An elderly client was prescribed Ativan (lorazepam) 1 mg three times a day to help calm her anxiety after her husband's death. The next day the client calls her daughter asking when she is picking her...

An elderly client was prescribed Ativan (lorazepam) 1 mg three times a day to help calm her anxiety after her husband's death. The next day the client calls her daughter asking when she is picking her up to go to the graveside. The client says she has been walking up and down the driveway for the past hour waiting for her daughter. Noting the client's agitation, hyperactivity, and insistence, the daughter calls the nurse to report her mother's behavior. Which of the following would the nurse suspect as the cause of the mother's behavior, and what action would she suggest?

1. The client is manic and may need a sleeping pill.

2. The client is experiencing a medication interaction and should go to the emergency department.

3. The client is experiencing a paradoxical reaction to the Ativan and should stop the new medication immediately.

4. The client is overcome by grief and probably needs an antidepressant