Anxiety Support Group
Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...
I have been taking 1 mlg. dose of Ativan for several months now as needed. I only take one when my anxiety feels really out of control and i feel panic coming on. They have always worked and calmed me down within 45 min. or so exept the other night. We were at a casino for my husbands Birthday and i knew i would end up getting anxiety so i took one a couple hours before we got there. I had anxiety which ended up turning into several panic attacks. I freaked out even more i felt like this shouldn't have been happening because i took the Ativan. Could i be building a tolerance? Has anyone else had this happen where an Ativan or similar pill just didn't work on a particular occasion?
It was suggested to me to take probiotics. After taking them for a few days, I noticed that the Ativan had no effect on me at all. Eventually, tho, it did help again after I stopped taking the probiotics for a while. Also, my son became seriously ill will a bacterial infection this summer. Everyone else in the house also seemed to get this to some degree. I did not become sick, but I felt more run-down than usual. I noticed that after that, the Ativan does not work at all.
Like most drugs, you can become tolerant to Ativan. I also believe if there is a change in your system perhaps from taking another drug or an illness, it can change the way Ativan (or any drug) works on your system.