[veggy]

i feel so good when i'm on ativan. is there anybody that actually gets to stay on it? they just keep telling me how addictive it is, so they won't let me have it long. i only got 5 pills this time... but it's the only time in so long that i don't feel horrible.

is there anything similar? my doctor doesn't really listen to me..:-/

[Yoda]

I have never taken the pills. I had it IV a couple of times when I was in the emergency dept and it worked quite well then.

Do you or did you drink alcohol? That might be a reason your doctor would limit how many Ativan tablets he prescribes.

[veggy]

i drink socially maybe once every other month. i used to drink every other weekend, but i lost interest in it.

[Yoda]

I used to binge drink in college (thirty years ago) and at weddings. In 2006 a psychiatrist told me I was an alcoholic and refused to prescribe me xanax even though I had been taking xanax for about seven years at that time and I have only drank alcohol once in the past fifteen years.

I would ask your physician what is going on.

[veggy]

my doc just looks at me funny and ignores me when i say ativan works. the emergency room is the only place that gives me ativan, and they say my doc has to be the one to give me it, so they only give me enough to last until another appointment. they say it's terribly addictive and that's why. i guess i can try asking again in the morning when i see my doc.

and they seriously wouldn't give you meds based on alcohol which you hadn't had in 15 years?!

[veggy]

so now i have to take 8 pills a day for anxiety...

my doc said i stumped her because 400mg of seroquel didn't make me feel a thing.

/sigh

[caring_whiterose]

I have been on Ativan since I was 17 years old and I am 22 now. It really helps a lot. I am on 3mg a day. I used to be on 4 but the when i changed docs he changed it. My body feels wierd if I dont take one. Sometimes I have all three sometimes I only have on, it really depends on the day.

[veggy]

i wonder why they won't let me have it then. they have me on 3 different medications for anxiety, taking 8 pills a day, when 3 ativan a day takes care of it.

[amante]

there must be good reason that your T isn't putting you on that. I would ask him outright and perhaps he'll give you the reason. I've taken Seroquel, it gave my Restless Leg syndrome so i had to stop taking it. it's good that he's address your need for the anxiety medication, perhaps you'll get some decent sleep now.

[veggy]

i doubt i'll sleep. i went 4 days without sleeping, got crappy sleep after i got a shot of ativan, and have been taking ativan and stopped sleeping again. i guess i can ask her outright why she won't give me ativan next week since i have to start seeing her weekly. she says i stump her since nothing works, but she didn't give me anything for sleep this time. she said if these don't work i have to be hospitalized during half the day, and i really, really don't want that.