Lorazepam not sedating?

[Stanfoo]

I've heard lorazepem is supposed to be effective as a sleep aid.

Is it typical to not feel any sedation effects from lorazepem? I tried 1mg and 2mg, didn't feel any sleepy or tired. Is this a dosing issue, or does it just not affect me? I've got no benzo tolerance as this is my first.

 

[Jabberwocky]

Lorazepam is one of the more weak benzos, honestly I've seen lorazepam being prescribed more in anxiety related situations than for a sleep aid. You could up your dose a little, are you on any other medication I should know of?

 

[Sertürner]

From what I have read it is incredibly useful as an anticonvulsant but as far as sedation goes it has never really worked all that well for me either. I can cannot find the binding affinities for lorazepam but it makes sense that it would have a significant affinity for the GABAA a2 sub-type receptor and less on a1 and a5 which play a large role in sedative effects of many benzos.

 

[ChemicallyEnhanced]

I've heard lorazepem is supposed to be effective as a sleep aid.

Is it typical to not feel any sedation effects from lorazepem? I tried 1mg and 2mg, didn't feel any sleepy or tired. Is this a dosing issue, or does it just not affect me? I've got no benzo tolerance as this is my first.

I disagree with Lorazepam being good for sleep. In my experience the best benzo's for sleep are:
Nitrazepam
Flunitrazepam
Temazepam
Alprazolam
Triazolam