Hello,

I went on vacation last Thursday for the first time in a long time. Needless to say I was nervous to be out and about and especially take a plane ride. I tried to ask my pcp for meds to help me out but she didn’t think trying new meds would be helpful while on vacation. 

Luckily I had a bottle of Ativan left over so I decided to bring it with since my panic attacks have been pretty bad lately. Unfortunately I forgot about the rebound anxiety and how it affects my body in general. Took 1mg on the plane Thursday night, nothing Friday since I felt fine, I had a pretty bad episode Saturday so I took half to help me out and then a quarter on Sunday. I had to go back up to 1mg for the plan ride on Monday and today I took what I assume to be .75 mg.

My anxiety brain tells me that I need to taper otherwise I might suffer the worst side effects. I know I should be asking my doctor but I’m embarrassed to tell her and I don’t want to be scolded so I figured asking advice about tapering on here was the better route. If anyone has any suggestions on tapering I would love to hear it. Do I even need to taper if I was only taking it for almost a week? I usually just try and ride out my episodes but with the rebound anxiety it’s been rough. Thanks!