Question: Today: Tuesday 17 of 2013. Yesterday I left Tarzana Treatment Center for adults, I was there for Ativan “detox” .
I have been taken
LORAZEPAM (ATIVAN) for about 4 month before being at Tarzana. Somehow I got prescribed this drug by a doctor at memorial hospital in Glendale CA, on 10/30/13.
What I really had (my doctor told me at Glendale Health Center) was GERD and I was prescribed OMAPREZOLE. (this happened the following day I after I went to memorial hospital).
At Tarzana Treatment Center, I was given
PHENOBARBITAL to prevent seizures (as they say) for withdrawals from LORAZEPAM.
About two months ago somehow I developed this “headache” which took as much as 5 to 6 ALEVES pills to control. The problem in my head was such (still is) that when I would wake up in the morning; I would begin to feel “something bothering me” on my left of the top of my head and this “pain”, would increases as I walk or just by staying up, and would increase more depending on the activity’s effort; chewing food also increases my “pain”; now lately I feel the “pain” on my right side of the top of my head too.
This “pain” still is with me today after I took
BUSPIRONE (BUSPAR) Yesterday and after I have left Tarzana treatment center (one day before the day written above ) and it seems to be more severe because I have taken 4 extra strength Tylenols and 4 Aleves, and the problem continues.
Also I am experiencing fatigue when I try to do something like changing the tire of a bicycle and beging breathing deep and fast. I get tired quickly; even speaking I feel this distress about my head.
A problem with taking pain pills, mainly Aleve, is that my stomach gets very irritated.
I wish that at least I could get some temporary relief I could get. I hope these are only
withdrawal symptoms and would last little time, but in the meantime I am depending on relatives to get around.
Should I take the buspirone (Buspar)? Although at this point I am very afraid to take any
anxiety pill. I took one Buspirone yesterday and I was able to go with my sister to see if I made an appointment to get some High
Blood Pressure Medication and buy food, (the doctor at Tarzana Treatment Center suggested that my headache might be caused by
High blood pressure.) I took some medication this morning someone gave me for high blood pressure but the problem in the head persists.
Was the detox treatment at Tarzana Treatment Center not successful and need to take Ativan necessarily? I hope not.
I also take antiacids bought over the counter. I have not taken Buspirone today and not taken Ativan while in treatment and after. (Treatment began on Wednesday 4 of December).
I feel weak, and the “headache” is giving a lot of problems, and I feel somehow nervous and perhaps for all these I feel with some anxiety. I don’t want to take lorazepam any more or Buspirone anymore.
After I took Buspirone yesterday, and went to rest a little, perhaps slept a little, the “headache” came back stronger and I feel a little lightheaded and little dizzy, especially on top of the left side of my head; and I my movements are slower.
Within the time of applying (20/11/2013) and getting into Tarzana treatment center (04/12/2013), I was given a plan: 2 , 10MG TABS, a day and 1 and a half of Ativan to gradually wean me out Ativan. But I opted to go to Tarzana Treatment Center to get rid of Ativan.
XXXX, 57 years old.