Does anyone know how long it takes it get addicted to Ativan?
Well i’m supposed to take 4 aday 1 in the morning 1 at noon and 2 at bed time … and they are the 2mg but i only take 1 in the morning and 1 at bedtime and thats enough for me and i never abuse them even though im supposed to take more . and im not addictted to them….. but i do wake up frenquently at night and i have never been one to take meds to feel a high….. would not take a asprin inless i had a bad enough headache. and the reason i take them is for anxioxity attacts due to one ass of a boss at a job i used to work and along with the pressure of divorce, raising 4 children and eplisiey condition that i needed to get my sleep or i would have a seisure…… been on them for 2-years or more and have never felt I have got to have my pill ……. it’s medication for my condition and its as simple as that.
It took me a about 4 or 5 weeks to realize I was addicted but I took it ‘as needed’. I was supposed to take it if I felt extra anxious or if a panic attack was coming on. Since I always felt anxious and had multiple panic attacks a day, I ended up needing to pop pills all day long. Since it kicks in fast and wears off pretty fast, I would crash off of it, suddenly feel panicky again and need another one. Soon, I needed to take multiple pills at a time to achieve the same calming effect. I was NOT taking them to feel ‘high’, I needed them to feel ‘normal’ and not panic. I was constantly looking at the bottle to make sure it was still there and I carried it everywhere I went. When I went through a months supply in a week or two, my doctor got really mad and switched me to Klonopin which was only to be taken in the morning and at night. I’m not ‘allowed’ to take more than those 2 pills a day. It’s effect lasts longer, rather than the ‘quick fix’ I got from Ativan. I have been on it for ov
Well, if this will help you out, I was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder in 1998. At that time, I was perscribed ativan to take along with an antidepressant. Once the antidepressant began to work, and also the therapy I in, I didn’t need the ativan daily anymore. I took them regularly for about 5 months. I did not have to be taken off slowly, and remember I was under a dr’s constant care. I still have a perscription for them, and maybe have to take one every couple months for high anxiety days. My answer would be that as long as you take them as perscribed, I don’t think they are very easy to get addicted to because they don’t give you a buzz. They just help you relax. They are not a seditive. You are instructed to take them at bedtime not because they make you sleep, but because they help you relax enough so that natural exhaustion takes over. You didn’t say the miligram that you are on, but I know it’s typically a .50. That’s not even a full miligram. You are only taking one a day?
