Posted by KathrynLex on April 13, 2004, at 11:22:31
In reply to Ativan and crying jags, posted by waterfall on April 13, 2004, at 10:53:11
Hi Waterfall,
I'm sorry you had such a terrible weekend. It sounds horrible. I've never had an experience like that with Ativan. I take it on an as needed basis on top of 150 mgs of Wellbutrin and 20 mgs of Lexapro.
You mentioned that you were taking .5 mgs of Klonopin twice a day for a week. Is it possible that the crying jags were brought on by withdrawl? If your body got used to getting 1 mg of Klonopin each day, you might have thrown it through a loop by suddenly stopping the dose.
Also, I think Klonopin is a more potent medication than Ativan and 1 mg of Ativan is not equivalent to 1 mg of Klonopin. So it would make sense that you were either going through withdrawl, or the change in your body chemistry was a little too much and brought on the crying jags.
In any case, I hope you are feeling better today. You might want to call your psychiatrist and discuss the problem with him. Best of luck to you.
K.
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