Anxiety
"I started taking Ativan in 1997. My first and only time in a psychiatric ward.  I was diagnosed with panic attacks.  When I first started taking them the first 3 days were an absolute nightmare.  I was getting more side effects being on them than without.  I told the doctor and he told me to give it a few day and that this side effect would go away.  I was literally going to sleep (in and out of sleep?) with a bible in my arms.  Finally the 3rd day it did start to take effect and my panic became less frightening.  I started in 1997 @ .5 MG 3xday and now in 2015 I take 1mg 3xday.  It has never given me a problem except for those fee days when I started the dosage."