Posted by yxibow on September 16, 2006, at 0:53:02
In reply to Re: Trileptal to help taper down xanax, posted by rjlockhart on September 15, 2006, at 13:59:53
> My stepdad takes Trileptal 600mg for Siezures. It acts on teh GABA receptors similar to the benzodiazepines but it doesnt bring relaxation or that relief. It mainly keeps down the electrical pulse in the brain. When coming off Xanax, i have read people do have some siezuires.
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> Good luck!One only has seizures coming off of a benzodiazepine if they have habituated to it and are coming off of it at a medically unsound rate (up to and including "cold turkey".) Seizures are very much more rare unless one has a hidden genetic tendency towards them in the management of withdrawal from benzodiazepines following a rational method of say 10% a week give or take granted the size of tablets available on the market.
But being a short half life medication, one can either make that less of a concern by either consolidating 2x or 4x / day dosing to Xanax XR (the only reason why I think that more expensive patent extender is valid, personally), or more cheaply convert it over to Valium and reduce from it, being 24+ hours in half life.
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