Posted by Jorge Neves on August 18, 2002, at 17:40:32
In reply to Re: xanax withdrawls, posted by Buffet on November 24, 2000, at 2:34:48
Deare friends,
I have been on xanax for 6 months (started with SEROTONIN (Paxi, I think), then prozak, and so on. All this for panic attacs (sometimes I couldn't get out ou the metro without the help of paramedics.). The dose prescribed was 0.5 mg, but I´m taking 10 mg a day)and sometimes I feel like taking more).
I dont know where this is gona end, but paxil, prozac, serotonin and an so all have worst side efects. At least xanax as a liyle bit of drunkenness associated with it.
I whoukd like to stip panica attacs in other way, but...Good luck, (jorge.neves@netcabo.pt)
> > > 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
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> > Ten mgs./day for two years? (Great Caesar's ghost, where's my smelling salts?)
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> I agree with you there! 10?! I've taken this amount once for the hell of it and I don't understand how anyone can even function at this level!
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> > 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?)
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> Now this is where you lost me Kazoo. The doc was irresponsible and naive to allow a prescription get to 10mg of xanax, but who's really at fault? If 'onlymeisee' is honest with him/her/its self, 'onlymeisee' probably asked for bigger doses or hinted that the xanax is starting to poop out. The idiot doc prescribed more, but the patient asked for it first. And, my healthcare would be a lot cheaper if it were not for people sueing docs for reasons such as this. If xanax grew on trees, who would you sue then? People need to take responsibility for their own stupidity. To get owns self to 10mg in two years is the fault of the user (or might I even say abuser), unless the doc was pushing the drug which I HIGHLY doubt. Rant is over... : ).
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> > 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.
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> Agreed. Taper off. If your not successful at getting off of xanax, at least get the dose way way down, say the 1-1.5mg range. Try an AD. Get a different doc or a p'doc. Also, try going to klonopin - 1 pill in the morning, long lasting, less abuse potential because it is not as quick as xanax. I guess you can compare it to alcohol, xanax being shots of tequila, and klonopin being the 3.2% beer. Maybe thats a crappy analogy, but you probably get the point. You don't get the initial 'high' or ahhhhhh feeling, but you do get the benzo help in longer duration.
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> Good luck,
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> Buffet
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poster:Jorge Neves
thread:49312
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