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I was on 3.  2 mg Xanax a day for a number of years

I told my doctor I don't want to be dependent anymore

I thought he would switch me to another longer lasting but

 

He lowered me to 5 mg a day from 6

So now I'm taking 1 mg 5x a day

I see him in a few days

I'm not handling it well any advice?

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First, this is why i never told my doctor that i wanted to taper. They treat you differently when they think you're an addict.

 

I'd tell him that i changed my mind and want to stay on it. Then take your meds and taper.  :thumbsup:

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Ya he told me

 

" I hope your making the right decision"

 

Which added to my anxiety

And like I said

I asked him to switch me to Valium or kpin but he told me that would put me into withdrawal

I see him in 3 days

 

Any advice cause I don't see how I can possibly taper off of XANAX

Please any suggestions??? V

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So you know my head is fighting itself

But I'm confused

 

On how to reduce each dose to make this as comfortable as possible

How do you split the tabs up to know how much your taking?

 

And btw.  Good for you Donna that is great ..how are you.  I'm scared to tell the truth

 

And congratulations to you crash bandicoot

 

 

My doctor does not care about my well being

Because it's 100$ for a 15 min appointment

He said " ok go through 4-6 months of pure hell just to find out you come back on them"

            As I left " hope you made the right decision" 

Which just added to my anxiety

 

I have a TBI and I can't figure out the math on that method it sounds great tho

 

         

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Stabilize and then post your med type, dosage per day, and number of doses per day, and I'll do the math for you. That's assuming you want to use my method.  :thumbsup:
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Ok..thank you

 

I am currently

 

5 mg Xanax a day

 

1 mg every 3 hours

 

Every 3 hours is 8 times per day...?

 

Anyway, i'd split it up between dry pills and liquid. Take 4.5 mg dry pill and .5 mg liquid. Then taper from the liquid. Repeat when you reach zero liquid.  :thumbsup:

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So you know my head is fighting itself

But I'm confused

 

On how to reduce each dose to make this as comfortable as possible

How do you split the tabs up to know how much your taking?

 

And btw.  Good for you Donna that is great ..how are you.  I'm scared to tell the truth

 

And congratulations to you crash bandicoot

 

 

My doctor does not care about my well being

Because it's 100$ for a 15 min appointment

He said " ok go through 4-6 months of pure hell just to find out you come back on them"

            As I left " hope you made the right decision" 

Which just added to my anxiety

 

I have a TBI and I can't figure out the math on that method it sounds great tho

 

       

 

I'm doing pretty good  :thumbsup:  I made 10% cuts from 1.5 to 1.0.  My first cut was a big one, 2.0 to 1.5, then I came to BB and learned to slow it down.  Until now I was able to cut every two weeks.  I've had very little sxs, some anxiety is about it.  I learned to distract myself and it really does help.  I think I'm going to hold at 1.0 because we travel all summer and I don't want to get hit, if I would, while traveling. 

 

I've followed Crash since I got here and thinking about the liquid.  He is an inspiration to us all.  It will all depend on how things go below 1.0.

 

Good Luck....just take it slow and don't be in a rush.  We all want it to be over with but not at the risk of being incapable of doing anything,

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No not 8 times a day

And I definitely need to fix and stabalize where the anxiety comes from FIRST

I feel like that if I don't do that this will not work because IT HASNT for YEARS.  I have to learn to cope but there's no help for us to do so.. It's like your on your own

1 mg -8am

          11am

          2pm

          5pm

          8pm

 

Well I couldn't believe it yesterday I was so busy that I got home at 8 and realized that I had only taken 2 mg so I took 1 more , so yesterday I got through on 3 mg total

8 am

3pm

8pm

Anyway I crashed today back to the 5 a day

So I see my doctor on Tuesday

 

I was thinking of asking him to switch to clonazepam or Valium to make it easier?

Or do I have him cut me to 4 mg a day

So that would be

1 mg every 6 hours?

Stuck and need to decide?

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Stretching out the time between doses didn't work for me, and you may get interdose wd with Xanax. I'd personally try to switch to valium or Klonopin to get the longer half life.  :thumbsup:
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Crash I have been reading your posts , you seem very knowledgable

What do you think the best way I should do this is?

 

I am so overwhelmed and depressed

 

 

And if my doctor says no to substitution and just stick to Xanax

How slow should I go ?

Should I go down to 1 mg 4x a day for 2 weeks

Then .5 mg

Then 0.25

Then jump?

Doesn't sound good any way you put it

 

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At your dose level, I'd take most of it dry and liquify the rest.  mix up the liquid using Builder's method and cut from there. Ask him for the math.  :thumbsup:
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Hi Onedge,

 

I'm tapering Xanax from a pretty high dose as well.

 

I was able to get pretty low cutting the pills so far.  If I were you I would go with lesser cuts every two weeks and see how it goes.  Perhaps cut .25mg each time and see if the wd sxs are easier.  You can get .5mg and .25mg tablets from your doctor.

 

I think you are on 5mg per day?  I don't think you said how long you've been on this.  When did you cut from 6mg to 5mg?  If it's not been two weeks, you may want to give it a little longer and then cut .25mg.  If you did that you would take 4  1mg doses and 1  .75mg dose  (a .5 and a .25).  Do you have the 1mgXR (extended release)?  These allow you to spread it out some when you get lower.  I did better on the XR and only dosed twice a day after awhile.  It just helps take the whole thing off your mind when you do one in the morning and one at night.  Unfortunately XR doesn't come at less than .5mg and you have to use some of the shorter acting .25's for doses that end in .25 or .75 (ex. 4.75, 4.25, 3.75, etc.).  You'd take 4.5mg in XR and .25 regular to get the 4.75mg if that is your next cut.

 

When you get lower than 2mg you may want to cut .125 (half of a .25mg) instead of .25mg.  Of course this is pretty individual and depends on how you do with wd sxs.  I was able to cut pretty large amounts until I cut to where I am now.

 

I'm going to crash's liquid micro taper when I resume.

 

Best wishes! :thumbsup:

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Ok so I went to the doc today and told him I was buggin

He told me I came down too fast

He gave me 1mg of clonazepam 4 times a day

Told me to try 3.5 but I need to feel it out for a few days

So now it's

1mg k pins

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Onedge, you may feel wd sxs from that. Going from 5 mg of X to 4 mg of K is a 20% cut relatively speaking. The good news is that it's easier to cut big when you're at a high dose. Also, the K is a much longer half life, so it's easier to get off of later.  :thumbsup:
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Onedge, you may feel wd sxs from that. Going from 5 mg of X to 4 mg of K is a 20% cut relatively speaking. The good news is that it's easier to cut big when you're at a high dose. Also, the K is a much longer half life, so it's easier to get off of later.  :thumbsup:

 

My doctors at the va wanted to cut me to 1 mg of kpin. 2 x a day

3 days ago

 

I told my doc that yesterday he said " that is absurd"

 

Well depression is setting in...facing REALITY now that I'm in this mess and that soon I'll have to actually face life

Ahhh

Man

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Don't get too depressed. A lot of people are able to get off in short time. This board is just full of the hard cases. You might be one of the majority.  :thumbsup:
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I wish I never got into this mess

I feel so trapped

I feel like there is no way out

 

I don't get this

 

I came down on the Xanax a lil

Now switched to clonazepam

My va docs said 1 mg kpin= 2 mg Xanax ???

Sure doesn't feel like it

 

Woke up today very depressed

I'm just sharing my feelings

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I wish I never got into this mess

I feel so trapped

I feel like there is no way out

 

I don't get this

 

I came down on the Xanax a lil

Now switched to clonazepam

My va docs said 1 mg kpin= 2 mg Xanax ???

Sure doesn't feel like it

 

Woke up today very depressed

I'm just sharing my feelings

My eyes are tearing constantly

 

So anyway my doc gave me 1 mg  4x a day of klonipin

How do I go about reducing ?

He said .5 every 2 weeks

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