Posted by judy1 on August 11, 2002, at 13:30:43
In reply to Protracted benzodiazepine withdrawal?, posted by Mr.Scott on August 10, 2002, at 19:02:52
Alan gave you some wonderful sites and a very well written post. My pdoc, who has worked with a panic/anxiety population for 20+ years and treated them with benzos, has never seen the phenomenon you were describing (a protracted withdrawal). Many of his patients want to get off meds eventually (once they learn coping skills) and they taper slowly with no lasting effects. You are on an extremely low dose and honestly I don't think you're going to have problems. For his (my doc's) patients that do have anxiety problems occasionally they take xanax prn with no problems. I have taken 6mg klonopin AND up to 6mg xanax for over 4 years and have been able to get off a couple of times completely with a slow taper. But I have other disorders and land up going back on. Take care, judy
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