Posted by tiredofthislife on June 20, 2006, at 0:54:48
I get up at 5am...my normal day....I have my coffee...I smoke my cigarettes....I veg out.....then I got up to blow my nose...nothing abnormal about that...sat back down...took another dirnk of coffee...and BLAM......my throat clinched up......I paniced...I could not swallow....I could barely breath....I felt like I was going to choke or vomit or something.....I went to the ER and they gave me Ativan....ran a test to be sure I had no polyps in my throat....I didnt.....I have been to ENT doctors...nothing in throat....they did say my tongue was slightly large....but its not like it grew overnight...I have post nasal drip and a deviated septum.....now...everyday I take it..come rain or shine for the fear that ...that same thing might happen again.....NO dr....can seem to tell me anything...they keep tellingme something new every visit.....GERD....LPR....Post Nasal Drip....Aniety.....Stress.....ETC...ETC....Now to my story a bit more.....
I have now been on Ativan for 12 months....I tried to stop taking it...and oh my I wound up in the ER thinking I was dying.....I have since read up on the rebound effects of ativan.....not good...I wonder what it is doing to my brain....I feel loopy most of the time....I take it religiously everyday twice sometimes 3 times a day at 0.5mg at a time......I am getting more and more depressed at the thought of being on this med forever....but my brain wont even let me fathom life without it......anybody....can you offer some advice? Im losing it...thanks
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thread:659012
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