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1mg of ativan (lorazepam).bc pain is triggering my anxiety and cannot sleep. i dont take this every day.is it normal not to help? is there a better medication?
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Get proper help: Ativan (lorazepam) is a short acting Benzo that is associated with gradual tolerance and with time, an increase in baseline anxiety because of interdose withdrawal. so please get proper evaluation and if you have a clinical Anxiety disorder then entreat is available and effective
Answered 5/7/2016
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