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Reviewer: Mimi D, 55-64 on Treatment for 10 years or more (Patient)
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I take ativan oral for anxiety and PTSD. It has worked better than any of the 9 or 12 they've me in over many, many years. I've been on threes time for 15 years, with no problems stopping when I need to for surgery etc. Lately there's a new black box warning out about this and oxys, but I've been taking them together for years now with no problem... sooooooooo, now my doctor says
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Reviewer: Iondees, 35-44 Female on Treatment for 10 years or more (Patient)
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It works awesome.
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Reviewer: NunYa, 25-34 on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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Worked great at first. Then my behavior got erratic (like flooring my car to 70 mph in 25 mph zones for no reason). Started getting irritable and shaky between doses. Realized I had gotten hooked off 1 mg, 3 times a day for a month and half. Tried to get off it and doctors were next to useless. Went to ER with full-blown convulsions/muscle spasms and doctor told me it was the worst case of wi
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Reviewer: 55-64 on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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I have been on this medicine for three months. I am having severe stomach pain and have to eat every 2 to 3 hours or I get really shaky and like I am going to pass out. Never been this bad before. I have been taking a 0.5 mg at bedtime, now I am taking half of that! Trying to get off this medicine!
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Reviewer: 55-64 on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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My mom was taking this medication for the last two months and we noticed a change in her behavior for the worse. This past Saturday I had to take her to the ER because she was having thoughts of ending her life. She is now in the Psychiatric Ward of the hospital and is on a 72 hour hold, because they the doctors had stopped the medication she was taking cold turkey, and because of this she could h
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