Information and opinions on health from kimberly19426 at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/43600/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/43600/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/43600/index http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/43600/37601/successully-ativan Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:44:44 -0400 kimberly19426 My new psych told me on my first vist that I had to get off Ativan urgently.  I have been taking it for about 15 years, first to sleep, then to wore down to allowing me to take the edge off.  He cut my Ativan in half from 6mg to 3mg within a day and said that he will not relace it with anything else, although I know that low does of Seroquel prn helps too during the day, have not had experience with an increased dose at night. ... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/43600/37601/successully-ativan http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/43600/37325/life-world Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:29:29 -0400 kimberly19426 Sometimes I feel my mind is a prism cell.  I am locked inside with all of the debris of my past life, my labels, my diagnoses, all the medicines and potions that turned out to be cruelly false hopes.  All the roles and identities that I have tried on, inhabited briefly and discarded like clothes that don't fit in some psychic dressing room.  No one understands me, no one who can understand me can unlock the cell and take me back... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/43600/37325/life-world