For me, I was prescribed Ativan a few years ago. Only 10 pills. I have used I think 5 in total. I’ve been told that they are probably expired, so I may asked my pdoc to prescribe new ones.

But for me, I take them when I know that a certain event is triggering (ie presentations). I have taken them also when my suicidal thoughts were bad, or when I’m was having a random panic attack. I have taken it one time because my thoughts were racing so bad from anxiety that I couldn’t sleep... I think it depends. I also took it when I had really bad chest pain from anxiety too. I think it just depends on the person and what you believe isn’t manageable at the time.