Hello doctor ,
thanks for the answer . I reduced the Ativan by half and I am much less hangover or groggy . i am still not well and continue to have tension in my neck , muscles around the neck and tight muscles on the head . Not reat pain just tightness . I still have some brain fog and easy irritated . The moment I have slight stress get slightly dizzy . Could something be wrong with the chemicals in my brain? Does the medicine (lyrica , Ativan ) fix this problem slowly ? Anything else I can do or just wait till it get better? I feel a bit better from day to day . Would some B12 shot be beneficial for me ?
Or anything else you would recommend ?
thanks and regards. Chris

Good day doctor, Last Friday I had a follow up visit at the doctor as planned. I had another round of trigger point injections because my left side neck muscles were still hard like rocks and still caused me tension headache and dizziness. I got additional Ativan 0.5mg, Concor 2.5mg and another slow release benzodiazepam to make me sleep. Even I prefer the Zolpidem; he could not prescribe it due to some internal regulation for medicine distribution. I still have a kind of pressure (I feel like it is around the brain stem), no pain, just this pressure that makes me often dizzy and anxious. My mind is still not “still” enough, but better at times. I don't have the mental fog anymore as 2 weeks ago. To be fair, I am not a good patient and never took the Concor and reduced the Ativan by half (0.25mg) before sleep.
Some days, I take10 mg of Zolpidem others 5 mg is enough. I take in parts and see now it goes. Some mornings I feel a bit hangover others is better , but I still have this kind of pressure ( I am is not something physical ) that continues to make me a2nxious and dizzy ( dizzy spell is mostly fast for a few seconds ) . Yesterday I play 1h Badminton and had no problems, except the pressure and dizziness, but did not feel bad during play, just annoying but I had to concentrate more. IN the office is worse, I keep thinking about the pressure and dizziness and that doesn’t help and gives me a bit headache. Really annoying. What should I do? Is it recommended to use the Concor or the other Benzo (to sleep instead of Zolpidem, this Benzo, and Bromazepam)? Should I increase the Ativan to 0.5mg? I don’t care the hang over feeling; I just need to get this pressure feeling and dizziness away. The anxiety I can handle like it in the past once I get better. Or is this all connected and my approach is wrong?
I read as well about Trazodone as alternative to Zolpidem with some antianxiety properties, could that be a solution for me once gets better? Look forward to your reply. Have a good day (sorry for the typos and font problem, writing with tablet)

I read as well about Trazodone as alternative to Zolpidem with some antianxiety properties , could that be a solution for me once get better ? Look forward to your reply . Have a good day ( sorry for the typos and font problem , writing with tablet )