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Can You Have Ativan Withdrawal after taking .25 mg & .5 mg for 3 days. Please help!

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tracey1313
tracey1313

Took Ativan on 3 separate nights to help me sleep.  It helped my somewhat sleep but wasn't great.  I want to stop it.  Will I have difficulty getting off .25 (2 taken 2 nights) and .5 (taken 1 night)?  Do you think I will have withdrawals?  Everyone is scaring me about becoming addicted!

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  • shane66622
    shane66622 tracey1313

    Posted

    No worries you will be fine. In the future stay away from them. Hateful drug!
  • raymond08985
    raymond08985 tracey1313

    Posted

    Hi Tracey.

    No it is impossible for you to have any physical withdrawal symptoms from the time you specified taking those tablets.

    To become physically dependent you need to be taking them daily or nightly for 3-4 weeks ,(roughly).

    Don't be listening to other people's experiences.

    Please don't take any sort of tablets like those , they are horrific and soul depleting.

    I'm so happy you didn't continue taking them.

    Take care.

  • pj64699
    pj64699 tracey1313

    Posted

    Best thing to do is speak to your GP and pharmacist. 
  • angela66615
    angela66615 tracey1313

    Posted

    Hi Try not to worry. I would not have thought that you were in danger of having withdrawal from taking this for only two nights. There is lots of information on this in the Ashton Manual written by a professor of Pharmacology. Take care.
  • coby08389
    coby08389 tracey1313

    Posted

    The body usually becomes addicted after around 14 days of use so in threoy you should be fine just stopping the Ativan cold turkey but to be safe you could reduce it more quickly than usually recommended because you have only been on it for 3 days. 
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