Please help,can Xanax be doing this to me?

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For the past 5 months my health has deteriorated to the point I am bedridden and in chronic pain all the time..I have been to over 20+ docs and 4 emergency rooms..They cannot find anything, so I suffer..I can't hold on much longer..
I have been on Xanax or Klonopin, I switch about every five years or so, now 8 mg a day, which is nothing for me...I am now hearing that maybe I am suffering so bad because of the benzo's and all the years I have been on them...Has anyone ever heard of such a thing??? I also take topomax, only for the past 3 yrs, low dosage...I was on pain med's for 2 months, doc stopped me cold turkey...
It is very scary to be undiagnosed and suffering like pain I never knew existed...I am trying to hang on, but it's really beating me down...I need to know if it's the benzo's or not...Thanks and I really hope someone helps me..
 
benzo addiction is extremely serious and what you describe sounRAB like text book tolerance withdrawal. Do a search on the internet for "benzo withdrawal"

As I said this is serious and you need to find a doctor who will taper you in an accepted fashion such as Ashton. Xanax withdrawal is very uneven and the post benzo withdrawal syndrome can last years and generally does not respond well to vitamin supplements and other alternative medicines.

If this is indeed your problem, you are in for years of taper and withdrawal.

I most cases it takes years before the person is aware they are addicted to benzos. Most doctors never realize it.
The only doctor I ever found that was aware of the severity of the problem was only aware of it because it happened to her brother, who was also a doctor.
 
Suffering -

Are you asking if the pain can be created from all the years of taking xanax? Or are you tapering and want to know if the withdrawal could be causing the misery.

The way I read your question was that you were wondering if taking the xanax itself could cause your chronic pain. I've never heard of that. If I misunderstood and you are tapering off, then it appears it could be that reduction of the drug causing your pain based on the other response.

Just wanting to make sure we understand your issue.
 
I read it to mean he had tolerance withdrawal which can also do it but it would be good if he clarified.
 
I can't speak to your specific situation or symptoms, but I've known several people who've had crazy symptoms from severe alcohol addiction, so I wouldn't be surprised. If you're suffering so much, I would think the first logical thing would be check yourself in for detox. Stay off the benzos for a few weeks & then start to look into the other symptoms again. While you're on crazy amounts of alcohol or other drugs, doctors' usual methoRAB of diagnosis tend to not work correctly. And of course often the drugs/alcohol are the reason for the other problems in the first place.
 
he states that he has been on benzos for over a decade and at a very high dose. Stopping them would be extremely dangerous. It will take at least a year to taper properly.
 
How agonizing. I've been on Xanax for a mere six months, and abused various other benzos on and off for about a year; I started hoarding the Xanax prescribed to me, buying benzo's off frienRAB, and then taking ten or fifteen pills in a sitting. I haven't had any in a week or so, and have even been sleeping better these past few days, but even having only been prescribed .25mg, resisting the urge to acquire benzo's by any means possible has been tough. It's like a craving for sugar times a thousand; I vividly imagine the feeling in my mind, that distinct relief and pleasure, that even small doses of benzo's send thrilling through me.

So the notion of trying to get off 8mg a day, while experiencing myriad physical health problems, is frightening. It's possible the Xanax, at such a high daily dosage, is contributing to your health problems by taxing your body and preventing it from keeping itself healthy. I don't know what to tell you.
 
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