Posted by mcp on August 13, 2004, at 22:24:32
In reply to Re: SOMEBODY HELP ME!!!!, posted by verne on August 13, 2004, at 21:41:21
When you switched from Ativan to Librium did you just make a switch over or did you go down on Ativan while you went up on Librium? Also, when finally off all of the benzos did you replace it with something "nonaddictive"?
The reason I ask is that I detoxed off of Ativan and it was the worst nightmare of my life. They put me on all sorts of the supposed nonaddictive drugs and they have driven me to the brink of insanity. I am finally off of them, but I am still withdrawing. I am back on the Ativan and I am interested in going off eventually and I was curious how you did it. If I go off again I just can't replace it with some sort of antidepressant. They tried them on me and I hated them. Appreciate your thoughts.
> I was hooked on ativan a couple times. I detoxed in a hospital once and the other time, the doctor replaced it with an equivalent dose of librium which is also a benzo but much longer-acting. Then over a period of months we got the dose down to something manageable.
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> Ativan is so short acting it can cause real swings. After six hours I would break into a sweat and need another dose. It's great on an as-needed basis but for a steady diet it can backfire.
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> I'm a real drug-addict at heart and have abused and loved benzos with the best of them but I wouldn't go near ativan again. In fact, most of the repeat customers at the hospital with benzo-dependency were using ativan.
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> Tapering down (over months) with something longer-acting is just a thought and could ease some of your suffering.
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