Posted by Phoenix1 on February 11, 2008, at 19:35:26
In reply to Re: Xanax Withdrawal - 3mg at night, posted by sukarno on February 11, 2008, at 11:03:02
> What works for me may or may not work for you, but I was on 5.5mg Xanax (in divided doses) per day for a few years. The way I discontinued it was to go straight to diazepam and taper.
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> I stopped Xanax completely on 31 July 2005 @ 5.5mg/day and substituted with 80mg diazepam in divided doses. The next day I took 60mg, then 40mg and finally 20mg on the 4th day.
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> The first day on diazepam I felt a tense feeling from Xanax withdrawal like my head was a TV camera and felt like some sort of "junkie", but it wasn't terrible.
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> The next few days I was just fine and continued on 5mg diazepam 4x/day. Now I'm only on 5mg 3x/day and doing fine.
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> I hope this helps. :-)
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> Best wishes,
> PaulThis is similar to a very accelerated Ashton method. Some people can do it faster than others. But switching to diazepam is a GREAT idea because of the longer half life...
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