withdrawing from xanax

[[Buddie]]

I'm amazed you can function on only one dose, but glad to know you're fighting through the anxiety.  Would you be willing to take the .17 for a few days to see if you can stabilize a bit, I'm hoping you'll feel better by staying at a steady dose. 

[[Buddie]]

hello hope all is well this week i am trying to take .12 of xanax for the whole week i dont want to do the liquid way also on my really bad days i am taking 300 mg of gabapentin about 4 times during the week an i know i will have to ween my self off that after the xanax i just hope my anxiety doesnt force me back to taking xanax

[[Buddie]]

I see you went for the lower end to hold your dose on, I hope your anxiety won't get too bad.  The way to keep your anxiety from causing you to take more Xanax would be to slow your taper down.  I know I keep preaching this to you but the purpose of a taper is to use the drug to minimize your symptoms, rushing to get off of the drug just means you'll have to face your symptoms without the drug once you're off.  We hope to see healing take place through a slow taper allowing you to step off the drug without too much discomfort. 

[[Buddie]]

how would you think is the best way i  i taper off  i am inbetween .25 an.12 for  the last 3months now

[[Buddie]]

Are you still alternating days with the .25 and .12 or are you on a steady daily dose?

[[Buddie]]

so far the last 9 days i been on .12 an afraid to lower may dose at this point you read about how bad this xanax is to stop i do feel some anxiety during the daytime but it seems to pass by if i dont fight it

[[Buddie]]

You actually sound quite good if you're able to work through the anxiety so it sounds like fear more than pain that's holding you back.  Don't get me wrong, fear is a huge withdrawal symptom and it's powerful but if you can fight back against it then you can continue to rid yourself of the drug that's causing the fear, crazy huh?

I think you can do this but the first thing you should probably do is quit reading horror stories and concentrate on how great it's going to be when you're finally free.

[[Buddie]]

i am not sure how am i feeling just feel like i been off not myself lately not sure if its because i been cutting back with my doses or its just me

[[Buddie]]

Its the drug, you can't possibly know who you are until you're free of the drug and recovered from your use.  These drugs change us but the great part is when we get rid of them, we return to who we were and its so good to feel like yourself again, that person you lost to the drug so long ago.

[[Buddie]]

[...]- Amen to that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is my light at the end of this tunnel that I am fighting for!  I have so many plans after this is over!

[...]- You have come so far!  You can definitely do this!  Slow and Steady wins the race!  You got this!