lorazepam limit?

Question

1mg blue capsules take the edge off anxiety. how many should b taken to blurr the edges, but not falll into coma

Answer 1

Don't interfere with your dose without speaking to your doctor

Answer 2

Please seek help immediately.Lorazepam/Ativan is only to be used for short term anxiety!!

Your question can not and should not be answered here.

The question is why do you want O.D.a sedative to blur the edges. Your anxiety is just a syptomn of a much bigger problem. Lorazepam may be helping you now through a rough period but it is HIGHLY addictive if taken for several weeks or more.

You must speak to your doctor ASAP and tell him/her what you are experiencing right now. If neccessary go to your nearest emergency room to ask for help.

I understand you are feeling very anxious right now but there is a better course of action to take right at this time before you become dependant on this medication and have to go through a harm reduction program to treat your dependency.

Although it would not be right to answer your question (and no doctor will) I will tell you take the lorazepam as prescribed by your Doctor and tell him/her about the anxiety you are experiencing. This is a serious cry for help, now take some action and confront the anxiety with the support of a mental health professional. If you have a very close family member or friend talk to them about they can help you get the attention you require.

I can tell you from personal experience you need to stop the 'bleeding' first and then work on treating the root problem.

You may find my advice a little difficult to accept at THIS MOMENT (understandable) but you are in need of some help and help IS out there. Acute anxiety is suffered by millions and there is therapy and better medications that will help. STAY STRONG, take that first step and then you be able to help others encountering similiar situations.

Answer 3

cutting 2 mg in half would be cheaper

I took lorazepam for years, and didn't realize it was causing severe behavioral side-effects (got angrier than normal, and then couldn't control that anger) and serious memory problems. I couldn't tell, and it wasn't until I was serious with my then boyfriend (now husband) that I found out it was the pills - he figured it out. The memory effects are common with this medication, in fact, a similar drug is used to induce amnesia in accident victims or people in surgery. This drug is also addictive, and is difficult to withdraw from, because you get rebound anxiety and restless legs syndrome and other stuff, depending on the person & depending on the dosage & how long you were on the stuff.

Better ways to control anxiety: turn up the heat in your house & put on a sweater, it is hard to be anxious when you are a bit overly warm. Take a hot bath. If you are at work, run hot water over your hands. Anxiety causes your blood vessels to constrict, and the warmth prevents that, so you just can't feel that anxiety feeling like before.

Cut out the caffeine - it really ramps up the anxiety. Other drugs can cause problems too - those diet pills, and sudafed and other cold remedies. Look for agitation in children warning - you may be one of those adults that can't take those cold remedies.

Learn to do passive muscle relaxation/meditation/guided imagery. Get a tape. It seems silly at first, but it really works!!!!

I'm not anti drugs - I take medication for bipolar disorder - but there is a reason the new medicare drug benefit did not cover benzo medications by law. Good luck!!! Don't blow off those suggestions above!!

Answer 4

This really is a poor drug. When I was doing my psychiatric attachment, more than 25 years ago, my training consultant was running lorazepam withdrawal clinics. This drug is about the most addictive of it's class (benzodiazepines), so much so that patients are withdrawn from it using diazepam! (Valium) It is best avoided. See your GP and see if he feels you would benefit from counselling. As you say yourself this drug will damp you down, it is sedative, addictive and unlikely to resolve anything.

Answer 5

Medications like Lorazepam should only be taken as prescribed by your doctor - they have slightly different effects on all people who take them so there is no definate answer to your question.

Answer 6

Lorazepam can have a cumulative effect. You may think it's not having a strong effect on you, and then it may "catch up with you" and put you to sleep for days. Don't interfere with the prescribed dose.

Answer 7

you should take it as prescribed, that is the strong Valium, and should not put this question and the perisher of it here, if any thing happens to you they will blamed on the person that is not your doctor and does not have license to tell you how to take narcotic

Answer 8

2mg but only twice a day if really agitated other wise the 1mg should suffice