Xanax taper

[[bu...]]

I think he's wrong about that. My understanding is that 1 mg of K = 1 mg of X. 

 

http://www.benzo.org.uk/bzequiv.htm

 

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[[On...]]

Thanks

 

Well I'm glad I did not go with my VA doctor who told me 1mg k=2mg x

It amazes me how every PROFESSIONAL says something different

 

Well I guess this is going to take longer than I thought

I really want to succeed TRULY

But I want to do it as fast and as comfortable as possible

So if I reduce by .5 every 2 weeks like he told me to do

Hopefully it won't SHOCK my system very bad!

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Crash

What do you think is a practical timeframe

On how fast but SAFE I can taper now from the clonazepam

I am so overwhelemed by this ........

 

One day I am motivated and sick and tired

And the next my MIND AND BODY say    No this is what COMFORT is

These drugs are horrible and also VERY effective

These doctors should be making people dependant and ruining lives

They are for short term not 9 YEARS

 

I CANT BELIEVE THIS

[[Cr...]]

Are you tapering from Xanax or K? Your signature needs to be updated.

 

That dose is going to take awhile. Only your body knows how long it needs. Just be patient and taper at a rate you can handle.   

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Attempting to taper from k now

Ya I guess you are right

 

[[Cr...]]

How are you doing after the switch from 6 X to 4 K? 

[[On...]]

Not well

 

My body and hands  are shaking

I have to go #2 a lot

Depressed

Anxiety is through the roof

 

Sweating bad

My heart HURTS pounding out of my chest

 

[[Cr...]]

I'm not surprised. That's a HUGE cut of about 33%. Is the doctor insisting you stay at 4mg of K?

[[On...]]

No like I said I had a meeting with my doctors at the veterans hospital and they wanted to switch me to 1 mg of K two x a day and I declined

The VA doctors told me that 1 mg of K equals 2 mg of X

 

So I went to my private doctor outside of the VA and told him and he said that's crazy so he gave me the 4 mg of K a day and told me that I was going to go into withdrawals just switching

 

Well he was right

I hope in a few days that I can maybe level out and then start to taper because this is fin hell right now

 

My private doctor is very compassionate and understanding and told me we need to do this and slow and comfortable as possible and that there is no rush and that it is ultimately up to me

 

I really appreciate that you were actually answering me back it shows that you care

I really do not have any support system because nobody really understands

It comforts me just to see that you respond to my post

[[Cr...]]

My private doctor is very compassionate and understanding and told me we need to do this and slow and comfortable as possible and that there is no rush and that it is ultimately up to me

 

It would be a lot more slow and comfortable if he didn't have you cut 33%. But he probably doesn't know. Have you told him you're suffering? 

[[On...]]

No I didn't

Because I have an extra bottle of 120 k 1 mg

From last year but I am trying to wait it out a few days

My primary care doc rxed me primidone yesterday

I just picked it up

Plus I started using medical mmj about two months ago for my neuropathies

And I will go to the dispensary tomorrow

I live in a state where it can't be smoked

They have tincture , vapor like an electronic cigarette

 

Basically what I'm trying to say is that

I'm hoping my body will adjust

Why go back up? When the ENTIRE purpose is to stop.

I'm trying to just deal with it

 

Does that make sense?

 

I am just so so greatful to have found this website.

 

And I can't imagine if I would have listened to my va docs and had them give me only 1 mg 2 times a day

Really that is crazy

 

I'm sure you would agree with that

 

Also what really is getting to me is how can one doctor say

One equivalency that is soooo different from another

I find that very scary and it seems like a guessing game

[[On...]]

Okay.....so it ACTUALLY just HIT me today that I'm supposed to be TAPERING

Had a huge panic attac today followed by several others

Thinking that ITS TIME

Trying to look for any positive and not .....get comfortable at this dose I guess

Think tomorrow is 3.5 day   

[[On...]]

Woke up today

Very depressed

Crying

Can't calm down

Have to go the doctor for my back but don't want to leave the house

[[ly...]]

 

 

Your body is telling you that you are going too fast.  You may want to updose to stabilize and then proceed with smaller cuts.  If it were me, I would not cut further until wd sxs calm down considerably. 

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Ok ready now

 

So if I'm supposed to cut .5 every 2 weeks

What would be the proper way to start spacing out dosing now

 

Say ?

1 mg every 8 hours with two 1/4 for whenever?

 

Micro?

 

Shaving?

 

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I need assistance please......

 

This is my dilemma

 

I am now switched to 1mg of kpin 4 times a day

My doctor told me to lower . 5 every 2 weeks

 

So...do I continue to take what I'm taking then in 10 days just cut by .5

 

Or do I start taking less each day ?

 

For anyone who has experience

Can you give any suggestions?

[[bu...]]

Well, I',m a firm believer in a daily taper, so my answer would definitely be "...start taking less each day."

 

A .5 cut from 4mg is 12.5%.  Your body isn't going to like that!

[[jr...]]

I agree with Builder. a slow daily microtaper is the easiest way off. you have a doctor who doesnt really know how to taper a benzo. you might be able to tolerate a cut like that , but I know I couldnt. You were on 5mgX , so you have already made a !mg cut by taking 4mgK.

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No 6 of X

But it was nuts for 3 days

The switch

Still getting used to it

[[On...]]

Now down to

1mg of k 3x a day

 

So my doc told me that I can lower by .5 --1 mg a month

So now he said I'm going to be in this withdrawal taper for the next few months...... I don't want to feel like this all summer

He said we could do it faster and just get it over with

But it is my decision

 

I see logic in both ways

Just to get it done and feel like crap for a month or two

Or slow and steady

 

Any ideas

[[tj...]]

I would say slow and steady.  I am tapering off 2mg of K using liquid titration. i dissolve 2 pills in 10 ml of rum.  i let it sit overnight to fully dissolve.  Then i add 90ml of water to the glass jar.  I shake the hell out of it.  I then take out what I need to. Right now I am at 87ml.  So i reduced about 13 mls in about 3 weeks.  I just started feeling it and i am holding for a bit.  My rough game plan is to take out 1ml every 2-3 days.  When I get lower, like 50 ml I will go way slower!!!

 

2 years ago my Dr. gave me .125 wafers and that was going from .25mg.  Didn't sleep, and many other symptoms.  good luck!! take it slow.

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I feel stuck right now ....I am soo depressed

My stomach hurts

Have to go to the bathroom several times a day

Sweating bullets ...and I'm still on 3 mg a day

This is so overwhelming

[[ly...]]

 

 

On,  if you cut on the 20th then this should be about the worst (for this cut) and you should start feeling better.  Are you cutting .5mg at a time?  And how often?

[[On...]]

I went from 4 mg to 3 mg in a month

 

I am at 3 now for the last week and half and am lowering by .5 every 2 weeks

 

[[ly...]]

 

 

.5mg every two weeks may be too fast for you(?).  How have you done so far?  Do your symptoms drop-off by the time your next cut comes around?  It looks like you have 5 days until your next cut.  Maybe cut .25mg and see how you do?  I'm holding right now for the summer.  I, too, started at around 6-8mg Xanax.  I'm down to .3125mg.