Posted by kazoo on November 24, 2000, at 1:01:09
In reply to xanax withdrawls, posted by onlymeisee on November 23, 2000, at 21:38:49
> I have been on xanax for 2 years, the doctor has me on 10 mg which I realize is high but I do not take this much, I usually take 2 to 3 mg a day
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Ten mgs./day for two years? (Great Caesar's ghost, where's my smelling salts?)
The first thing I would do would be to retain a good lawyer and sue the piss out of that QUACK for habituating you, a prelude to the pain and suffering you *will* endure trying to unhook.
(You wouldn't happen to live in Connecticut, would you?)The key word in a posting by "stjames" is "taper" ... one must TAPER themselves off of benzos. There is no question about this. You may convulse otherwise. And, by all means, do this via a professional (not the QUACK you were seeing). The best thing would be to disappear for about a week to ten days at a retreat of some sort. May I recommend the Doral Spa in Miami?
You may want to look into one of the beta-blockers, such as Inderal, for your panic attacks.
I wish you the best of luck, my dear.
kazoo
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