Benzos Lorazepam

[Philnz]

I am a 77 year old man on 1.8mg lorazepam per day taken as 3x 0.6mg doses.
I am thinking of switching to valium and would love to hear the experiences of people who did that.
Did you do a slow stepwise switch? Was it succesful? Did you have symptoms doing it? Did it give you depression?

Thank you

 

[cnnka]

May I ask why ? Just out of curiosity, I’m not an everyday Benzo user but sometimes diazepam can make me really sad , lorazepam can make me anxious pretty weird the best overall I’ve found is bromazepam and alaprozam. Diazepam if 5mg I’m good if 10mg I’m sad

 

[Philnz]

I am hoping to avoid tolerance because I have heart failure and atrial fibrulation and though a longer lasting benzo might help.

 

[fairnymph]

Why are you on a benzo? What is it treating? Switching to another benzo will not reduce your tolerance substantially. The only way to really lower tolerance is to take breaks.

 

[paranoid android]

Valium is much better then loraz imo. Loraz does nothing for me. But everyoe reacts differently

 

[Philnz]

Hi Paranoid Android.
May I ask in what way it is better snd did you switch from loraz.
I use loraz as prescribed.

 

[paranoid android]

Hi Paranoid Android.
May I ask in what way it is better snd did you switch from loraz.
I use loraz as prescribed.

I have never taken loraz for very long because it just doesent work for me. Ive taken over 20mg of loraz at one time and felt nothing still. However a few 10mg valium will have me pretty chill

 

[Philnz]

Oh, I take medicinally not recreationally.

 

[paranoid android]

Oh, I take medicinally not recreationally.

Ya doesent work for either reason for me. But lots of people find loraz works well

 

[SeekingOblivion]

How do you get 0.6 mg doses of Ativan?

 

[Opana313]

1mg loraz doesn't do a damn thing for me neither but I abused Xanax in my teen years and still take benzos as much as possible if I can find it. But yeah I used to be up to 10mg before I "felt" something..not just a buzz but to kill panic & anxiety..it worked fast and great buzz I guess BUT i have to take way too much.

Klonopin is decent but takes a bit to kick in but once it does you will be feeling relaxed or relief all day, sure Valium does this too..I find I have to take more Val too but not as extreme..and by the 2nd to 3rd day at moderate/higher doses I didn't feel any relief prompting my addict head to pop more.

Tread carefully. More really is less..because I feel once you get past a certain point, a therapeutic dose won't do much without a longgggg tolerance break. One bar used to trash me, now if I want to roll the dice it takes at least 4-6 bars(which I don't do that shit anymore) I try to keep things lower