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Xanax Or Ativan For Sleep

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Dr. Chintan Solanki MD

Hello toady- My doctor switched me from Xanax 4 x 1 mg q.i.d. to Lorazepam ( Ativan ) 4 x 2mg q.i.d for the longer half life of Ativan so I could sleep thru the night ( it has a dosage... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Chintan Solanki ( Psychiatrist)
Dr. Rakhi Tayal MD

interaction with the xanax and diflucan so my doctor put me on .25 ativan temporarily. I feel sick and jittery on ativan. I took a half of a .25 of ativan 5 hours ago how soon would it be safe... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Rakhi Tayal ( OBGYN)
Dr. Ronald Schubert MD

Today my Dr switched me from..5mg of ativan four times daily to. 5mg xanax because the ativan was not helping the anxiety very much. Am I going to be OK doing this? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ronald Schubert ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Seikhoo Bishnoi MD

Can Xanax or Ativan or Intermezzo cause anorgasmia? Have 18 month long fear of wife's infidelity ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Seikhoo Bishnoi ( Psychiatrist)
Dr.     Alexander H. Sheppe MD

Can I take a clanazapam 2mg. 3mgs of Ativan . And a Xanax.5 msg and 120 ms of methadone ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Alexander H. Sheppe ( Psychiatrist)

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Dr. Seikhoo Bishnoi MD

spasms, and jumpy arms ect...I m wondering if this is from going directly from xanax to ativan, and if so, should I wean off the xanax while introducing ativan to my system, and is it safe to... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Seikhoo Bishnoi ( Psychiatrist)
Dr. Nehal Shah MD

to do and he suggested Ativan as a replacement and start scaling down to .25 mg xanax for 2-3 weeks ...i have been on xanax for 30 years ,, i have tried going cold turkey but had massive withdrawl ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Nehal Shah ( Psychiatrist)
Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis MD

my sleep, cranky enough without it. Im not sure I feel anymore relaxed from Ativan. I took Xanax for 10 years & NEVER felt better but addicitive as hell so IM trying this Ativan, Will I not... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr.  Suresh Heijebu MD

thank you. Please tell me the difference between Lorazepan (Ativan) & Benzodiazepine , (Valium) which I ve been prescribed both along with the long term use of XANAX. I am trying to get off the xanax ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Suresh Heijebu ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Michelle Gibson James MD

bedtime, will that act to help put me to sleep? I have fibre-myalgia and getting to sleep is a problem. If I use something like Ativan or Xanax for sleeping, should I also be taking the... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Michelle Gibson James ( General & Family Physician)