Posted by blueberry on December 10, 2006, at 15:00:34 [reposted on December 11, 2006, at 0:24:13 | original URL]
In reply to Xanax 4 mg Daily for Three Years. Now?, posted by Mishal on December 10, 2006, at 2:55:57
It is just an opinion, but I think if you follow your doctor's weaning plan off xanax you are going to be in one hell of a bad place in terms of depression, anxiety, and withdrawals all at the same time. That taper schedule looks way too fast to me.
As others have mentioned, a decent strategy is to go on a long acting benzo while weaning off the xanax.
Why go off it though? If it is helping you live your life, maybe it is worth keeping?
I understand you are worried about 4mg being such a high dose. The thing is though, there are people here who have been on 6mg, 8mg, 10mg for up to 10 years and are still doing fine. It is so darn hard to find something that works. If it works, I would say think about keeping it. Otherwise, look at a very slow taper over several months with the help of a long acting benzo.
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