"i take 6mg ativan a day and will do for life, it saved my life there is nothing else to touch a benzodiazepine if your anxiety is off the scale. yes you get tolerant but what else is there out there nothing that works in 20 minutes like ativan. i am 67 and not going to worry myself with addiction and withdrawal. what would i withdraw to there is nothing out the. i have taken ativan for 40 years and i am alive, i don&#039;t think i would be without it. "