I have a bezo addiction which would stop a train in its tracks. Have 4 drs prescribing for me for a total of about 10mg of xanax a day. Want to get of of the crazy train but dont know how. Have 3 little children 10, 7 and 6. The 6 yo has autism - severe. Called Dr. who told me have to abstain from benzos for 48 hours and then will deal with taper then. Seem to think he is right. Wants someone with me for 48 hours also to adminster the medication and I must see him 3 times the first week. What do you think?
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stepbystep89
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Have you considered or do you have the support that would allow you to do something inpatient?
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Secrets1983
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Welcome Monkey,
That does seem to be a very high does of xanax. I can't imagine what you are going thru.. I think this Dr. is probably going to give you something like suboxone to help with the w/d and that is why you have to be benzo free for 2 days prior. I think it's time for you to make a change and it sounRAB like you think so too.
This place is great for support and we hope you stick around and get your life back... You don't want to be walking around all drugged up forever.. I did it for a long enough time and now that the haze has left.. Life is so fulfilling and so very fragile. Your children obviously need you so it's time to take care of you for a while so you will be there in the future to take care of them. Good for you for speaking to the dr. about this.. That takes a lot of courage and for that you have already made an accomplishment! You CAN do this. We are here for you. Hang in there!!!!!!!!!!!
Keep us posted! You will be in my thoughts and I will pray for your strength!
~Secrets
That does seem to be a very high does of xanax. I can't imagine what you are going thru.. I think this Dr. is probably going to give you something like suboxone to help with the w/d and that is why you have to be benzo free for 2 days prior. I think it's time for you to make a change and it sounRAB like you think so too.
This place is great for support and we hope you stick around and get your life back... You don't want to be walking around all drugged up forever.. I did it for a long enough time and now that the haze has left.. Life is so fulfilling and so very fragile. Your children obviously need you so it's time to take care of you for a while so you will be there in the future to take care of them. Good for you for speaking to the dr. about this.. That takes a lot of courage and for that you have already made an accomplishment! You CAN do this. We are here for you. Hang in there!!!!!!!!!!!
Keep us posted! You will be in my thoughts and I will pray for your strength!
~Secrets
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FMC3
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Wow, I can't imagine that much Xanax. I went into an inpatient rehab facility last year for alcoholism. I needed to detox. I was there for six nights and seven days. I was also taking Xanax, but was only taking two to three mg. per day. They took me off the Xanax too. It was, bar none, the hardest thing I have ever done. I slept about two hours the first night I was there and then not a wink for the next five nights, even though they administered some type of drug to help with the withdrawal. I don't think I had any alcohol withdrawal symptoms, but boy howdy, did I ever have a rough time getting off the Xanax. I thought it might kill me, but I just had to have faith that they knew what they were doing. I have since relapsed on alcohol, and I can't seem to go more than a few days without it, even though it's just about corroded away my esophagus, but I haven't touched any anti anxiety drugs since July 3, 2007, and I hope like hell I never do. I am so grateful to be off the benzos. But like I said, it was the hardest thing I ever did.
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reachout
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Hi
First things first... big congratulations for talking to the doctor about this. What a wise thing to do!
I tapered off Xanax after completing a taper from Oxycodone. Yes, it was more diffficult to taper from the Xanax, but Honey, I was able to do it and have been living happily without it for a year and a half. Do not miss it at all.
A taper from a benzo should, in my opinion, be extremely slow and steady. I really tried following the 5%-10% rule... meaning that each cut should be no higher than that. Each cut was followed by a waiting period until my brain and body found balance again... sometimes a few days, once almost three weeks. I began the taper at 1.5 mgs a day and took a few months to complete. My doctor and I agreed that it was not a matter of how long it took as much as it was a matter of making steady progress.
I spent a lot of time learning about breathing techniques that helped when anxirty hit... you know, like Lamaze during labor stuff. Smiles. It really helped. Walking and movement helped a lot, too. I would dance with my grandbaby or dance alone... didn't matter as long as I moved.
Keep that dialogue going openly and honestly with your doctor. My own plan got tweaked a couple of times as I went through the taper. I forced myself to be totally honest always with the doctor as he was with me. My husband held my meRAB and that certainly helped.
I wish you all the best on your plan. The going can get tough at times, but we trudge through knowing that the light at the end of the tunnel just keeps getting brighter as we do. The end does come and we find ourselves in such a happier, healthier place.
God Bless
reach
First things first... big congratulations for talking to the doctor about this. What a wise thing to do!
I tapered off Xanax after completing a taper from Oxycodone. Yes, it was more diffficult to taper from the Xanax, but Honey, I was able to do it and have been living happily without it for a year and a half. Do not miss it at all.
A taper from a benzo should, in my opinion, be extremely slow and steady. I really tried following the 5%-10% rule... meaning that each cut should be no higher than that. Each cut was followed by a waiting period until my brain and body found balance again... sometimes a few days, once almost three weeks. I began the taper at 1.5 mgs a day and took a few months to complete. My doctor and I agreed that it was not a matter of how long it took as much as it was a matter of making steady progress.
I spent a lot of time learning about breathing techniques that helped when anxirty hit... you know, like Lamaze during labor stuff. Smiles. It really helped. Walking and movement helped a lot, too. I would dance with my grandbaby or dance alone... didn't matter as long as I moved.
Keep that dialogue going openly and honestly with your doctor. My own plan got tweaked a couple of times as I went through the taper. I forced myself to be totally honest always with the doctor as he was with me. My husband held my meRAB and that certainly helped.
I wish you all the best on your plan. The going can get tough at times, but we trudge through knowing that the light at the end of the tunnel just keeps getting brighter as we do. The end does come and we find ourselves in such a happier, healthier place.
God Bless
reach