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Not been sleeping so well the past few nights, making my anxiety worse and every time i stand up i get dizzy. tried taking my ativan (lorazepam) and helped a litt?
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What is?: what exactly is your question? Ativan (lorazepam) is an anti-anxiety medication and can be sedating.
Answered 6/19/2015
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Therapy?: Have you yet tried any form of psychotherapy? Typically, the optimal combination of things to treat emotional issues such as anxiety or depression is medication (which, on your best day, is supposed to take the edge off symptoms) but the real gruntwork takes place in psychotherapist's consulting room.
Answered 6/29/2015
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Sleep and anxiety: If your sleep pattern changed significantly I always ask what has been happening? Was there some new stressful event or did anything change? For anxiety I always recommend seeing a good therapist, medication may help but is not the long term answer for most people. Regarding insomnia though, it is much more dangerous for us to be drowsy driving than to be on safe medication-consid. talk to your
Answered 7/11/2015
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