Posted by cactus on October 15, 2008, at 16:56:38
In reply to Thank you so much Racer ((((((Hugs))))) to you, posted by LisaDC on October 15, 2008, at 14:16:29
hey lisa, the reason racer and your doc mentioned prozac is because it stays in your system for a long time, as you mentioned. This then slowly leaves your system over a longer period of time making things more comfortable for you and lowers the withdrawal process to a minimum, making it easier to stop because it has a long half life.
Do some research on half lives of meds, meds with long half lives are easier to come off and people are often switched to them to help them stop. I wish I had know about this every time I stopped SSRI's because I too have been right where you are now, many times over the last 15 or so years.
My next concern for you is xanax, it's a great drug BUT it has a short half life and could possible be making your anxiety levels similar to that of a roller coaster, because it wears off so quickly your anxiety sky rockets. See if you can switch to a low dose of valium or clonazepam, they have long half lives and you might find that you'll only need one dose a day, smoothing out your anxiety to a more stable level instead of munching on xanax all day. Xanax is a very addictive drug in the benzo family , all benzo's are addictive but xanax is one of the worst offenders. It is also terrible to come off if you are prone to withdrawal. Good luck, C
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