Ativan has a longer half life than xanax. It doesn't affect you quite as hard or as quickly. Ativan isn't necessarily better than xanax. They are for different purposes. Xanax is better for panic attacks as it works quickly and its effects are strong. Ativan works more slowly and is better for general anxiety disorder.All the benzodiazepines have the potential to be addictive. Consult with the professional of your choice regarding matters of concern. personally have been prescribed sublingual ativan (1mg) for my panic attacks. My father was prescribed xanax during the later years of his life, and he found it to be the most pleasant of all drugs that he'd ever tried over the decades he'd suffered through anxiety.
advertisement. Actress, philanthropist and former Miss America Mary Ann Mobley died Tuesday morning in Beverly Hills, Calif., after a second battle with breast cancer, one of her daughters has announced in a statement to NBC News. She was 75.
Mary Ann Vecchio screams as she kneels over the body of Jeffrey Miller after he was shot during an anti-war demonstration at Kent State University in Ohio on May 4, 1970. Four students were killed when Ohio National Guard troops fired at some 600 anti-war demonstrators.OBERTS: You're listening to TALK OF THE NATION from NPR News. And as Dean Kahler mentioned, 10 days after the Kent State shooting, an eerily familiar tragedy played out on the campus of Jackson State University in Mississippi.