"i have severe chronic anxiety, panic attacks, agoraphobia, and insomnia. ativan helps me with every single one of them. i&#039;ve had bad anxiety since i was 20, and i&#039;m 30 now. it&#039;s got worse over the years, and i turned to medication when everything else i tried failed. it helps calm me down to the point where i am not scared all the time. it sometimes takes a little while to work, but it&#039;s worth it. the only side effects i get are the &quot;spacey&quot; feeling in my head, and my vision is a little messed up. it&#039;s a great trade-off, instead of suffering with that anxiety literally all day and night.  this medicine is great."