Anxiety
"I took .5mg ativan 2 times a day for 14 days.  I noticed I wasn&#039;t getting the same anti anxiety effect so I decided to stop taking it.  I figured it had only been 2 weeks so stopping should not have been a problem.  I then proceeded into 11 days of HELL.  The first 2 days were not to bad  but every day progressively got worse.  The Insomnia was the worst.  I got to the point where I would dread the night.  And then the night mares started.  They were horribly dark. I thought I was going to die.  I finally would take .5mg every other or every third night just to get some sleep.  It took me months to find a doctor who understood how to get off the Ativan.  I&#039;m now on a 2 1/2% taper (40 weeks) I&#039;m on week 9, Not fun.  DO NOT TAKE IT"