Posted by LindaNYC on August 13, 2004, at 13:50:11
In reply to Re: HELP! Bad Ambien problems » LindaNYC, posted by KaraS on August 13, 2004, at 2:33:54
I took Ativan for three weeks in 1996. My surgeon gave it to me after surgery. I didn't know anything about the drug, and assumed it must be for pain. In that period of time I had a 48 hour 'blackout' in which I had complete amnesia of all events that took place. My family told me I was fully awake, alert, and interacted with everyone, but I was very angry/hostile. I have no memory of any of the events. When it came time to stop the Ativan, I went through a 4 day withdrawal that was the worst drug-related experience I could even imagine. I did not sleep, even for 10 minutes, during that time. I was exhausted. I was shakey, crying, and felt a horrible sense of impending doom. It was probably ten times worse than the Ambien withdrawal. I am glad I will never make that mistake again.
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