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Nov 29, 2015, 12:50 PM
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I've been tapering off Xanax since early October. I was prescribed 2 mg daily for 14 months. At some point I reached tolerance and started taking more. Like 3- 3.5 mg daily.
Withdrawal was hell on earth. I managed to drop down to 1.5 mg daily. But the withdrawal became overwhelming. I can't do it. I'm back to 2 mg or more daily. I don't even care anymore. I'm so sick of being sick. I'm tired of the endless anxiety and panic attacks. I give up. Xanax won.
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Nov 29, 2015, 02:47 PM
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It def is pretty awful. Sorry you are struggling.
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Nov 29, 2015, 04:29 PM
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Sounds to me like you were dropping too fast? I did it, but i went reallllllly slowly, and i wasnt taking that much to begin with. So to go from 3.5 to 1.5 in barely two months seems really fast to me. And i dont "do" pain, believe me, so i tried to make it as painless for myself as possible. Like planning to sleep thru my worst withdrawal times.
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Nov 30, 2015, 08:00 PM
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I agree With UnaLuna, You were not pacing yourself enough. With any when you want to come of any benzo you need to do it very very slow. You might get impatient but thats the way it needs to be done in order to avoid all the horrible withdrawals. Talk to your doctor and try dropping 0.5 every Month that should get you off the Xanax completely with in 5 months.
Hope everything is going good with you though ?
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Dec 02, 2015, 03:31 AM
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Though I would suggest rehab, you can always do what I did for alcohol and go to the hospital for a rapid detox. It took three days and they kept me asleep the whole time so I didn't feel discomfort. I never went to a rehab program but it's been 6 months and I'm still sober.
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Dec 02, 2015, 03:48 AM
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I agree you are likely tapering the dosage too quickly. I'd try to go down no faster than 0.5mg every two weeks. But this is what I would do; not meant as medical advice.
Also you don't mention what other meds you are taking. Some of them can have a synergistic effect which complicates things.
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Dec 02, 2015, 07:46 AM
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yes too much too fast. try again differently
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Dec 02, 2015, 06:53 PM
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I get impatient wanting to quit so much that I too get frustrated because I want it and I want it now! I tried tapering from Lamictal once and OMG...too fast. It's so hard to wait....time drags.
I take a calender and plan out my dosage reductions per week to keep me on schedule. If left to my mind, I lose sense of when and I start cutting corners. Hang in there! |
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Dec 14, 2015, 03:28 PM
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Dec 22, 2015, 08:00 AM
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Tapering off Xanax? ahh! My pdoc soon to be a new one put me on everything but my 3 months of 90 Klonopin. Ugh. I have run out too soon to refill before and found Benadryl to be a little helpful.
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Dec 24, 2015, 02:01 AM
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I stopped my Ativan cold turkey from 1.5 mg. (only tapered down from 2.0mg). My new pill size was aggravating my heart (odd bc it was from the same mfr), so it was either deal with prolonged insomnia as I tapered or take the jump and get over my insomnia faster. Benadryl has been helping me sleep. Otherwise I have no other withdrawal issues. (I've had BAD withdrawals from Ativan and Klonopin in the past.)
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