This Is How My Doctor Told Me To Taper Off Xanax Slowly

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Yesterday at 11:11:34 PM vita64 - Lyrica is similar to Neurontin. If you take it, when you stop, you'll need to taper it.

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Yesterday at 10:17:43 PM stereomarlowe - anyone know anything about lyrica?  My doc is asking me to take it before I start my taper....

[mikeyst27]

Mikey-

What do you need help with? A taper plan? If so, for anyone to help you & give you some type of guideline, we need to know what you are on(not sure if you switched to Klonopin from Xanax), the size tabs you have in mg's and how you dose now. Can you tell us this info? Is your doctor helping you & supporting your taper?

JB

Yes I Want to get a taper plan as fast a possible slowly the better. i been on benzo since 2005. double dosing 4mg but now still on xanax 2.75mg
I am Scared Of What 4 years of xanax could do to me. My doctor just did rx after rx of xanax. he suggests that i go to rehab/hospital.  but i said i need your people support and my tough body. i can do it with you not playing 25,000 dollars. i rather find a better Doctor than this one already 10 years with this guy.

Only Faith, You Guy My Strength I Can Get Rid Of This Poision

[Just Breathe]

Mikey-

I was on Xanax for 7 years, dosing from .5mg -3mg's a day and did a c/o to Valium and began my taper. I am glad you know that this is a slow process and that you would like to get off. Being patient, flexible and having acceptance are great tools during the taper process and after. I think I recall you also have the AA&D program from the Midwest Center...use it. A great tool for understanding anxiety and learning coping skills.

We can try and help you come up with a taper plan, maybe you can even bring it to your doctor and have your doctor's support to, never know. How do you dose? Is it once, twice or three times a day and what size tabs in mg's do you have? That info will help. No two tapers are the same so be prepared to allow for adjustments and that you may need smaller mg pills from your doctor.

I will try to help and maybe other members with chime in too.

Just Breathe

[mikeyst27]

Mikey-

I was on Xanax for 7 years, dosing from .5mg -3mg's a day and did a c/o to Valium and began my taper. I am glad you know that this is a slow process and that you would like to get off. Being patient, flexible and having acceptance are great tools during the taper process and after. I think I recall you also have the AA&D program from the Midwest Center...use it. A great tool for understanding anxiety and learning coping skills.

We can try and help you come up with a taper plan, maybe you can even bring it to your doctor and have your doctor's support to, never know. How do you dose? Is it once, twice or three times a day and what size tabs in mg's do you have? That info will help. No two tapers are the same so be prepared to allow for adjustments and that you may need smaller mg pills from your doctor.

I will try to help and maybe other members with chime in too.

Just Breathe

2mg Bar Generic In The Morning .5mg Orange & 0.25mg Cutting From Orange... This Month Xanax Every 8 Hours

[Just Breathe]

2mg Bar Generic In The Morning .5mg Orange & 0.25mg Cutting From Orange... This Month Xanax Every 8 Hours

Mikey- the above is your current dosing schedule. You have 2mg bars and .5mg tabs. Is there a way for you to even out your doses every 8 hours? Something like this:

1mg 7am   .75mg 3pm   1mg pm 11pm (every 8 hours)

To achieve the 1mg amount, you could cut your 2mg bar in half, leaving 1mg for am & pm and the midday would be a .5mg + 1/2 of another .5mg = .75mg's. When we start a taper, it is better to have a more even amount of medication distributed throughout the day as opposed to one wallop dose(your am dose), unless there is a reason that you need more in the am; it is up to you to decide if you would like to change your dosing schedule. When you have an even distributed amount taken throughout the day, you can stabilize on that dosing schedule for 1-2 weeks and then start to reduce one of the doses. If I were you, I would change the dosing schedule, stabilize for 1-2 weeks, then begin to cut from the midday dose by .25mg's(approx. 10% of your total daily dose), leaving your midday at .5mg's for 1-2 weeks, then making another cut. The next cut can be planned out after you begin your stabilization and then, first cut. Does this make sense?

Please ask any questions and again, I will try to help as best I can and possibly some other members can offer some suggestions and support too.

Just Breathe

[mikeyst27]

2mg Bar Generic In The Morning .5mg Orange & 0.25mg Cutting From Orange... This Month Xanax Every 8 Hours

Mikey- the above is your current dosing schedule. You have 2mg bars and .5mg tabs. Is there a way for you to even out your doses every 8 hours? Something like this:

1mg 7am   .75mg 3pm   1mg pm 11pm (every 8 hours)

To achieve the 1mg amount, you could cut your 2mg bar in half, leaving 1mg for am & pm and the midday would be a .5mg + 1/2 of another .5mg = .75mg's. When we start a taper, it is better to have a more even amount of medication distributed throughout the day as opposed to one wallop dose(your am dose), unless there is a reason that you need more in the am; it is up to you to decide if you would like to change your dosing schedule. When you have an even distributed amount taken throughout the day, you can stabilize on that dosing schedule for 1-2 weeks and then start to reduce one of the doses. If I were you, I would change the dosing schedule, stabilize for 1-2 weeks, then begin to cut from the midday dose by .25mg's(approx. 10% of your total daily dose), leaving your midday at .5mg's for 1-2 weeks, then making another cut. The next cut can be planned out after you begin your stabilization and then, first cut. Does this make sense?

Please ask any questions and again, I will try to help as best I can and possibly some other members can offer some suggestions and support too.

Just Breathe

MY Cousin is a doctor in poland i have no clue why she told me to take 2mg in the morning then lower doses in the afternoon
i will try the way to do it but slowly i want to be off xanax with benzo buddies not in a rehab center what my american doctor told me
thanks just breathe

[wwjd]

Mikey,
I'm glad you came to Benzobuddies for help.  I think you have gotten some good advice so far, and will get more support all during
your withdrawal process.
Good research shows that people do not suffer permanent damage from benzo usage, but it's not so easy to stop using them.
Please stop worrying about that. Many people right here at BB have used these meds for years and recovered.

You are going to be fine. 
In fact, you are going to be better than fine, since you will have learned some valuable lessons that will last you for a lifetime:
...Be very careful what you put in your body.
...Be a little more skeptical about medical advice.
...Research everything on the internet...it is a marvelous tool.
...You are even tougher than you thought.
...and finally...There are lots of good people in this world...and plenty right here at BB.

Go back to page 1 of your post and re-read Colin's 2nd post about dosing.  He is the founder of this website.
Go back to page 2 and re-read Ronnie's advice.  He sounds like his dosage is similar. 
I have very limited experience with with Xanax (2 panic attacks), but it never it lasted more than 2-3 hours for me, so
dosing every 4 hours sounds better to me if you can do it, as Ronnie suggested.
Good Luck with your taper, and keep posting,
David

[Just Breathe]

2mg Bar Generic In The Morning .5mg Orange & 0.25mg Cutting From Orange... This Month Xanax Every 8 Hours

Mikey- the above is your current dosing schedule. You have 2mg bars and .5mg tabs. Is there a way for you to even out your doses every 8 hours? Something like this:

1mg 7am   .75mg 3pm   1mg pm 11pm (every 8 hours)

To achieve the 1mg amount, you could cut your 2mg bar in half, leaving 1mg for am & pm and the midday would be a .5mg + 1/2 of another .5mg = .75mg's. When we start a taper, it is better to have a more even amount of medication distributed throughout the day as opposed to one wallop dose(your am dose), unless there is a reason that you need more in the am; it is up to you to decide if you would like to change your dosing schedule. When you have an even distributed amount taken throughout the day, you can stabilize on that dosing schedule for 1-2 weeks and then start to reduce one of the doses. If I were you, I would change the dosing schedule, stabilize for 1-2 weeks, then begin to cut from the midday dose by .25mg's(approx. 10% of your total daily dose), leaving your midday at .5mg's for 1-2 weeks, then making another cut. The next cut can be planned out after you begin your stabilization and then, first cut. Does this make sense?

Please ask any questions and again, I will try to help as best I can and possibly some other members can offer some suggestions and support too.

Just Breathe

MY Cousin is a doctor in poland i have no clue why she told me to take 2mg in the morning then lower doses in the afternoon
i will try the way to do it but slowly i want to be off xanax with benzo buddies not in a rehab center what my american doctor told me
thanks just breathe

Mikey-

Good luck and keep us posted on how you are doing, okay?

Just Breathe

[mikeyst27]

Please ask any questions and again, I will try to help as best I can and possibly some other members can offer some suggestions and support too.

Just Breathe


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I will Still Doing Good 2.75 Very Slowly I Want To Get To Taking 1mg In August And Finally Stop Taking This Crap In My System

i have a question how long does xanax last in the system









MY Cousin is a doctor in poland i have no clue why she told me to take 2mg in the morning then lower doses in the afternoon
i will try the way to do it but slowly i want to be off xanax with benzo buddies not in a rehab center what my american doctor told me
thanks just breathe
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Mikey-

Good luck and keep us posted on how you are doing, okay?

Just Breathe
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[eljay]

i have a question how long does xanax last in the system

Hi Mikey,

It lasts about a day. The technical half life is six to 12 hours. The half life is the point where half of the original dose is still in your system.

[mikeyst27]

i have a question how long does xanax last in the system

Hi Mikey,

It lasts about a day. The technical half life is six to 12 hours. The half life is the point where half of the original dose is still in your system.

Can Something happen to you when you take benzo's long term. i been taking xanax  since 2005  will something happen to me because i am sometimes paranoid that something can happen to me like cancer, heartattack, if i keep on thinking negative i will go insane. thats why i workout my doctor does not help me at alot with the withdrawal he tells me to go a rehab place and i don't want to i am still on 2.75mg cutting every month .25 and praying to god to help me