Tapering while going to work experience :( help/advice please

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Hi guys

 

So i was taking 1mg of xanax every day for 7/8 months now, 0.5mg in the morning and 0.5mg in the afternoon/evening. Tried quitting cold turkey for a few days and felt like i was going insane... so started taking 1mg xanax a day for a week or so.Decided to switch to diazepam 4 weeks ago for tapering as it is longer lasting which really helped.

 

I was on 15mg of Valium a day (5mg morning/afternoon/evening) stayed on that for about 1 week... which was fine, didn't really have any withdrawals that much.

 

Decreased my dosage to 12.5mg a day (5mg morning, 2.5mg afternoon, 5mg evening) for 2 week which was somewhat fine. However during the last couple days at work i'd start having withdrawals during the end of the shift (which usually involves meetings). Symptoms such as head buzzing, feeling restless, anxiety....was manageable to an extent but felt like making an excuse to go home at certain times!

 

Now for this past week i'v decreased my dose to 10mg a day (5mg in the morning, 2.5mg afternoon and 2,5mg evening)... This is where my symptoms get bad during the end of day at work but i've tried to just soldier through it.

 

I work as a recruitment consultant, 10 hours a day (Mon-Fri) and i'm having trouble concentrating now and feel as it may be affecting my productivity and mental state. Especially during end of day meetings where i mentioned my symptoms above get worse.

 

I felt as if my life was getting back on track but these withdrawals are kicking me ass :/

 

Any advice on what I should do?

 

I feel like increasing my dosage back up to 12.5mg but changing the schedule to (5mg morning, 5mg afternoon and 2.5mg evening with camomile tea to help me sleep.

 

Any advice is much appreciated!

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Not an expert in this but it seems that you tapper fast so maybe doing it little bit slower might help. Doing 10 hrs work while tapering is awesome. Many of buddies have difficulties to work during the journey. I think it is good to work as it keeps many w/d symtoms away as you concentrate to your work.