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Posted by PRINCESSKELI on April 23, 2006, at 12:29:40
CAN ANYONE RELATE TO THIS...IVE BEEN ON 2MG XANAX ON AND OFF FOR 7 YRS NOW.... 4YRS THIS TIME AROUND...BUT NOW IM TAKING MORE AND MORE TO GET HIGH...I WANNA STOP BUT THE SICKINESS SUCKS...AND IM A HEROIN ADDICT ON 150 MG/DAILY METHADONE TOO! ANYONE WHO CAN RELATE HIT ME BACK PLEASE.....THANKS AND MUCH LOVE AND RESPECT
Posted by ClearSkies on April 24, 2006, at 9:42:32
In reply to HAVING A REAL HARD TIME KICKING BENZOS!, posted by PRINCESSKELI on April 23, 2006, at 12:29:40
I was on a low dose of xanax for a long time, and even that was hard for me to taper off of.
The consensus seems to be to take it really, really slowly. Take it down .25mg and stay at that dose for a couple of weeks. Continue tapering slowly - staying longer at each reduced dose. When I finally lept off the last .125mg (yes, you read right) it was 2 weeks of feeling so crummy that I didn't want to get out of bed.Now that I've stopped I still have my anxiety, although it isn't as bad as before I started. Distracting myself during the bad times (I go and do something - anything - for 15 minutes, then reassess how I feel) helps a lot.
Good luck.
Posted by Declan on April 30, 2006, at 17:43:14
In reply to HAVING A REAL HARD TIME KICKING BENZOS!, posted by PRINCESSKELI on April 23, 2006, at 12:29:40
Hi PK
So tell me, how do you feel on 150mg/d methadone? (Better than you would without it!) I can relate. Do you think that such a large dose of methadone causes a low grade depression; I thought it did with me, and at lower doses too. I essentially ended up agoraphobic or completely buggered or something like that.....I was taking benzos (Valium) as well. It took me forever to almost sort it out.
Love and respect to you too
Declan
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