Lorazepam causing memory loss

Well same problem here. I was in another country with my beloved daughter. I drank 2 glasses of wine, ate dinner, and took an atavan which I had been taking on a regular basis for sleep. Apparently I got up in the middle of the night and locked myself out of the motel room and knocked on the door. My daughter got up and let me in. She said I responded rather strangely to her questions. She said the incidence really scared her. I did not remember anything! So scarey. In the morning I found 3 of the little white pills scattered about OMG. right?

Thank you soooo much for taking the time and effort into writing this very educational post. I am in the same situation as you and hope your post reaches many in need. If you ever need anyone to talk to, just reach out to me on this site. Thanks again! :D

I have been taking Ativan as needed for a few months now for anxiety. I have been noticing that I am being very forgetful and cannot always think of the correct words to say when I am talking to people. (ex: My brother went on a trip/cruise and I was telling a friend that he went almost to where the Penguins live-I could not think of the word Antartica. Also, I keep forgetting the names of items when I am talking). I am no longer going to take meds. I am trying a natural drink called Calm. I'll be glad to see if my memory returns back to normal!

Hi. I'm in need of a little advice. I have been on lorazepam for about 6 years. It works Great except for the memory loss. I'm not talking little things like misplacing something. I forget entire days. I will go through my day Just fun and the day before is gone. My husband will say do you remember us talking. I say no. As if losing days isn't bad enough the days I lost don't come. Any thoughts

Does your memory of these things return or do you just completely forget them?

what about Lorraepram does that affect memory

Never mix benzo's with alcohol.

I know exactly what you mean about Lorazepam and memory loss. It's incredibly bad! It is eerie, and scary and all those adjectives used to describe it. I took it to get some sleep during a bad stretch in my life while nursing both my parents to death at home. Slowly, but surely I became a ghost in my own life. I wrote friends describing my brother and I as "disposing" of my parents. (Not true!) Finally, I lost track of entire days. People would tell me about this conversation they had with me, and I would absolutely draw a blank. My brother said he knew from the look in my eyes when I'd taken a pill. He said I'd become a split personality. Thank God I'm off them now. For the record, I've taken Clonazepam in the past and never experienced the miserable experience I had on Lorazepam. Why is Lorazepam so toxic? I don't know, but to anyone out there taking it, please get off them and onto something less destructive. Who knows how long, and in what ways the damage done to the brain will present itself?

Wow is your story very much like mine!! I know this post is over a year old but like you said i hope my story stops even 1 person from taking Ativan. It hasn't been that long and now that I sorta have put the pieces together it's scary and absolutely horrible!! Like most stories on here I remember nothing of what I said or did after taking this medication. So much so that after kinda finding little bits of what I did here and there I am feeling horrified!! I did things that I NEVER would of done in my life let alone just because if you get what I am saying. I can no longer even see some people because of how I acted I fear what they will say or do. One of these ppl includes a doctor I have been seeing for many years and who sadly I really liked. Once i sorta found out how I conducted myself and what I said to him which made NO SENSE what so ever I realized that I and this medication are a deadly combination and I will never ever put another one in my mouth!!! I am so ashamed and embarrased that to actually have to totally cut ppl out of my life including a doctor I have known for years is well pathetic!! As much as I am embarassed posting this I am only doing so because if it stops even 1 person from taking this medication I hope in some very small way it will make what happened to me worth the pain and humiliation that I am feeling and going through now!:( I am sure for some ppl taking this medication is fine and they can lead a normal life but for some of us this drug is just to much for our brains to take that the minute we do take one/two we act and do things that if it wasnt for taking these we would of NEVER DONE!!! It sad for all of us with these stories as I am sure we all could say we had the best of intentions and somewhere in the mix of the fog some of our best intentions got lost somehow. I am sorry for anyone this has happened to and pls I beg you to really look into if you need and can handle such strong medication before you end up writing a post on here like I just did. Prayers to all.

It's been so many years since I was here--stumbled upon this old post tonight. I'm sure there's no chance you'll see this, but for anyone following along... I'm off all these drugs! And have been for almost four years. 

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So well worded and true. I am a 62 year old female who has bipolar, depression. ptsd. since I was a teenager. Have been on so many medications over the years I am surprised I can even type this? My Dr. put me on ativan and told me it was not "addictive" I obviously should have done some research myself. In the process of getting off of ativan and seroquel and I know it is not going to be easy or pleasant. A pill for everything...yes, so it seems. Good diet exercise definately a better way to go then pills...also I advocate for smoking of weed, far less harmful then pills, and has sedating effects I need to sleep and stay calm. Big Pharma is dreadful and one of the shrinks I used to see, never talked, listened to me, just wanted me to try "new pills" a guinea pig more or less. I hope this journey to get off these awful meds, will not be as awful as I am reading about? I also used to be so outgoing and now spend "my time" mostly alone and on the internet or watching tv. I had a life before, and hope that I can somehow get it back. Thanks for sharing.

I am researching this because i changed doctors and i saw him for the first time after 1 year with another doctor. i am 28, i have been on 2mg as needed dose for a year now and my new doctor just refilled my script and put memory loss with long term use may occur. So i am like hold the phone what now!. so far i have not experienced any memory loss that i am aware of, i have family to keep me in check just in case. Reading all these posts kind of scares me though.

I want to Thank You for telling like it is. I am going thru the same with my husband. He now has short term memory loss because of Lorazepam over 10 years.

Old post I know but I gotta say something. I am in the same exact boat so even if I'm not there, I am here if that makes any sense. Does anyone know if the memory loss will eventually stop if the drug is stopped? Mr. Guest if you get this please reply

Ok it is me again registered now.
I'd like to help if only for a friend type help like I say I am in the same boat. I hope you are better now.