I have recently had a conversation with my p-doc about upping my xanax from 6mg a day to 8mg a day for panic disorder due to a lot of things going on stressfully in my life that my coping skills cannot touch. This is just a two month temporary upping of my dose and i checked webmd and the therapeutic range for panic disorder is from 1mg-10mg a day with a target of 6mg a day... so I don't want to stay on it long... just until I get past the issues (like finances, taxes, and mother's day in May, etc, etc).

I do notice that since I recently went up from 4mg a day in divided doses to 6mg a day my sense of calmness and ability to handle daily stress is much better... Between me and my p-doc we have agreed on a temporary 2mg 4x daily dose, rate, and time for my next refill which will be on Monday the 7th.

I do have coping skills but since I have been on Benzo's for 16 years when I suddenly stop or come up short I have a seizure and most recently last month when I ran short I had a mini-seizure, after a fork flew out of my hand and began trembling violently ran to my futon and laid down and all went dark for about an hour and when I got up had some difficulty speaking and moving about. So I know its no joke to run out of my benzo... thus the increase I am requesting so that these next two difficult months I won't run out. Back in 2005 I had a grand mal seizure that sent me to the ER trauma hospital center when i was without benzo for two days... so its pretty scary that it seems I cannot even miss one dose without risking my brain having a seizure or a full-blown panic attack.

Thanks for letting me share.

P.S. I am not doing any drinking of alcohol nor doing any illicit drugs.