Posted by askbob on December 24, 2002, at 0:00:59
In reply to Re: Effexor coming off of 5 years use. Help!, posted by mxgirl13 on December 23, 2002, at 9:58:48
My experience with Xanax is it is addictive. I was taking St. John's Wort for anxiety plus Xanax every night at .5mg -- then under stress started increasing it to 1.0mg. At this point it gets addictive, and my nerves were shot. Like a junkie, I started dabbling in various herbal relaxants, and got so screwed up that I ended up in the hospital.
Don't try to save money by doing herbals! Especially stay away from Kava-kava -- it is dangerous when taking a sedative like Xanax.
See if your doctor will switch you to Klonapin -- a safer alternative. I switched, and could not sleep for a week. Eventually it worked, though, and I don't feel so tired every afternoon. I used to feel exhausted every day after work (while taking Xanax before bed).
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> I am taking .5mg Xanax to get to sleep at night. Is this interfering with the Effexor? I can't get to sleep without it. I feel like I'll just jump right out of the bed if I don't take one to calm down.
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> I'll appreciate anything anyone has to offer. Thank you so much.
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