Re: Lorazepam and pregnancy

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Most doctors advise against the use of benzodiazepines during pregnancy. When my doctor backed me off of Lorazepam, I was told to half the dosage I was on one week at a time. For example, if you're taking 2mg 4x a day (8mg total), you might want to try taking half of those 2mg pills instead of the whole thing at each time. (8mg a day sounds like an astounding amount of that drug...0.5 once a day works for me.) Be careful in stopping too quickly, because of it's anti-seizure properties, stopping abruptly can lead to seizures. And other issues.

Feeling some anxiety as you stop taking Lorazepam is normal...try not to let it get to you. Lots of techniques for anxiety reduction are available and work very well. Additionally, Zoloft can be quite an effective anxiety controller...so this should help immensely.

If you need to talk to someone who's been there, need some suggestions for dealing with this medication-free, feel free to e-mail me at anacyde@hotmail.com

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Melissa

At Sat, 30 Nov 2002, Nicole wrote:
>
>I am currently 30 weeks pregnant and have been on 2mg of Lorazepam
>(Ativan) 4 times a day for two weeks now after experiencing severe
>anxiety.  I was hospitalized over a month ago for fear of my safety.  Now
>I am on 125 mg of Zoloft once a day and I was wondering on any doctor's
>opinion of when I should start tapering the Lorazepam and in what order.
>I see my psychiatrist in two weeeks but I am just so concerned about its
>effects on my baby and fear that the anxiety will return badly once I am
>off of it.
>Thanks for you replies.

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