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Default Jun 16, 2021 at 06:21 AM
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So my pdoc prescribed lorazepam 2mg for sleep but I don't use it for sleep anymore I use it for my panic attacks. I get at least 2 panic attacks every week so I take a 2mg and that calms me down otherwise I would be in torture for hours(one panic attack in 2016 lasted 72 hours when I was living by myself).

So yeah... but here is the thing I have used it for less than a month twice a week 2mg each time and I am noticing my hair is getting thinner and duller. I searched google and sure as hell it says in very rare incidents it can lead to hair loss/hair thinning. This is really heart breaking and frustrating cuz I thought I had found a way to deal with my horrible panic attacks. And if they happen in public I have to call up a cab and get home or people will crucify me for getting uncomfortable by me.

Also this morning I came home with a panic attack and took a 2mg tablet and I noticed the effect is a little less and I felt a little less sedated. This also is kinda heart breaking cuz if I develop tolerance this fast then that is unsettling and scary and down the road I don't know what I might do after just less than a month.

So has anyone else experienced hair thinning or developed quick tolerance?

I understand it is 2mg per take but it helps with my dissociation too and if I were to tell them to send me two 1mg tablets instead of one 2mg tablet then that won't solve the problem now would it?
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@rep97 I am sorry you are experiencing hair thinning. That is something that can happen for other reasons. It seems that you have only taken a couple of pills. That seems too little to notice hair thinning in my non professional opinion. Have you checked out other things that can cause hair thinning?

My friend has hair thinning but they are on so many meds and treatments and have preexisting conditions that it is impossible to assign a direct cause.

If you are having panic attacks, you might want to talk to your provider and tell them you are having them and that you are not using lorazepam to sleep as prescribed, but for panic attacks. Also tell them how you are sleeping and how long. Lack of sleep can be a contributing factor to anxiety and other mental health conditions.

I do not know what you should do, but my friend's pdoc encourages communication of how meds are affecting their moods so they can make adjustments as needed. In my opinion, that is an encouraging sign of a caring and professional pdoc. @CANDC

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My tolerance for Ativan lasted from 2007-2018. I was on 2 mil a day, then a different doctor put me on .5 3 times a week. I then switched to Xanax .5 twice a day in 2018. Then last year I tried the XR for a couple months, then I went up to 1mil twice a day. Then 1 mil 3 times a day. Then it just crapped out on me a couple weeks ago. Now I’m on Valium which is hit or miss. I wish I was on Ativan again though since it worked so well for so long. I had hair thinning and my hair would often come out in strands. But I think it was my lithium doing it.

Basically all benzos stop working after awhile.

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Default Jun 27, 2021 at 12:29 PM
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I can take up to 2mg daily. I’ve been on them since January. I use it for sleep.
I’m completely dependant on them now. So I understand your fears.
Have you tried maybe a daily med you can take?

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I can take up to 2mg daily. I’ve been on them since January. I use it for sleep.
I’m completely dependant on them now. So I understand your fears.
Have you tried maybe a daily med you can take?

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I am taking invega injections monthly for schizophrenia. But it is because I live with my family and I have to take the injections or else they feel there will be conflict because violence towards me has been their only tool, they can't hurt me any other way only with violence. So yeah.

But if I stopped taking invega I wouldn't have panic attacks/flashbacks. I tried it in 2017 and I was flashback/panic attack free for the several months I was off invega and all mediacation. But as soon as I start taking injections my traumas start acting up and I have panic attacks in public 2-3 times a week.

It is psychological. It is cuz I feel trapped by my abusers(family) and having them being my conservators and in charge of my medication decisions triggers me and makes me have panic attacks.

There was an incident on twitter too that I got into it with this woman after she attacked me for no reason and I was really paranoid and thought she is going after me cuz she knows my condition or something and I unleashed at her and she was just laughing and I got scarred by that incident. So this incident also is a factor but I have psychological traumas(several) so all of them and twitter makes me have panic attacks.

Anti depressants have sexual side effects which I Don't like and they don't work as well. So yeah
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I am taking invega injections monthly for schizophrenia. But it is because I live with my family and I have to take the injections or else they feel there will be conflict because violence towards me has been their only tool, they can't hurt me any other way only with violence. So yeah.

But if I stopped taking invega I wouldn't have panic attacks/flashbacks. I tried it in 2017 and I was flashback/panic attack free for the several months I was off invega and all mediacation. But as soon as I start taking injections my traumas start acting up and I have panic attacks in public 2-3 times a week.

It is psychological. It is cuz I feel trapped by my abusers(family) and having them being my conservators and in charge of my medication decisions triggers me and makes me have panic attacks.

There was an incident on twitter too that I got into it with this woman after she attacked me for no reason and I was really paranoid and thought she is going after me cuz she knows my condition or something and I unleashed at her and she was just laughing and I got scarred by that incident. So this incident also is a factor but I have psychological traumas(several) so all of them and twitter makes me have panic attacks.

Anti depressants have sexual side effects which I Don't like and they don't work as well. So yeah

I’ve only been on my meds for a week and it’s already life changing. My imbalance was so severe I would have killed myself by the time the week was over. I didn’t want the meds but I knew it was fir the best and I’m glad I did. To a degree.

May I ask how old you are?
I ask because when I read your response, it sounds like you are on an injection because that’s what your family wants?? And it sounds forced? Are you schizophrenic or something your parents are suggesting based on some previous issues?

If you are a minor or even an adult living in abuse, there are programs and places you can call to get funding for housing and to start your own life away from those people. It will be hard and frustrating but worth it in the long run if that’s what you decide.

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I’ve only been on my meds for a week and it’s already life changing. My imbalance was so severe I would have killed myself by the time the week was over. I didn’t want the meds but I knew it was fir the best and I’m glad I did. To a degree.

May I ask how old you are?
I ask because when I read your response, it sounds like you are on an injection because that’s what your family wants?? And it sounds forced? Are you schizophrenic or something your parents are suggesting based on some previous issues?

If you are a minor or even an adult living in abuse, there are programs and places you can call to get funding for housing and to start your own life away from those people. It will be hard and frustrating but worth it in the long run if that’s what you decide.

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I am an adult but since 2010 I have been under forced injections monthly and forced visits with evil psychiatrists and my abusers(my dad/family).


It is hell on earth. If I refuse these poison injections they can force inject me and I am an adult. I can't work because the psychological toll of all this and I am receiving assistance from canadian govt but it is not enough to rent my own place and take care of myself. I have been looking for a place every day for the past few yrs without luck.

Also here in toronto, canada they have "consent and capacity" boards where they sit down and decide on your behalf whether you should take medication and have your childhood abusers(in my case my dad and family) be in charge of your life and involuntary treatment decisions.

I am looking for a place but it is not easy and the system is made to destroy the most vulnerable in society so they are dependent on state and can't flourish or else they might do something awesome and state doesn't like that. Independence and individualism is against the norm I suppose. In this case dangerous and deadly.


I am still trying to get a place but it is tough and leaving a lifetime of abuse and then having the government side with your abusers destroys you and that is what happened to me so it is tough to stand on your own feet after your childhood and teenager and early adult life is spent and destroyed by your family or dad and then the government comes in and puts that person and your family as your conservator and in charge of your involuntary treatment in the hands of sadistic psychiatrists and nurses and all your life decisions therefore. So it sucks.
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