"i started having anxiety attacks after divorce and bankruptcy/foreclosure loss of business and having to take jobs i really wasn&#039;t suited for.  i went to see a therapist and was prescribed lorazepam 0.5mg twice a day. that helped a little bit but within the first month i was taking 1mg 3 times a day to control it. now, over a year later i take up to 5, 1mg tabs a day and some days don&#039;t need any. it has been a life saver and it even helped with chronic muscle spasms i have in my back."