How to deal with panic attacks during Ativan withdrawal after using it for six weeks?

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Please elaborate on your issue in detail. Ativan is Lorazepam and it is a short-acting benzodiazepine drug. The dose 0.5 mg is very less and if you want to stop the drug then this can be stopped. For episodic exacerbations, the drug can be used as needed. If you are having panic attacks and anxiety then either the doses have been reduced rapidly or this could be a relapse of anxiety.

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If you have multiple episodes of panic then I think for some time you can increase the dose again and then very gradually reduce the dose. I advise my patients to reduce the dose by 25 % every week and once the dose is very less like 0.25-0.5 mg then make the drug on alternate days or sos (if there is a need) followed by complete stoppage. In most individuals, withdrawal symptoms are prevented. But if your anxiety persists then I think there is a need to take an anti-anxiety drug for reducing the symptoms. If Melatonin is helping you then you can continue to take or if it is not helping then you can stop. For how long have you been taking Lorazepam? If the duration is less than four weeks then the chances of withdrawal are very rare.

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