Posted by chess on April 24, 2005, at 7:15:12
In reply to Re: MrScott and Shame » chess, posted by Mr.Scott on April 24, 2005, at 2:03:08
MrScott
did you ever try tapering off Xanax?that's what i'm trying to do right now, it's scary (the withdrawal or rebound is pretty intense, alot of weird sensations), i went to see my primary doc and he reassured me that i'm in no physical danger and my psych doc says "it's just anxiety" and she wants me to take Xanax more regularly to get my anxiety under control but i'm afraid of getting dependent on it so i'm trying to tough it out right now and see if i can do it on my own (i've also been taking Lexapro for 9 weeks now at 20mg and i'd like to see what it's doing for me without the Xanax)
> yes.
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> I had anxiety and depression and when I began to use xanax as needed I developed full scale panic attacks. Probably from rebound anxiety after it wore off. Only once I began taking it regularly did the panic go away and was the anxiety muted. However...There is no doubt that the benzos (I now have switched to klonopin make my depression worse).
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> Scott
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