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Two days ago at the er, they gave me 1mg of ativan (lorazepam) for anxiety. i still feel weird from the medicine. being that i weigh 125, was that too much?
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Ativan (lorazepam): Not likely from the Ativan (lorazepam) since it would be out of your system by now. Recommend visit to mental health professional to help you with your anxiety, and also to get workup done to rule out medical causes for anxiety, if that was not ruled out in the ER already.
Answered 4/23/2015
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