Thanks, and I know what you're saying, but again - like I said, the issue here is that I have not responded well in the past month to *new* medications so my pdoc doesn't want to go that route with this. I already said why he doesn't want to switch me to Valium. I am looking for people who have stayed on Xanax XR or IR and were able to taper off some of it. I emailed him last night after I wrote my post and he told me to take a baby dose of the IR in the morning and (as needed) the afternoon. He said he doesn't want to put my body through anything else. The very fact that Valium and Librium are more sedating is something that I don't need right now, the Xanax XR is causing enough fatigue as it is. I have to be able to drive a car and go to work. Sorry if my reply sounded defensive, but maybe I didn't emphasize enough that I've been through significant trauma already because of that MAOI withdrawal.