The non-sublingual ativan didn't give me memory loss. It's the white oval one that is scored down the middle and comes in 1 mg tablets. Clonazepam gave me such memory loss that I couldn't even remember what I just looked at. I had to cut down from 1 mg of clonazepam to 0.5mg to 0.125mg. It worked! No more memory loss! I'm on 2 mg of ativan a day and the 0.125mg of clonazepam.
I hear from Pat that sublingual ativan causes severe blanking out. Like if you give it to someone before an operation (particularly the elderly) they won't remember the operation.
Vicky
"To comprehend the nectar Requires sorest need." --Emily Dickinson
I take Xanax and have taken it for years. Last time I was in the hospital all the docs there said Xanax no good too short acting and put me on Clonazepam. I had severe memory loss, which I have never had on Xanax, and when I got out I went to my pdoc and said put me back on Xanax. Easy problem to solve though.
I've never taken Xanax. I've heard of it though. I heard that once you go on clonazepam and/or ativan that most other anti-anxieties don't work anymore. I think it depends how long you've been dependent on the benzos. I've been for a few years now.
"To comprehend the nectar Requires sorest need." --Emily Dickinson
i do have memory loss and am on .5 mg ativan 3 times a day. but i don't know if it's caused by the ativan or the illness itself but i need the ativan to prevent my perplexity attacks.
i'm glad to hear that ur memory is better on the non-sublingual. i also hope my perplexity will improve and i can try not to be on ativan to see if my memory will improve. my memory is really bad.
"There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it." Mary Wilson Little
non-sublingual ativan doesn't have memory loss
Posted - 09/21/2005 : 12:56:40
