"instead of calming me down and relaxing me from my anxiety and panicky feelings it made them extremely worse. i thought i was going to loose my mind. well actually for a brief time i did. it caused me to have a nervous breakdown. this was only on the second day i took it. i didn&#039;t know what was going on or what was happening. i thought i was going to loose my mind and before i knew it i slit one of my wrist. i have never had any intention of doing this before taking ativan. thankful help came and i got 8 staples put in my wrist were i cut it. i will never take this medicine ever again. i just warn to be very careful taking this medicine. i have never had any reactions to medicines before until this medicine i took back in sept 16, 2015."