Xanax withdrawal

It is generally believed that it is almost impossible to lower your
Xanax (alprazolam) dose by yourself, and I found that to be true, the
tapering was done in a hospital.

I went from about 10 mg Xanax/day to 1.5 mg Xanax Depot/day, it was
hell. But I am glad now that I am free from the dependence. I am now on
Cipralex (escitalopram) and Remeron (mirtazapin), and it is much better
than Xanax.

Is there anyone else that have done something similar?

Scribo "~tanya" (2008-08-04 07:38):

> On Aug 3, 11:09�pm, Sebastian <n...@none.com> wrote:
>
>> It is generally believed that it is almost impossible to lower your
>> Xanax (alprazolam) dose by yourself, and I found that to be true, the
>> tapering was done in a hospital.
>
> i went from 12 mg to .5 mgs, it took me about 4 years and there ain't
> a hospital on tha face of this earth that would'ah tolerated my
> annoyin' ass for 4 weeks, much less 4 years, so you must be either
> really speedy in the titratin' dept or an exceptional guest that don't
> eat all tha ice cream, sell meds to tha staff, or do 24/7 imitations
> of Dr. Phil and make up yer own words to Madonna and Cyndi Lauper
> tunes and claim "it's them little voices, i tell ya" when them hot
> shot SCREAMIN' HYENA NURSES belt out... "SHUT UP, TANYA, YOU ARE
> DISTURBING THE OTHERS" and i yell "AS IF YER NOT?????" tha party
> never ends. i'm glad you have couth, it doesn't run rampant in my
> life, i'll live vicariously through yours, if ya don't mind.
>
> CONGRATS, btw.
>
> i titrated on a schedule, actually, so hospitalized or not, it was
> done correctly. that's why i'm so psychologically sound and nada bit
> looney.
>
>> I went from about 10 mg Xanax/day to 1.5 mg Xanax Depot/day, it was
>> hell. But I am glad now that I am free from the dependence. I am now on
>> Cipralex (escitalopram) and Remeron (mirtazapin), and it is much better
>> than Xanax.
>>
>> Is there anyone else that have done something similar?
>
> i titrated to the lowest possible dose to treat the underlying
> disorder (panic disorder) and sometimes double that dose and don't
> beat myself up. i sometimes feel like i don't need to medicate, but
> do anyway, to stay on track.
>
> i couldn't, personally, totally sans the benzo arena, or at least
> that's my opinion and i won't "trick" another agenda to prove me
> wrong, the repercussions are inclusive of odds against my comfort and
> living through the needless exercise.
>
> for you, i'm overjoyed... i'm always hopeful and have a lil twinge of
> "wowie kazowie" when folks like you move away from benzos.
>
> but me? i'll think about that t'marrah.
>
> aftah all.... t'marrah's anothah day.
>
> lah ti dahhhhhhhhhhh.
>
> agin, congrats.
>
> ~tanya
>

It took me four weeks (in a hospital) from 10 mg to 1.5 mg, too fast I
think now, but I made it!

Sebastian

On Aug 3, 11:09�pm, Sebastian <n...@none.com> wrote:

> It is generally believed that it is almost impossible to lower your
> Xanax (alprazolam) dose by yourself, and I found that to be true, the
> tapering was done in a hospital.

i went from 12 mg to .5 mgs, it took me about 4 years and there ain't
a hospital on tha face of this earth that would'ah tolerated my
annoyin' ass for 4 weeks, much less 4 years, so you must be either
really speedy in the titratin' dept or an exceptional guest that don't
eat all tha ice cream, sell meds to tha staff, or do 24/7 imitations
of Dr. Phil and make up yer own words to Madonna and Cyndi Lauper
tunes and claim "it's them little voices, i tell ya" when them hot
shot SCREAMIN' HYENA NURSES belt out... "SHUT UP, TANYA, YOU ARE
DISTURBING THE OTHERS" and i yell "AS IF YER NOT?????" tha party
never ends. i'm glad you have couth, it doesn't run rampant in my
life, i'll live vicariously through yours, if ya don't mind.

CONGRATS, btw.

i titrated on a schedule, actually, so hospitalized or not, it was
done correctly. that's why i'm so psychologically sound and nada bit
looney.

> I went from about 10 mg Xanax/day to 1.5 mg Xanax Depot/day, it was
> hell. But I am glad now that I am free from the dependence. I am now on
> Cipralex (escitalopram) and Remeron (mirtazapin), and it is much better
> than Xanax.
>
> Is there anyone else that have done something similar?

i titrated to the lowest possible dose to treat the underlying
disorder (panic disorder) and sometimes double that dose and don't
beat myself up. i sometimes feel like i don't need to medicate, but
do anyway, to stay on track.

i couldn't, personally, totally sans the benzo arena, or at least
that's my opinion and i won't "trick" another agenda to prove me
wrong, the repercussions are inclusive of odds against my comfort and
living through the needless exercise.

for you, i'm overjoyed... i'm always hopeful and have a lil twinge of
"wowie kazowie" when folks like you move away from benzos.

but me? i'll think about that t'marrah.

aftah all.... t'marrah's anothah day.

lah ti dahhhhhhhhhhh.

agin, congrats.

~tanya

"Sebastian" <none@none.com> kirjoitti
viestissä:qivlk.1365$U5.858@newsb.telia.net...
> It is generally believed that it is almost impossible to lower your Xanax
> (alprazolam) dose by yourself, and I found that to be true, the tapering
> was done in a hospital.
>
> I went from about 10 mg Xanax/day to 1.5 mg Xanax Depot/day, it was hell.

If it was hell you did taper your dose much much too fast


But I am glad now that I am free from the dependence.


Benzo dependence is the same thing as a diabetic is dependent on insuline.

I am now on
> Cipralex (escitalopram) and Remeron (mirtazapin), and it is much better
> than Xanax.
>

Cipralex made me feel good only when i was manic, otherwise it sucked.
Remeron was same thing.

> It is generally believed that it is almost impossible to lower your Xanax
> (alprazolam) dose by yourself, and I found that to be true, the tapering
> was done in a hospital.
>
> I went from about 10 mg Xanax/day to 1.5 mg Xanax Depot/day, it was hell.
> But I am glad now that I am free from the dependence. I am now on Cipralex
> (escitalopram) and Remeron (mirtazapin), and it is much better than Xanax.
>
> Is there anyone else that have done something similar?

Just curious, have you quite benzos completely now? I.e. did you go from 1.5
mg Xanax/day to none on your own after you left the hospital?

Also, how come you quit using Xanax? Did you have to keep increasing the
dose to get the same benefit as before? I.e. did you never reached a stable
dose where you felt comfortable?

** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

Scribo "John" (2008-08-04 11:51):

> Just curious, have you quite benzos completely now? I.e. did you go from
> 1.5 mg Xanax/day to none on your own after you left the hospital?

No, I am still on 0.5 mg/day, and plan to keep it that way.

> Also, how come you quit using Xanax? Did you have to keep increasing the
> dose to get the same benefit as before? I.e. did you never reached a
> stable dose where you felt comfortable?

Yes, I had to increase the dose. And I was in fact abusing it since no
doctor (at least in Sweden) will prescribe 10 mg/day, I got at most 4
mg/day legally.

> ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

Scribo "John" (2008-08-04 11:51):

> Just curious, have you quite benzos completely now? I.e. did you go from
> 1.5 mg Xanax/day to none on your own after you left the hospital?

No, I am still on 1.5 mg/day, and plan to keep it that way.

> Also, how come you quit using Xanax? Did you have to keep increasing the
> dose to get the same benefit as before? I.e. did you never reached a
> stable dose where you felt comfortable?

Yes, I had to increase the dose. And I was in fact abusing it since no
doctor (at least in Sweden) will prescribe 10 mg/day, I got at most 4
mg/day legally.

> ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

Scribo "Johncc" (2008-08-04 10:44):

> But I am glad now that I am free from the dependence.
>
>
> Benzo dependence is the same thing as a diabetic is dependent on insuline.

No, it is not. A diabetic will die without insuline, I am still alive!

On Aug 4, 7:49�am, Sebastian <n...@none.com> wrote:
> Scribo "Johncc" (2008-08-04 10:44):

> > Benzo dependence is the same thing as a diabetic is dependent on insuline.
>
> No, it is not. A diabetic will die without insuline, I am still alive!

WILL die? or COULD possibly die?

operative words, "could" and "will."

a diabetic COULD die without insulin... a xanax medicated patient
COULD die without benzos, as they are anti-siezure meds.

FORRRRRRRRRRRRR instance: i was hospitalized the first time i was
denied xanax by a fuckstick that prescribed it and decided to stop.
crackheads and meth addicts are closely associated with benzos for tha
"drop" that ensues after a binge and i ain't real full'ah decorum when
i'm panickin' (i don't have a glorious personality on my side, nor
would i win the "Miss Congeniality" award) when i'm panicking so i'm
often confused with an addict when in fact, i'm merely a wing-nut...
but ole boy decided he dictate my comfort via subjective eyes.

my bp was 250+/163 and it took me 4 days to get a doctor to see me in
this hick town i was in and once i did, she put me on a drip and
cussed the shit outta "fuckstick" within my earshot ... that i was at
stoke level and on a fast track to die. she yanked 2 mg of xanax outta
the hospital pharmacy and stuck'em down my throat, i almost married
her.

FORRRRRRRRRR instance: i was hospitalized the second time, AGAIN
unable to obtain meds and the pharmacist told me to take sudafed. now
don't get me wrong, living in a town with this level of genius is
bound to motivate me ta WANNA die, and i didn't. my bp was now
268/192, i remember it well, and another stint in the hospital and a
catholic one at that with nuns and shit standin' around me, i wanted
ta kill'em dead and on'ah fast track, as well. ... i thought they were
givin' me my last rites and i'd'ah been just fine with THAT agenda at
the time.

FORRRRRRRRRRR instance: the last time, in good ole OKLAHOMA CITY
where them bombings took place about 15 years ago .... (well, they're
STILL overwhelmed with PTSD dumbasses that take'em for'ah ride, and in
my book, that guy fucked up by forgettin' ta bomb tha whole state,)
not ta mention tha good ole stand-bys.... crackheads and meth addicts
and i couldn't get'ah benzo for 82 blow jobs in tha town square if my
life depended on it. needless to say, my jail time after i whacked
some jerk off for (nevermind...long story and i'm keepin' it short, as
usual).... was shortened with my bp now 280+/208. IMPOSSIBLE, you
may say, but lemme tell ya sumthin'.... yer barkin' up tha wrong tree
that don't fork (i'm in alabama now) if yer spewin' that uneducated
crap (see your words above) in my world.

i've been close to death many times, medically and even more
importantly... mentally and emotionally. ta boot, just plain ole
"panic" signals told me so, as well.

AND I'M ALIVE TOO !

so?

serial killers miss one or two on their journey, as well, i hear tell.

get hit by'ah train? ya might get lucky, as well.

does that mean it's not a viable death sentence to cold turkey benzos
OR insulin? OR an encounter with ted bundy or'ah train wreck ya took
one step to tha left and avoided?

no.

cancer don't kill everyone either.

guns don't kill people either. (well, yeah they do... that was a dumb
campaign.)

you just pissed me off sayin' whacha did, so i was inclined ta write a
novel about it.

now everyone would rather die that read this shit i'm spewin'...but
they probly won't.

bottom line?

benzos, alcohol and barbituates are 3 substances that are likely to
result in death, albeit inclusive of otherwise healthy folks.

...and for what it's worth, ya can drown in a teaspoon of water.

lack of insulin COULD result in death. my OPINION is that lack of
insulin is no more or less likely to incur the same results as a benzo
SNAP stoppage.

and i'll tell ya another thing....

i've detoxed from opiates. for 36 days i couldn't move, talk (ok, it
had it's up-side) and had tat and piercing artists babysittin' me
around the clock, didn't eat, had water forced down my throat with a
needle-free hyperdemic, and lived in a claw-foot bathtub the entire
time and hallucinated for 29 of those 36 days and thought i was gonna
DIE... but i didn't... and furthermore, i'd trade that time and twice
that time (that'd be 72 days, i'm a mathematical genius) for what i
went thru with three days off benzos. i was makin' phone calls to hire
my own hit-man. YOU DON'T KNOW PAIN IN EVERY FACET AVAILABLE UNTIL
YOU'VE BEEN WHAT I'VE BEEN THRU WITH THE FUCKSTICK IVORY TOWER DENYIN'
MEDICATION VIA SUBJECTION IN THE BENZO HELL DEPARTMENT !!!!!!!

THAT, my friend, is a SIGN (possibly) that benzos are, (in my book,
which nobody reads, thank GOD) way more lethal than most anything,
when not titrated from properly.

SOOOOOOOOO... that's my boring autobiography of detox, and if ya say
sumthin' stupid like that agin, i'm gonna come live at your house.

BAM !

and you'll live, i'm sure. might wanna cyanide capsule once in
awhile, but you'll make it.

(i don't think i'm as sweet and demure as i used ta be.)

hugglez and kissez.........

~t

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> "Sebastian" <none@none.com> kirjoitti
> viestissä:qivlk.1365$U5.858@newsb.telia.net...
>> It is generally believed that it is almost impossible to lower your Xanax
>> (alprazolam) dose by yourself, and I found that to be true, the tapering
>> was done in a hospital.
>>
>> I went from about 10 mg Xanax/day to 1.5 mg Xanax Depot/day, it was hell.
>
> If it was hell you did taper your dose much much too fast
>
>
> But I am glad now that I am free from the dependence.
>
>
> Benzo dependence is the same thing as a diabetic is dependent on insuline.



And you sir, are an idiot. Your thought process must be around a -10.



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> I am now on
>> Cipralex (escitalopram) and Remeron (mirtazapin), and it is much better
>> than Xanax.
>>
>
> Cipralex made me feel good only when i was manic, otherwise it sucked.
> Remeron was same thing.
>

Scribo "~tanya" (2008-08-04 16:44):

> On Aug 4, 7:49�am, Sebastian <n...@none.com> wrote:
>> Scribo "Johncc" (2008-08-04 10:44):
>
>>> Benzo dependence is the same thing as a diabetic is dependent on insuline.
>> No, it is not. A diabetic will die without insuline, I am still alive!
>
> WILL die? or COULD possibly die?
>
> operative words, "could" and "will."
>
> a diabetic COULD die without insulin... a xanax medicated patient
> COULD die without benzos, as they are anti-siezure meds.
>
> FORRRRRRRRRRRRR instance: i was hospitalized the first time i was
> denied xanax by a fuckstick that prescribed it and decided to stop.
> crackheads and meth addicts are closely associated with benzos for tha
> "drop" that ensues after a binge and i ain't real full'ah decorum when
> i'm panickin' (i don't have a glorious personality on my side, nor
> would i win the "Miss Congeniality" award) when i'm panicking so i'm
> often confused with an addict when in fact, i'm merely a wing-nut...
> but ole boy decided he dictate my comfort via subjective eyes.
>
> my bp was 250+/163 and it took me 4 days to get a doctor to see me in
> this hick town i was in and once i did, she put me on a drip and
> cussed the shit outta "fuckstick" within my earshot ... that i was at
> stoke level and on a fast track to die. she yanked 2 mg of xanax outta
> the hospital pharmacy and stuck'em down my throat, i almost married
> her.
>
> FORRRRRRRRRR instance: i was hospitalized the second time, AGAIN
> unable to obtain meds and the pharmacist told me to take sudafed. now
> don't get me wrong, living in a town with this level of genius is
> bound to motivate me ta WANNA die, and i didn't. my bp was now
> 268/192, i remember it well, and another stint in the hospital and a
> catholic one at that with nuns and shit standin' around me, i wanted
> ta kill'em dead and on'ah fast track, as well. ... i thought they were
> givin' me my last rites and i'd'ah been just fine with THAT agenda at
> the time.
>
> FORRRRRRRRRRR instance: the last time, in good ole OKLAHOMA CITY
> where them bombings took place about 15 years ago .... (well, they're
> STILL overwhelmed with PTSD dumbasses that take'em for'ah ride, and in
> my book, that guy fucked up by forgettin' ta bomb tha whole state,)
> not ta mention tha good ole stand-bys.... crackheads and meth addicts
> and i couldn't get'ah benzo for 82 blow jobs in tha town square if my
> life depended on it. needless to say, my jail time after i whacked
> some jerk off for (nevermind...long story and i'm keepin' it short, as
> usual).... was shortened with my bp now 280+/208. IMPOSSIBLE, you
> may say, but lemme tell ya sumthin'.... yer barkin' up tha wrong tree
> that don't fork (i'm in alabama now) if yer spewin' that uneducated
> crap (see your words above) in my world.
>
> i've been close to death many times, medically and even more
> importantly... mentally and emotionally. ta boot, just plain ole
> "panic" signals told me so, as well.
>
> AND I'M ALIVE TOO !
>
> so?
>
> serial killers miss one or two on their journey, as well, i hear tell.
>
> get hit by'ah train? ya might get lucky, as well.
>
> does that mean it's not a viable death sentence to cold turkey benzos
> OR insulin? OR an encounter with ted bundy or'ah train wreck ya took
> one step to tha left and avoided?
>
> no.
>
> cancer don't kill everyone either.
>
> guns don't kill people either. (well, yeah they do... that was a dumb
> campaign.)
>
> you just pissed me off sayin' whacha did, so i was inclined ta write a
> novel about it.
>
> now everyone would rather die that read this shit i'm spewin'...but
> they probly won't.
>
> bottom line?
>
> benzos, alcohol and barbituates are 3 substances that are likely to
> result in death, albeit inclusive of otherwise healthy folks.
>
> ...and for what it's worth, ya can drown in a teaspoon of water.
>
> lack of insulin COULD result in death. my OPINION is that lack of
> insulin is no more or less likely to incur the same results as a benzo
> SNAP stoppage.
>
> and i'll tell ya another thing....
>
> i've detoxed from opiates. for 36 days i couldn't move, talk (ok, it
> had it's up-side) and had tat and piercing artists babysittin' me
> around the clock, didn't eat, had water forced down my throat with a
> needle-free hyperdemic, and lived in a claw-foot bathtub the entire
> time and hallucinated for 29 of those 36 days and thought i was gonna
> DIE... but i didn't... and furthermore, i'd trade that time and twice
> that time (that'd be 72 days, i'm a mathematical genius) for what i
> went thru with three days off benzos. i was makin' phone calls to hire
> my own hit-man. YOU DON'T KNOW PAIN IN EVERY FACET AVAILABLE UNTIL
> YOU'VE BEEN WHAT I'VE BEEN THRU WITH THE FUCKSTICK IVORY TOWER DENYIN'
> MEDICATION VIA SUBJECTION IN THE BENZO HELL DEPARTMENT !!!!!!!
>
> THAT, my friend, is a SIGN (possibly) that benzos are, (in my book,
> which nobody reads, thank GOD) way more lethal than most anything,
> when not titrated from properly.
>
> SOOOOOOOOO... that's my boring autobiography of detox, and if ya say
> sumthin' stupid like that agin, i'm gonna come live at your house.
>
> BAM !
>
> and you'll live, i'm sure. might wanna cyanide capsule once in
> awhile, but you'll make it.
>
> (i don't think i'm as sweet and demure as i used ta be.)
>
> hugglez and kissez.........
>
> ~t

What are you talking about? Do you think it was easy for me? I wrote
that it was hell, did you not read that? I was very ill indeed, had an
epileptic seizure and stopped breathing, so they had to give med oxygen
and call an ambulance to drive med to the neuroligal clinic. There they
took an EEG and a tomography of my brain. I was unconscious for several
hours. I hallucinated, and I have a blackout for several days.

But I'm fine now!

S

>> Just curious, have you quite benzos completely now? I.e. did you go from
>> 1.5 mg Xanax/day to none on your own after you left the hospital?
>
> No, I am still on 0.5 mg/day, and plan to keep it that way.

So, do you still get any benefit from Xanax when you are using it at 0.5
mg/day? Or do you stay on it because it's too tough to get down to not using
it at all?

>> Also, how come you quit using Xanax? Did you have to keep increasing the
>> dose to get the same benefit as before? I.e. did you never reached a
>> stable dose where you felt comfortable?
>
> Yes, I had to increase the dose. And I was in fact abusing it since no
> doctor (at least in Sweden) will prescribe 10 mg/day, I got at most 4
> mg/day legally.

Interesting. So what do the doctors say when you tell them that you have to
increase the dose beyond 4 mg/day? Do they say that benzos will (in your
case) not work long term, so you might as well taper off them completely? Or
what do they suggest?

Also, after having tapered down Xanax, do you nowadays get the same benefit
from 0.5 mg/day as you did from 10 mg/day before?

I'm just curious since I'm considering going on benzos long term, beacuse
it's the only thing I've found that works in my case. However, I'm a bit
afraid of ending up in a situation like yours, where I have to increase the
dose and finally end up in a situation where I have to keep taking the drug
without getting any benefit from it.

** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

Scribo "John" (2008-08-04 18:14):

> Interesting. So what do the doctors say when you tell them that you have
> to increase the dose beyond 4 mg/day? Do they say that benzos will (in
> your case) not work long term, so you might as well taper off them
> completely? Or what do they suggest?

Xanax did not work for me even at 10 mg/day, I still had severe anxiety
so I just had to try something else. And Cipralex worked very well for
me, after five weeks. Those weeks were hell, but it was worth it in the end.

>
> Also, after having tapered down Xanax, do you nowadays get the same
> benefit from 0.5 mg/day as you did from 10 mg/day before?

It's 1.5 mg/day (3*0.5 mg/day, my mistake), and I get more benefit now
than when I had 10 mg/day.

> I'm just curious since I'm considering going on benzos long term,
> beacuse it's the only thing I've found that works in my case. However,
> I'm a bit afraid of ending up in a situation like yours, where I have to
> increase the dose and finally end up in a situation where I have to keep
> taking the drug without getting any benefit from it.
> ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

>> Interesting. So what do the doctors say when you tell them that you have
>> to increase the dose beyond 4 mg/day? Do they say that benzos will (in
>> your case) not work long term, so you might as well taper off them
>> completely? Or what do they suggest?
>
> Xanax did not work for me even at 10 mg/day, I still had severe anxiety so
> I just had to try something else. And Cipralex worked very well for me,
> after five weeks. Those weeks were hell, but it was worth it in the end.

Great to hear that Cipralex works fine for you! But how come you still have
to take some Xanax as well? Is the Xanax needed in combination with Cipralex
to combat your anxiety?

>> Also, after having tapered down Xanax, do you nowadays get the same
>> benefit from 0.5 mg/day as you did from 10 mg/day before?
>
> It's 1.5 mg/day (3*0.5 mg/day, my mistake), and I get more benefit now
> than when I had 10 mg/day.

Ok. So how does one know when to stop increasing the dose? I mean, if you
would increase your dose to 3 mg/day now you would probably feel better for
awhile, but then after some time that additional benefit would fade away,
right? Also, what would happen if you would go down to e.g. 0.5 mg/day now?
Do you think you'd initially feel worse, but then after some time you would
feel just as you do on 1.5 mg/day now?

** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

Scribo "John" (2008-08-04 20:39):

> Great to hear that Cipralex works fine for you! But how come you still
> have to take some Xanax as well? Is the Xanax needed in combination with
> Cipralex to combat your anxiety?

No, I could probably stop taking Xanax altoghether, it's probably just a
psychological dependece now. I plan to in time to stop taking Xanax, but
I'm not sure that will work. My doctor thinks that I should stop
altogether, but he says he will not force me, I can have 1.5 mg/day as
long as a see fit.

> Ok. So how does one know when to stop increasing the dose? I mean, if
> you would increase your dose to 3 mg/day now you would probably feel
> better for awhile, but then after some time that additional benefit
> would fade away, right?

I tried taking 1 mg Xanax (not Depot), and it had absolutely no effect
on me.

> Also, what would happen if you would go down to
> e.g. 0.5 mg/day now? Do you think you'd initially feel worse, but then
> after some time you would feel just as you do on 1.5 mg/day now?

Yes, and see above.

S.

On Aug 3, 11:09�pm, Sebastian <n...@none.com> wrote:
> It is generally believed that it is almost impossible to lower your
> Xanax (alprazolam) dose by yourself, and I found that to be true, the
> tapering was done in a hospital.
>
> I went from about 10 mg Xanax/day to 1.5 mg Xanax Depot/day, it was
> hell. But I am glad now that I am free from the dependence. I am now on
> Cipralex (escitalopram) and Remeron (mirtazapin), and it is much better
> than Xanax.
>
> Is there anyone else that have done something similar?

On Aug 3, 10:09*pm, Sebastian <n...@none.com> wrote:
> It is generally believed that it is almost impossible to lower your
> Xanax (alprazolam) dose by yourself, and I found that to be true, the
> tapering was done in a hospital.
>
> I went from about 10 mg Xanax/day to 1.5 mg Xanax Depot/day, it was
> hell. But I am glad now that I am free from the dependence. I am now on
> Cipralex (escitalopram) and Remeron (mirtazapin), and it is much better
> than Xanax.
>
> Is there anyone else that have done something similar?

When I was taking Xanax in 2003 I had to ween myself off it due to
withdrawal symptoms (mainly rebound anxiety). I have Xanax now but I
rarely take it anymore.

When do you plan on getting off the last 1.5MGS of Xanax or do you plan on
staying on this?

Carl
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> Scribo "John" (2008-08-04 20:39):
>
> > Great to hear that Cipralex works fine for you! But how come you still
> > have to take some Xanax as well? Is the Xanax needed in combination with
> > Cipralex to combat your anxiety?
>
> No, I could probably stop taking Xanax altoghether, it's probably just a
> psychological dependece now. I plan to in time to stop taking Xanax, but
> I'm not sure that will work. My doctor thinks that I should stop
> altogether, but he says he will not force me, I can have 1.5 mg/day as
> long as a see fit.
>
> > Ok. So how does one know when to stop increasing the dose? I mean, if
> > you would increase your dose to 3 mg/day now you would probably feel
> > better for awhile, but then after some time that additional benefit
> > would fade away, right?
>
> I tried taking 1 mg Xanax (not Depot), and it had absolutely no effect
> on me.
>
> > Also, what would happen if you would go down to
> > e.g. 0.5 mg/day now? Do you think you'd initially feel worse, but then
> > after some time you would feel just as you do on 1.5 mg/day now?
>
> Yes, and see above.
>
> S.

Scribo "Carl" (2008-08-15 06:38):

> When do you plan on getting off the last 1.5MGS of Xanax or do you plan on
> staying on this?

I am planning to lower the dose very slowly, take away 0.5 mg per month
or so. I have started to remove the midday dose every other day. Seems
to be working

S.