Re: chronic? Ativan

[Guest guest]

Hi Trudy:

I ran out of Ativan at one point and had not taken it for three to four

days. I had the extreme jitters - especially laying in bed. When I told

him about not taking the Ativanm he gave me h****. He said that this was a

mild case of*withdrawal*...yikes! He also said that this was a drug that a

you must be weaned off - do not attempt to get off of it on your own.

Just a suggestions you might want to ask him/her about.

Ellen

Re: chronic? (alarm clocks and noises)

>

> > I can't help but think its my nerves........(very shaky at times &

> pulse is

> > fine) .although, BAF (Before AFib), I didn't really consider myself

> a

> > nervous/anxious/depressed person.

>

> I tried suggestion last night - before I went to sleep, I told myself

> I was going to wake up before my alarm clock went off, and I was

> going to be calm. Darned if it didn't work. I actually woke up

> twice, once in the middle of the night, and both times I was okay.

>

> Or, an alternative possibility, my body may have adjusted to the

> lower dosage of toprol (apparently the body gets used to toprol being

> in the system and so is more haywire for awhile when the dosage is

> lowered). I sure hope this continues, anyway.

>

> Another possibility is that I took 1/4 Ativan before I went to

> sleep. I had been skipping it lately since I needed to be awake

> because one of my cats was sick (she is okay now.) The Ativan had

> not helped previously after the fact, but maybe before the fact...

>

> Trudy

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[Guest guest]

> Hi Trudy:

>

> I ran out of Ativan at one point and had not taken it for three to

four

> days. I had the extreme jitters - especially laying in bed. When

I told

> him about not taking the Ativanm he gave me h****. He said that

this was a

> mild case of*withdrawal*...yikes! He also said that this was a drug

that a

> you must be weaned off - do not attempt to get off of it on your

own.

Yikes! Well, at least I know now what might be the cause of the

jitters, and it is a relief that it is not my heart. Hopefully I am

mostly thru the withdrawal, because I feel distinctly better,

although not 100%. Amazing that 1-2 tablets a day could cause

physical dependency. I think what I need to do is give things

another week and see how they go. The remaining problem I have is

shortness of breath, and I don't know if that is due to the remaining

toprol, or anxiety, or might it be the remaining Avitan

withdrawal... Did you have shortness of breath?

[Guest guest]

> Hi Trudy:

>

> I ran out of Ativan at one point and had not taken it for three to

four

> days. I had the extreme jitters - especially laying in bed. When

I told

> him about not taking the Ativanm he gave me h****. He said that

this was a

> mild case of*withdrawal*...yikes! He also said that this was a drug

that a

> you must be weaned off - do not attempt to get off of it on your

own.

Yikes. Well, at least now I understand what was going on, and

thankfully it was not my heart or a long term panic problem.

Hopefully I am mostly thru the withdrawal at this point. Amazing

that 1-2 tablets a day could cause this. The remaining problem I

have is shortness of breath, and I don't know if that is still a side

effect of the toprol, even at its lower dose, or a heart thing (blood

pressure and pulse are okay), or related to stopping the Ativan. Did

you have shortness of breath?