Posted by verne on August 13, 2004, at 21:41:21
In reply to SOMEBODY HELP ME!!!!, posted by RWF on August 13, 2004, at 18:14:50
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.
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.
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.
Tapering down (over months) with something longer-acting is just a thought and could ease some of your suffering.
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