Ativan Taper Reassurance

[Callie67]

Just wanted to reassure anyone going through an Ativan taper - or any medication taper - that you CAN do it!! It’s not fun or easy, but it’s possible and worth it.

Back in January I was on 1.5mg of Ativan, broken up into 6 daily doses. (I clearly had NO idea what I was doing!) Now I’m just down to .25mg in the morning. Last week I cut out the night dose and yesterday was a little rough, but I survived.

Everyone can survive. Stay strong and think about how amazing it will feel to be completely rid of a dependency on medication.

[Agora1]

It is amazing Callie. Good Luck on cutting out the last morning dose and

you will be Benzo Free xx

[Callie67 in reply to Agora1]

I am so nervous to make the final cut but I’m so excited to finally be done with that poison!

[Agora1 in reply to Callie67]

You'll be fine Callie in cutting that last tie to the drug and allowing your brain

to restore the chemical naturally. xx

[Callie67 in reply to Agora1]

I’m ready for it. My psychiatrist wasn’t going to make any changes when I went but i asked to start. No sense in dragging it out.

[Agora1 in reply to Callie67]

You've got this Callie. The hard part is behind you and that was

in starting xx

[Needtovent]

Hi Callie, glad you’re toughing this out. You can do this. Let us know how the week has gone.