
Suggest Treatment For Depression And Sleeplessness Caused By Death Of A Loved One

Dose of lorazepam can be increased safely to 6mg
Detailed Answer:
Hello
Welcome here.
Sorry to hear about your father.
I can understand that you have lots of responsibilities.
The loss of father can easily cause sadness and sleep disturbances in anyone. As I can read that you were very intimately attached to your father, his death must be really painful for you. I can understand your situation.
As i can make out from your description that you are having trouble sleeping and diazepam 30mg or lorazepam 3mg has not worked for you.
In my opinion, dose of lorazepam can be safely increased to 6mg progressively.
Also there are some antidepressants like trazodone, paroxetine, mirtazapine, which help in sleep as well. So these can be considered also.
Please discuss about these drugs with your doctor in your next meet.
Practice relaxation exercises like deep breathing and meditation to keep your mind calm and relaxed. This will help to improve mood as well as sleep.
Hope this helps.
Feel free to ask further.
Thanks.


2mg xanax is equal to 4mg lorazepam.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for the follow-up post.
Actually, these drugs belong to same class called 'benzodiazepines'. The dose equivalents for these drugs are:
10mg diazepam=1mg lorazepam=0.5mg clonazepam=0.5mg alprazolam.
Taking 2mg of xanax would be equal to 4mg of lorazepam.
So you can take either of them considering the equivalent doses.
Hope this helps.

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