Years ago my doctor gave me a prescription for 5mg Ativan. He started to tell me how much to take but then just went "ah, you're an adult, you'll figure it out..." and sent me on my way. Didn't tell me how much to actually take just a suggestion maybe to break one in half (which I didn't do). Not long after I was blacked out and ended up waking up from sleeping in my apartment doorway with my door open after taking god knows how many of those things and going out drinking. And that's how I learned not to drink on benzos and how strong Ativan is all in the same day. Lol
I have a vague memory of taking one then going the mall. I took another while at the mall because I wasn't sure it was working. Then things get pretty fuzzy. I am pretty sure I took another one at some point then I remember being at the goth club. Then I remember sitting in front of my apartment in a cab. Then I woke up in my doorway with the door wide open and like half my body in the hallway and half in my apartment with my shirt off...
I was a lot more careful with them shits after that. haha
Yeah, that shit was strong and I had never taken any kind of benzo at that point so I had no frame of reference. The part of the day I do remember was fun though. haha
Yeah, it was really weird... He started to tell me and then halfway through his sentence he just went "ah, you're an adult, you'll figure it out" and just kind of ended the appointment and left. He was like halfway out the door as he was telling me. Lol
I eventually ended up switching doctors and got on clonazapam instead. I don't remember what the dosage they gave me for that was now but it came with more instructions.
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u/tech_noir_guitar 7h ago
Years ago my doctor gave me a prescription for 5mg Ativan. He started to tell me how much to take but then just went "ah, you're an adult, you'll figure it out..." and sent me on my way. Didn't tell me how much to actually take just a suggestion maybe to break one in half (which I didn't do). Not long after I was blacked out and ended up waking up from sleeping in my apartment doorway with my door open after taking god knows how many of those things and going out drinking. And that's how I learned not to drink on benzos and how strong Ativan is all in the same day. Lol
I have a vague memory of taking one then going the mall. I took another while at the mall because I wasn't sure it was working. Then things get pretty fuzzy. I am pretty sure I took another one at some point then I remember being at the goth club. Then I remember sitting in front of my apartment in a cab. Then I woke up in my doorway with the door wide open and like half my body in the hallway and half in my apartment with my shirt off...
I was a lot more careful with them shits after that. haha