Dry cutting Xanax, need some suggestions

Hello, I’m back again. My doctor is pushing me to continue my taper that I took a break from so I’ve got to get back on the bandwagon with this s###. So, before when I was here I bought a scale, I was going to do the microtapering etc. etc. etc., it was just too much for my simple brain. So, for now, I’m going to continue to cut microdose shavings off of a .25, cut and hold, to continue my taper. I think that will work for me. My current dose that I’m starting with is on my profile signature. My question today is, I’ve read that many people split their doses up into four doses a day, how do you go about doing this? I’ve only taken two doses a day and I do think I’m experiencing a little bit of what’s called inter-dose withdrawal(?) because by the time it’s time for me to take my next dose I am getting kind of jittery with some heart palpitations and such.. so how exactly do you go from taking it twice a day to splitting it into a four times a day? Do you have to increase your dose? Are you not gonna have withdrawal symptoms that first day from your body not getting the maximum dose in the morning/night? Just how do you go about doing this? Thanks in advance!

You don’t increase your dose, and you’re right, there will be an adjustment period but it sounds like your body is ready for this.  Give yourself time to make the change by holding your dose for as much time as you need.

I’m frozen with fear. I’ve done this before but I didn’t have the AFib and PSVT to worry about. The heart specialist said these conditions won’t kill me and to just go by what my body is telling me. But when it was time to dose/cut I couldn’t 😢 I’m scared shitless of having bad withdrawals.

I’m frozen with fear. I’ve done this before but I didn’t have the AFib and PSVT to worry about. The heart specialist said these conditions won’t kill me and to just go by what my body is telling me. But when it was time to dose/cut I couldn’t 😢 I’m scared shitless of having bad withdrawals.

 

I think I know that fear as I've been scared to move ahead when I've tried 2 different taper methods and got to nervous (bad tremors).  I have 1 mg of C tablet to deal with, taken it for 35 years;  One thing that has helped me with a dry taper is learning to use a good nail file, but I know that smaller chunks will be harder when I get there.  Right now I am only tapering .001 from my .150 weight of tablet now, it started out at .169.  The scale was my biggest issue so I finally bought one that is used and recommended by others here, The AWS Gemini 20, and there is another called GEM 20. As I type this, it wasn't so much the scale I was using, but my lack of practicing it just using an aspirin tablet etc.

 

I wish I could help you with doing 4 doses a day, but I've never tried that.  Not sure I have any inter-dose-wd but I'm not suffering much at all.  I was like you in that I could not do this at first, but I kept practicing my cuts with razor, and shaving off a teeny bit, then weighing.  That's just all I have to offer you, everyone is different in what works for them.  I am so glad you are here, you have some choices/options to taper, and if I can find "my" way, I know you can too, Denise

Thanks for replying, not many people around like before. I’m a little more confident today.. start cutting my pills more exact so when I do shave a little more I’ll know when to expect the withdrawals.. I’ve done this before but I didn’t have the arrhythmias to worry about like I do know. Before I just cut a whole quarter of a .25, I wouldn’t dare do that now with this heart stuff to deal with. I’m gonna get stable with my cutting this current dose then try to shave a little more day after tomorrow and start the taper. My Dr is being weird, she had been helping me this past year to taper, then she said to just stop because it was affecting my heart arrhythmias (I’ve since seen a specialist) but now sh a pushing me to start back tapering. I know here they are cracking down on the Drs now like they did with the opiates and none of the Drs here are even prescribing benzos anymore, except for her.. seems like she’s gonna stop now too..

It should be in my signature but i used a scale and dry cut.  I would adjust the frequency of doses but wouldn’t go up in total mgs per day.  I went with how i felt and my symptoms.  There was no real structure or science to the method i used.  If my symptoms were bad i held until there was some leveling out and then would cut again.  As someone else stated i used a nail file when the tablets became very small.  I wasn’t hugely exact as i really didn’t think it matter for me.  I did use a scale that was recommended on here. It was made for weighing jewelry.

Once i was convinced the symptoms in and of themselves would not harm me, i kept the goal of stopping and would persist through the cuts.

There was times I’m sure i forgot a dosage , i didn’t try to make it up.  Near the end of my taper, i started to completely eliminate dosages with no adjustment to other dosages.  I found in the evening i was feeling better so i eliminated that dosage.  Then the mornings weren’t so bad, so i cut into that dosage. 

Trust your body and CNS to heal despite the terrible discomfort you’re going through.  Healing is gradually and painful but you will get there.

It should be in my signature but i used a scale and dry cut.  I would adjust the frequency of doses but wouldn’t go up in total mgs per day.  I went with how i felt and my symptoms.  There was no real structure or science to the method i used.  If my symptoms were bad i held until there was some leveling out and then would cut again.  As someone else stated i used a nail file when the tablets became very small.  I wasn’t hugely exact as i really didn’t think it matter for me.  I did use a scale that was recommended on here. It was made for weighing jewelry.

Once i was convinced the symptoms in and of themselves would not harm me, i kept the goal of stopping and would persist through the cuts.

There was times I’m sure i forgot a dosage , i didn’t try to make it up.  Near the end of my taper, i started to completely eliminate dosages with no adjustment to other dosages.  I found in the evening i was feeling better so i eliminated that dosage.  Then the mornings weren’t so bad, so i cut into that dosage. 

Trust your body and CNS to heal despite the terrible discomfort you’re going through.  Healing is gradually and painful but you will get there.

 

Glad to hear how well  you did Martineka    I know I'm hopeful my wd sxs aren't any worse than they have been but I had cut more to start with, that may be why they were a bit more extreme.  I started with what I thought was a .25 but when I got to BB and invested in a scale, I found out it was only 11.2 cut, and thank goodness I wasn't cutting 25%.  I've learned a lot here, and why my doctors method did not work and actually gave me some sort of seizure (no doc since then, cardio, neuro, md) has diagnosed me, or found any damage.  Well maybe they don't see it, but my left arm and hand both still have numbness in them.  It was my whole left side of body, like someone had drawn a perfect line down half my body from head to toe.

 

Anyway, I don't forget that when I am doing the taper, and can't agree more with you on making your own way in cutting, holding, and mainly listening to our bodies.  Thanks much for sharing, Denise 

It should be in my signature but i used a scale and dry cut.  I would adjust the frequency of doses but wouldn’t go up in total mgs per day.  I went with how i felt and my symptoms.  There was no real structure or science to the method i used.  If my symptoms were bad i held until there was some leveling out and then would cut again.  As someone else stated i used a nail file when the tablets became very small.  I wasn’t hugely exact as i really didn’t think it matter for me.  I did use a scale that was recommended on here. It was made for weighing jewelry.

Once i was convinced the symptoms in and of themselves would not harm me, i kept the goal of stopping and would persist through the cuts.

There was times I’m sure i forgot a dosage , i didn’t try to make it up.  Near the end of my taper, i started to completely eliminate dosages with no adjustment to other dosages.  I found in the evening i was feeling better so i eliminated that dosage.  Then the mornings weren’t so bad, so i cut into that dosage. 

Trust your body and CNS to heal despite the terrible discomfort you’re going through.  Healing is gradually and painful but you will get there.

 

Are you saying your withdrawal/tapering got a bit easier as you went along/toward the end? I think I remember mine did, the first time I was here tapering off.. I made the mistake of getting back on it after a long period of being off of it so here I am again 🙄

Thanks Oregon.  I’ve been off for over 6 months and still have some symptoms and i don’t feel well enough to write a success story yet.  Letting the symptoms dictate the cutting and holding worked best for me without regard to a timetable.  I ended up jumping mostly because i was over it and I had cut so dramatically early on I figured i could withstand and survive more harsh withdraws.

 

Justhereforthefood- it was much harder at the beginning but i made big cuts -accidentally- in the beginning.  By the middle and end of my taper it was easier but that’s relative consider how much we suffer.  When I had a window- i cut and no matter how bad I felt I didn’t go back up.  i would take a little cannabis with CBD sometimes a night to sleep and take the edge off.  People have mixed feelings about cannabis on here.  I took very little and never regularity. The more i could take my mind off of the symptoms the better, being outside helped a lot. The real healing seemed to have started when I stopped completely— not without its own ups and downs. 

Thanks Martineka.. seems like I remember it getting easier for me when I did this previously, it became routine, although I did of course have to go through the withdrawals.. unlike some folks where it gets harder at the end. I hope I go the same route this time..