Posted by Elizabeth on May 17, 2001, at 15:31:36
In reply to Ativan: Can you OD, posted by Lexie on May 15, 2001, at 18:22:48
> Just wondering can a person overdose on Ativan, if so how much?
It's almost impossible to kill yourself with modern sedative-hypnotic-anxiolytics. 60 mg of Ativan would almost certainly be nonfatal. If you're feeling that bad, you need to get to a hospital and get on some meds for the depression and panic. There is no reason for you to be suffering like this.
The most likely result of ODing would be that you would sleep a long time and possibly wake up in a mental hospital. If you take a really huge amount you might need to be on a ventilator, which is really unpleasant.
I was recently hospitalised for what was assumed (incorrectly and without good reason) to be a benzodiazepine overdose. Because of this assumption, I wasn't given adequate sedatives or pain medication. Too many hospital staff have no sympathy for people who attempt suicide (or who are believed to have done so!).
Please get some *real* help? The kind of "help" you will get if you make an unsuccessful suicide attempt is no help at all.
You have all my best hopes.
-elizabeth
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