Posted by Jackster on February 4, 2001, at 0:25:27
In reply to Re: Xanax tolerance » Daveman, posted by JaneST on February 3, 2001, at 20:30:03
Hi
I've been on Xanax for the last 6 weeks whilst waiting for the Paxil to kick in too. But in my case i was on Paxil 40mg for 3 years for agoraphobia with PA and it worked wonderfully. I decided to come down off it slowly, but then the PA's started coming back. When I went back up to the full dose it didn't work as well anymore. After trying many different AD's (Celexa, Imipramine, Prozac) I ended up having the worst PA's of my life (brought on by the starting too higher dose of Prozac I think). I got put on Xanax 1mg x 3 a day which helped me heaps. This is not an uncommon dose for Panic disorder. The Doc seemed to think that addiction wasn't a danger until after about 3 months. If I'm not doing anything stressful at night, I don't take my last dose until just before bedtime which helps me sleep. I'm seeing the PDoc next week - would have been back on the Paxil for 7 weeks so time to reduce the Xanax and see how I go. Wish me luck. Anyone got recommendations about the speed of tapering off Xanax?
Jackie
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