experiencing many contradictory effects from this med.started @ 50mg and up to 300 in a few days.causing more anxiety,terrible restless leg-like symptoms,mood swings,slurred speech,incoherentness,crawling-out-of-your -skin-like feeling,and trouble staying asleep.tried taking extra ativan which i can usually rely on but now that is ineffective altogether.couldn't take it any more-was finally convinced to call dr. these are complete opposite results he says and stop immediately.will feel better in 48hrs. and ativan will be effective once again.however this leaves me without a mood stabilizer which was my goal.