Hi i'm having anxiety right now but is it ok if I take 1 mg of ativan if I stay awake cause I have moderate obstructive sleep apnea. Thanks.
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Without seeing the patient, knowing your bmi, severity of apnea. It is not possible to determine safety of ativan in this case.
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Dear Cynthia, Ativan is a benzodiazepine. If you go on taking ativan to reduce anxiety, you may become dependent on it at this young age. Try and learn a non medical method of managing anxiety - like therapy, relaxation exercise, pranayama, etc.
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Hi lybrate-user! I highly recommend you look into the root cause of why you are having these feelings of anxiety. You should definitely not self-prescribe medication because anxiety is more complex than you'd think, and self-medication can worsen the situation for you. To help you understand a little more about anxiety. Anxiety has to do with fear. Are you aware what frightened you in the last few years? Did something happen that might have triggered fear, that then led to anxiety, hence affecting your sleep? At times certain incidents in life wanes and weakens our defense mechanisms, then situations that we were able to handle comfortably in the past become difficult and sometimes, impossible leading to bouts of overthinking. Therefore, I think that you may have to sought to counseling help while you consider taking medication. It helps in developing coping skills and the ability to meet everyday challenges with some degree of confidence and support. The combination of medication with counseling goes a long way to mitigate the influence of anxiety and to help you cope with the condition. Hence, do some counseling and get knowledge and support to deal with your feelings, especially with fear, and a lot of your difficulties will diminish and maybe you could ?get rid? of anxiety, if you are cooperative. Meanwhile I recommend you need to develop a fit mind and body: the former, by meditation and mind exercises; and the later, by exercises and proper diet. You need good sleep too. Included in the development of the mind is the handling of emotions, in your case, fear. These changes will give you a handle on life and your perceptions and responses. Prayer is really powerful, if you are a spiritual person. Repeat some personally framed affirmations that are geared to calming you down and building confidence. Do a personality development course too. Anything that develops you personally will be of great assistance in building resilience.
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