Debby, sorry to hear that you are having a hard time right now. Yes, I've taken Ativan for a while now, just when I need to, and it does work fast! I can feel it in 15 minutes. I can and do drive on it just fine. It made me a little drowsy at first, but it really works to keep my mind of panic when it gets bad. Sometimes I can go a week or so and not take any, but I've been taking 2 a day while switching my other meds as they were making me speedy. Another thing, get that picture of yourself running around going bananas out of your head and replace it with an image of you just standing there doing fine. Sometimes when we create an image in ours heads, our minds bring it into reality. So only 'see' yourself succeeding, if you start to see yourself going nuts, STOP that thought and immedatily replace it with one of you doing just fine. Try the Ativan at home at first, in case it makes you drowsy, but it really works for me and I have no side effects from it. Good luck and keep on trying!
