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Insomnia 1.5 years
I have been suffering from insomnia for more than 1.5 years now.I was on zolpidem mostly 6.25 to 5mg zolfresh a day since 1.5 years.While it helped me mostly , from december this year the zolfresh 5mg was not working and I had terrible bout of insomnia . Doc now prescribed me ativan 2mg, amitone plus tables along with zolpigress 625 mr ER for a month once at night...I wanted to know ativan is habit forming medicine will start habit forming in one month or should I taper off the meds after each week passes...and taper off amitone and zolpidem too
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Most sleep medications are habit forming including Zolpidem and Lorazepam. A careful assessment for various reasons causing decreased sleep (like depression, anxiety, pain, disturbed routine, stress, medical problems) is required so that all these factors can be addressed and then sleep medications can be tapered without relapse to sleep problems.
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Yes, Ativan is habit forming. Consult your treating psychiatrist and taper only as per their advice.
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