2 1/2 months off Xanax CT Detox and trying to get off Zoloft! Severe symptoms

[[Ma...]]

I have now been off Xanax from a CT detox in the hospital for 2 1/2 months and having severe acute symptoms still from that that is a complete nightmare and has destroyed my life! Bad thing is I keep trying to tell the doctors I'm the hospital and my family that what I was going through was Xanax WD and they keep looking at me like I was crazy and blamed my symptoms on anxiety and OCD. So they put me on .5mg of resperdal and 75mg of Zoloft out of the hospital then at my one month checkup I got completely off the resperdal and they bumped me up to 100mg on the Zoloft which I have now been on 2 months. I don't think it's helping as nothing like I told them would help Xanax WD other than another benzo and now I'm stuck with the Zoloft! I want to get off but after 2 months I know I can't quit it Cold turkey so I looked it up online and it shows two ways to either cut down a dose or 25mg every 2-6 weeks or so and even slower taper of 12.5 % once a week too get off in 8 weeks and for me with how bad the Xanax symptoms still are I know slow is probably the best for me in this situation but I actually ran out of my 100mg tablets last night and I have enough of the 50mg tablets to start the taper tonight breaking two pills down to where it's only a 12.5% reduced dose. But I only have enough to do that for about 4 days then I'm out! The 100mg and 50mg tablets are different and I don't know how that's gonna screw me up cause when I get my refill it will be 100mg so I don't know? This is crazy my current symptoms are horrible intense head pressure burning and numbness in my head, confusion, dizziness, DP/DR and horrible evil intrusive thoughts are all the worst! Most of which I think is still acute Xanax WD but I want to get off the Zoloft as safely as possible! Help and advice please

[[pa...]]

I wouldn't be to quick to get off the Zoloft as you can have withdrawals from that as well.  One withdrawal at a time.

[[Ma...]]

Yeah I wish I wouldn't have given in and stayed off everything but here I am so what to do? The Xanax symptoms as far as WD are so severe I really don't know what Zoloft is doing to my brain helping or adding to the misery? If and when I to taper off it it's gonna very slow over a period of months not weeks or cold turkey cause I can't handle anymore torture right now I just hate not knowing what it's doing to my brain cause the Xanax WD is the worst most miserable thing I have ever experienced and I feel like I'm fighting for hope and staving off death everyday!

[[be...]]

Your current symptoms are about as debilitating as they come.  I probably would do the same thing with the Zoloft. You are right. Do not stop it suddenly. Tapering sensibly from it.  Maybe even a micro taper...

[[Ma...]]

Yeah debilitating is not even the word I would use! Xanax completely destroyed my life and my brain and has stopped it cold with no end to the torment or torture in sight! I live everyday in my own personal hell and between the severe pressure burning numbness and pain in my head the horrid DP/DR. Confusion, dizziness and this nightmare of evil intrusive thoughts that I have to fight and deal with everyday I feel as if there is no hope, I've lost me myself forever and I will never recover! I've spent every night since Christmas Eve crying at my mothers feet begging for it to stop and about all I do is lay on the couch in agony holding and rubbing my head caus the pressure and burning is so bad o can't take it and when I get to the point I need to do something else I get up and go out to the back porch and smoke but it doesn't help much cause I really don't even enjoy smoking all I do is rock back and forth crying just wanting the pain to go away! I can't remember the last time I smiled and my daughter was watching a movie and there were some funny parts and I tried to crack a smile and laugh but all I got was a deep dark cloud and severe pain and pressure in my head! As far as the Zoloft the best way I've found as far as research is to taper 10% every 2 weeks which whether I have 100mg or 50mg tablets even with a pill cutter can only get down to 12.5% cuts breaking them down so from 100mg to off would take about 4 months on a slow taper but I'm scared either way cause I can't handle anymore psych drug WD and my brain Ian in enough agony as it is and this is not a pain I would wish on my worst enemy! I feel like my hope, my life, and my soul have been taking from me and I just want my life back and I'm hoping for a miracle that may never come and that's so scary!

[[Ma...]]

I am in same ship here.Almost 5 months out and still like in acute.Took so less xanax over short time but it kicked me like i took it all my life.