Posted by JudithC on April 22, 2000, at 12:32:34
In reply to Xanax withdrawl, posted by Mojo on April 21, 2000, at 20:59:33
> Hi, I am currently taking 1.25 mg of Xanax per night. It was initially prescribed for panic disorder/generalized anxiety. I have been taking it for 21/2 years. My doctor just recently retired and has left me hanging. I have scrambled around trying to find another doctor and have an appointment with a psyc in May. I really want to get off this Xanax but the withdrawl syndrom is terrible! My heart palpitates, and I get daily "body jerks" as if someone came up behind me and said "BOO!". Butterflies in the stomach follow. This is almost an exact re-accurance of the origional symptoms that I needed to go on the medication in the first place but I know it is from trying to taper off the Xanax. I have been going down .25 mg a week. Apparently this is just too fast for me. Has anyone else had to taper off this medication? I don't want to be on it forever. Any input would be appreciated. I realize there is a risk of seziure so I have slowed down the tapering because of the "startle reflex" I am experiencing. Mojo
Mojo,please listen to the other's posts regarding a slow tapering; and should you need some help, the use of Zyprexa does relieve the withdrawal symptoms. I came off of 6 milligrams of Ativan for panic/anxiety due to a medical insurance change of physicians and my "new" doctor informed me that I was taking far and away too much of the Ativan. Anyway,I did the withdrawal thing much too fast and suffered needlessly with a pounding heart,nerves jumbled and on edge to the degree that I was awake for weeks with no sleep. The long and the short of it is that I would never in a million years move that fast with a drug withdrawl again....slow is best all the way around. JudithC
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