Moose, I hope your pain goes away soon. That's not nice that they are blowing that off. Good luck with your med changes.

bluebicycle, I would hope your therapist wouldn't send you IP. I wouldn't know for sure, but my guess is not. I knew of a woman who regularly cut herself. She was in and out of IP a lot, but only when her cuts were particularly bad. If they hospitalized her for her less severe self harm she would have lived IP.

I've been off Ativan for almost two weeks after taking 0.5 mg for about 1.5 years and 1 mg for years before. I felt quite unwell for several days after I first stopped it, with my psychiatrist's approval. These last four days have been better, with only brief discomfort. Hopefully it will get even better. During this time I only took 0.5 mg "as needed" twice. I see my therapist today.