I hav anxiety frm july. I took lorazepam 1 mg daily for 3 days 14 october to 16 oct and then again 1 mg for 3 days 18 oct to 20 oct after that 0.5 mg 5 days with the gap of every one day 21 oct to 31 oct. After that 8 pills 0.5 mg between 1st nov to 10th dec on only sos basis two times after 10 10 days. Then again I started it on 21st dec since then I have taken 8 pills of 0.5 mg on every 4th day and 8th pill means last one today on 17 jan. I also want to tell you since july I was taking natural medication for that it helped me and I was taking classes to manage. I just want to know that can I stop taking lorazepam from today instantly or do I need to taper it or now I can’t stop it. I also want to share my ongoing situation of anxiety with you. I have overcome my almost all the fears. Many of the symptoms reduced. I am coping with my thoughts. Still I got panic attack sometime am working on it only one symptom which increased extremely is acidity and last 3 time I took loraz for this.

Ms. Archana EruvenkaiPsychologistyrs exp

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Hi lybrate-user! hope you are doing well. First of all, I would highly recommend you stop altering your dosage of medication without any professional help, it has major side effects than you can imagine. If you genuinely feel your situation has improved and you want to wean off your medication, please get in touch with your doctor who will recommend a systematic way to do so minimizing the side effects. Having said that big kudos for you for going out there and taking classes and trying to overcome your fears and investing to improve your current condition. However, i?d recommend you meet with a counselor to study emotions and how to deal with them. There may be fears that you are carrying from childhood and the counselor will help you discover them and deal with them appropriately which is extremely important for your complete recovery because acidity is a sign that you are internalizing the anxiety- abnormal fear which you could probably be handling by denial unknowingly. In the meantime, get your body fit: it plays a very important role in order to harbor a fit mind. So, exercise regularly, go for yoga and meditation to train the brain, sleep well and eat healthily.  

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