"i have been on ativan for 15 years%u2026 started at 1mg and was gradually increased to 4mg. the medication only numbs things the anxiety never went away, and after i started taking i started getting other symptoms like ocd, social anxiety, depression and others 

i should never have trusted the dr and should have researched the drug before taking. i will never again just take anything without researching it. i am slowly tapering it off, the withdrawals are a nightmare but staying on this medication which should be banned is not an option. this medication was never intended to be prescribed longer then a few weeks. drs and drugstores are completely to blame right beside the drug companies. they all know it%u2019s poison."