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Originally Posted by bluebicycle
I'm not on Xanax, but I think the smallest Xanax you can get is 0.5mg, right?
Are you taking four 0.5mg Xanax's a day or two 1mg Xanax's a day? If you're taking two 1mg Xanax's a day, I'm guessing you're cutting it into fourths?
If you have tapering problems, you could always ask for 0.5mg Xanax's and cut that into fourths. Then you can reduce your dosage by 0.125 every 1-2 weeks (if you have problems reducing by 0.25 every time).
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I'm splitting the XR pills with a pill splitter. Last time I was trying to reduce, my pdoc said to split it in half. I wasn't able to reduce it at the time (anxiety increased), and had to go back to regular dosage. I have 0.5 Xanax XR and PRN that I can split in half or fourths and take as needed to help with withdrawal if I feel like I'm reducing too fast.
I'm hoping now that Abilify is helping my obsessive thoughts/ worries and anxiety so much that I can finally start getting off (or at least reducing) the Xanax. Fingers crossed!!