1 month untill off xanax

[[be...]]

Picked up my last xanax prescription yesterday, Im supposed to be completley off the end of april, im taking so little now youd think i would just be able to stop. im trying to adjust to my current dose now so i can do my last taper soon. im optimistic about this, scared,but optimistic. I suppose on that  blessed day,i just stop taking them and hope for the best?  either way, its gonna happen! 

[[so...]]

You have done a 3 month taper? Well almost 4 months. How are your symptoms? If you are doing well now then it's probably safe Tom assume your jump will  uneventful. I hope it goes well

[[be...]]

yeah,my dr. told me in january he wanted me off by the end of april. my symptoms are not as bad as in the beginning. at first my throat was tight,and i felt like i wasnt getting enough air. on feb 14 i was prescribed buspar,but i couldnt handle the side effects,so i stopped taking that 2 days ago. i still take my zoloft and lamictal. i want to get down on my dose of xanax a little more before i stop completly, i still get really bad anxiety ,and i need to be able to deal with it better.

[[Ma...]]

Honestly, if you have little withdrawal symptoms and are stabilized and on a low enough dose, F*CK IT! JUMP ! No point in dragging out the proccess. I found towards the end of my Taper that i literally was just feeling worse so i finally jumped last week and am on day 6 no ativan and feel GREAT!!! Wish i would have jumped sooner. I really do believe you can just be making yourself worse if you taper "too long".

[[Bu...]]

Honestly, if you have little withdrawal symptoms and are stabilized and on a low enough dose, F*CK IT! JUMP ! No point in dragging out the proccess. I found towards the end of my Taper that i literally was just feeling worse so i finally jumped last week and am on day 6 no ativan and feel GREAT!!! Wish i would have jumped sooner. I really do believe you can just be making yourself worse if you taper "too long".

 

Good to hear that You are doing well Malaaka!

 

So there is a big difference in taking a Benzo for six months and many years. Long term and severe down-regulation of GABA receptors over time is a very different animal. Again awesome to hear that your jump was successful, but not all that surprising and certainly not to be expected from long term users.

 

Respectfully,

 

Wilson 

[[be...]]

i appreciate that advise,but i have been on xanax for a long,long time, i wouldnt say that my symptoms are minor, they are not as bad as the beginning meaning i can breath, but they are still bad. im going to hold on untill the end of april,since i am doing this fairly quickly.

[[We...]]

Just wanted to say I am in a similar spot as you - at least as far as the taper.  Taking 3/4 of a .5 pill and getting ready to go down to .25.  I've had some symptoms after each cut so far but tolerable so far.  Good luck!!

[[go...]]

I am on a 6 month taper from .75. When I hit .25 it was misery in the cardiac department. I slowed way down and am finally at .08. I figure I have one more month to go then I will be done. I do not think I could have jumped at this point. I am going to go below .0625 and then jump.

[[Be...]]

Everyone is diff....I jumped at .5 Valium and it sent me into hell, I reinstated and slowed down my taper which still sucks but doable and plan on jumping very soon when I get back to baseline. Just listen to your body at all times and you should be fine to jump!

[[be...]]

im trying to get down to a quarter of this .5 mg, then go off that.  i definitly hate having my anxiety/paranoia/ and depression peak right now,i sure hope it gets better.

[[jr...]]

.5mg in 30 days is a little too much in my opinion. However, If you are determined , you could liquify the dose and reduce daily to help with the side effects.

[[Ge...]]

BeautifulTrees, I think you are doing great.  Stay strong.,, there is light at the end of this tunnel!

[[be...]]

to : jr, liquify?? , im basiclly on a half of a .5 mg right now. to :  george, thank you so much!

[[Bu...]]

to : jr, liquify?? , im basiclly on a half of a .5 mg right now. to :  george, thank you so much!

 

Hi Trees,

 

A few thoughts... If you are doing okay then continue... But I found that the 6-8 hour half life of Xanax made inter-dose withdrawal too difficult and painful. I crossed over to valium and everything got much better right away. (As The Ashton manual suggested.) In case you are wondering .5mg of Xanax is equivalent to 10mg of Valium...

 

Doing a liquid taper makes the dose reductions exact. Getting the dose reduction exact will help to mitigate wd effects... Mixing a .5mg pill of Xanax with 500ml of water is easy. if you wanted to take a dose of say .375mg you would take exactly 375ml of liquid (save the rest)... Doing a daily taper becomes much easier as well. If you want more info on this, let us know. But again, if you like the way that things are going than keep it up! 

 

All the best,

 

Wilson 

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i appreciate that advise,but i have been on xanax for a long,long time, i wouldnt say that my symptoms are minor, they are not as bad as the beginning meaning i can breath, but they are still bad. im going to hold on untill the end of april,since i am doing this fairly quickly.

 

Hello BeautifulTrees,

 

There's no point in dashing towards the finish line. You might want to give your brain time to adjust. I've seen people holding at amounts below .125 because they feel they need to. Do it your way and congratulations!

[[jr...]]

to : jr, liquify?? , im basiclly on a half of a .5 mg right now. to :  george, thank you so much!

 

 

you could dissolve your .5mg pill in 2 ml of vodka and add 48ml of water. this will give you a solution of .01mg/ml. if you decide to be off in 30 days , you would reduce 1.6ml per day. But , it is my opinion that is way too fast. I think a more reasonable taper would be to taper over 150 days reducing .33ml per day and holding when necessary. even at that it is a 20% reduction a month and that is very fast in my opinion. It took me a year to reduce my last .5mg of xanax and at times I went too fast. I am not trying to cause you any anxiety but am offering this up as an alternative.

[[be...]]

great advice from everyone, thank you. my dr. didnt like my head dr. putting me on buspar (which i stopped taking due to side effects) so he definitly would not switch me to valum, im still pretty confused about the math everyone speaks of ,once i get under talking 1/4 and 1/2 ect. im lost lol. sorry ya'll !

[[Ma...]]

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I AM HAVING SUCH A BAD DAY THAT I EVEN FORGOT HOW TO POST!!!!!                  Please ANYONE WHO SEES THIS HELP ME!!!!

 

I made it through last night and am still here this morning.  I know I am just replying, but some one please help.!!!!!

 

I started a slow taper from Ativan to Valium nback in June 2016.  Please look at my profile.  I was doing sort of OK and holding on 1 5 mg pill in the AM  1  5 mg pm.  Slowly tapered after Many months.  Simptoms began at 2.5 mg am 2.5 mg pm total 5 mg per day.    Went  down another quarter pill gradual over one month total 4.75 all hell broke loose.  Pkease see my profile and prior posts some administrattor!!!!

I am now shaking so bad I vannoot write or type.  Not eating much and about 4 hours of sleep a night if I am lucky..  Sweating and  chills.  Dizziness can barley geet around house. Yesterday breakfast dropped whole bowl of cereal on rug husband helped me clean it up.  Will get up now for the second time.

 

Took am meds 2.5mg Valium,  90mg cymbalta, 300 mg Wellbutrin (1 pill)  per doctor.  Another 5 mg Valium will be taken before bed.

 

I am goignn to try to have breakfast and shower now.   

Today I am totally disoriented sweating followed by     

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Beautiful trees- I jumped off xanax when I was down to .125 ( two .0625 slivers per day) after long term use. I would recommend getting down below the .5 you are at now before considering a jump..it was challenging enough for me at .125 - wouldn't have wanted to jump any sooner. Best of luck to you!

[[be...]]

Beautiful trees- I jumped off xanax when I was down to .125 ( two .0625 slivers per day) after long term use. I would recommend getting down below the .5 you are at now before considering a jump..it was challenging enough for me at .125 - wouldn't have wanted to jump any sooner. Best of luck to you!

great advice , im definitly going to get to a 1/4 or lower before i jump, this morning was bad and i took an entire 1/2 in one dose,

[[be...]]

Help! Help! Help!!!!

I AM HAVING SUCH A BAD DAY THAT I EVEN FORGOT HOW TO POST!!!!!                  Please ANYONE WHO SEES THIS HELP ME!!!!

 

I made it through last night and am still here this morning.  I know I am just replying, but some one please help.!!!!!

 

I started a slow taper from Ativan to Valium nback in June 2016.  Please look at my profile.  I was doing sort of OK and holding on 1 5 mg pill in the AM  1  5 mg pm.  Slowly tapered after Many months.  Simptoms began at 2.5 mg am 2.5 mg pm total 5 mg per day.    Went  down another quarter pill gradual over one month total 4.75 all hell broke loose.  Pkease see my profile and prior posts some administrattor!!!!

I am now shaking so bad I vannoot write or type.  Not eating much and about 4 hours of sleep a night if I am lucky..  Sweating and  chills.  Dizziness can barley geet around house. Yesterday breakfast dropped whole bowl of cereal on rug husband helped me clean it up.  Will get up now for the second time.

 

Took am meds 2.5mg Valium,  90mg cymbalta, 300 mg Wellbutrin (1 pill)  per doctor.  Another 5 mg Valium will be taken before bed.

 

I am goignn to try to have breakfast and shower now.   

Today I am totally disoriented sweating followed by   

i sure hope your day gets better, i really dont have too much advice except maybee tell your dr. what your going thru and see if they can do something diffrent, wish i could help you more

[[jr...]]

Help! Help! Help!!!!

I AM HAVING SUCH A BAD DAY THAT I EVEN FORGOT HOW TO POST!!!!!                  Please ANYONE WHO SEES THIS HELP ME!!!!

 

I made it through last night and am still here this morning.  I know I am just replying, but some one please help.!!!!!

 

I started a slow taper from Ativan to Valium nback in June 2016.  Please look at my profile.  I was doing sort of OK and holding on 1 5 mg pill in the AM  1  5 mg pm.  Slowly tapered after Many months.  Simptoms began at 2.5 mg am 2.5 mg pm total 5 mg per day.    Went  down another quarter pill gradual over one month total 4.75 all hell broke loose.  Pkease see my profile and prior posts some administrattor!!!!

I am now shaking so bad I vannoot write or type.  Not eating much and about 4 hours of sleep a night if I am lucky..  Sweating and  chills.  Dizziness can barley geet around house. Yesterday breakfast dropped whole bowl of cereal on rug husband helped me clean it up.  Will get up now for the second time.

 

Took am meds 2.5mg Valium,  90mg cymbalta, 300 mg Wellbutrin (1 pill)  per doctor.  Another 5 mg Valium will be taken before bed.

 

I am goignn to try to have breakfast and shower now.   

Today I am totally disoriented sweating followed by   

 

 

In my opinion, I would up dose and hold until I felt better. This is not a race. You will need more time.