Posted by bassman on November 9, 2006, at 6:42:40
In reply to Re: In Middle East: Xanax is the only way out, posted by Pluto on November 9, 2006, at 5:07:51
The only pdoc I ever went to that I thought knew what he was doing looked at me quizzically when I said I want to withdraw from 1 mg Xanax/day. His comment was, "at such a low dose, there's nothing wrong with you taking that for 10 years-more than that. If you were taking 3-5 mg, I'd say ‘wait a minute here’..."
But I do get the "Xanax dependence" fear thing that you are experiencing. Again, I agree with the "it's working, leave it alone" advice you've gotten from several folks. Take care of yourself now and concern yourself if and when that day comes-and it is very unlikely you’ll be so dependent that you’ll have problem withdrawing. In withdrawal trials with Xanax, there wasn’t much difference between those that were able to withdraw from Xanax or placebo. Imagine being dependent (“addicted” is a fun word to use, it’s just incorrect in this usage) to placebo!:>} I wonder what you switch to to withdraw from a placebo? Valium, via Ms. Ashton?
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