Posted by SandyWeb on August 16, 2006, at 10:39:20
In reply to Re: ativan (lorazepam) dosages, posted by nickguy on August 15, 2006, at 16:03:10
Hi again Nickguy,
I've been taking Ativan and Klonopin off and on for about 3 years now. My diagnosis is social anxiety, and it's bad enough that I'm pretty much homebound (except when I have a safe person to go out with, or I get enough Ativan inside me to get up the nerve to walk out the door).
I don't take the Ativan EVERY day. I can go days without any simply because I'm not leaving the house for any reason. When I leave with a safe person, I only need to take 4mg one to four times during the course of the day (depends where we are going, etc, etc). When I have to do something all by my lonesome....well, get 6mg into me right away, and then take 4mg each time as needed for the rest of the day.
So, yes...my dose can be pretty darn high sometimes. But that's not the norm. If I took that much EACH day, I would develop a tolerance to it and then I'd really be in trouble....suicide-attempt time again. Stress is NOT our friend. Lol.
Today I took 6mg because I need to make a phone call to a company to TRY and explain something that isn't working properly. I "hate" talking about things I don't understand! The Ativan takes about an hour to kick in, and then that will probably be the only dose I'll take all day since I have nothing else planned.
Amazingly enough, Ativan does not make me sleepy. That's GOOD! I wouldn't want to be wandering around like a zombie on the days that I take a high dose.
Best of luck!
Sandy
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