing my craving for cigarettes. I told my pdoc about this and he let me take it 3x a day for 3 weeks, then tapered me off of it. I had no adverse withdrawal from the ativan and remained cigarette free for 5 months after discontinuing the Ativan....but then started smoking again. I still had an old RX of Ativan so I tried to do it again...but for some reason now the Ativan only makes me sleep. Maybe because my RX is over 1 year old? For what it's worth, that was my experience.


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