Posted by blueberry on November 28, 2006, at 16:30:16
In reply to To Dissipate grieving thoughts... Xanax?, posted by Pluto on November 28, 2006, at 3:37:12
If xanax improves your life to where you can function, then that's what meds are supposed to do. If you need it for a long time, a fellow babbler in my benzo thread recently said it has been 20 years on xanax at 3mg. People struggle for years and decades to find meds that improve their mood and ability to function. If you've already found it, consider yourself blessed.
Longterm dependence can be dealt with if you ever want to get off. A good strategy is to take a long acting benzo like klonopin, in the background, while weaning off the xanax. And then once xanax is done, it is easier to wean off of klonopin because of its long half life.
If you go the route of an antidepressant or something else, just keep in mind that you will suffer lousy withdrawals getting off those too. It's not as if benzos are the only meds that are very uncomfortable to get off of. Side effects from antidepressants are generally more numerous and more intrusive. My vote is to go with whatever works and live life while its here.
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