Posted by tiredman on November 29, 2003, at 12:56:20
In reply to Ativan, when is it a problem, posted by Jaynee on November 29, 2003, at 2:17:12
I suffered from a trauma in September that lead to insomnia. I’ve been on 2 mg of Ativan nightly for the past two months. I asked my pdoc about addiction. She said “too late, we’ll worry about that when you are better”.
After about two weeks, I started waking up as soon as the Ativan was out of my system. She then added trazodone to the mix.
She told me that Ativan alters your sleep cycle so it’s not real “addiction” (I only take it at bed time) but if I stop taking it I will not sleep. I’d rather not be dependent on a drug but it’s better then staying up all night.
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