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hi there, my name is molly and i have dealt with anxiety issues for a couple yrs now. I take .5mgs (4 to 5 pills a day so max 2.5 mgs and have for about a year) but i have tried so so many times to stop and i can't - i get extremely shaky, can't think straight, bad temper, sweaty, you name anything extremely uncomfortable and i'm it when i don't take them, my body seriously can't function if i don't take them daily. I will admit i did start to abuse them as i was only supposed to take 3 a day but i have gone through a lot this past yr, my last living grandparent died, my dad had a heart attack (thankfully survived), my 4 yr relationship with my boyfriend fell a part. I don't want to admit to anyone I've become dependant and I just want off - they were prescribed to me for my anxiety and I also take trazadone at night to help me sleep as that is when the majority of my panic attacks were - i want off of the xanax!! any suggestions please let me know i'm desperate at this point. I have a 6 yr old son and am a single mother, i have to stop this and be 100% for my son. any advice would be GREATLY appreciated. :confused:
 
Hi Molly! By the way, one of my grandaughters name is Molly and she is a sweetheart! If I were you, I wouldn,t fight getting off any of your pills right now, I think it will make your anxiety worse. I am on Ativan for 3 years now and couldn't do without it. don't abuse it, but find I really need it for anxiety. I really don't know how you can get off the Xanax, but don't go cold turkey, if you really want to, start by tapering your dosages off a little bit of a time,every week, if that doesn't work and you still have anxiety, try and go with the flow, most of us would love to get rid of our medications, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I wish you luck!.....Sharon
 
Molly,

Check out the addiction board on this site!

I'm sure you'll find alot of great info there.

And yes I agree with the pevious poster the best and safest way to quit drugs like Xanax would be using a taper plan.

I'm sure someone on the addiction board can come up with a good plan for you.

Xanax is best used only when you get a severe panic attack. (In my honest opinion) not to be used as a daily ritual.

Also get yourself a good physical check up. ALot of people think anxiety is all in the mind (Yes it is) but it could be because you hormone levels are out of whack, or that you have some kind of vitamin diffenciancy or some other kind of issue that is contributing to the anxiety.

SO make sure you get a good physical and make sure you specifically ask your doctor to get all your hormone levels checked. Estrogen, testosterone, and other such things. plus ask him to make sure you don't have any vitamin diffeciancy or any other blood test that the doc can think, that could be casuing your anxiety.

Alot of people who have anxiety find that one of the above things I mentioned is off. I always think before going on any Phycatric meRAB that a good and thorough physical should be had and then if everythng is normal and healthy, then to start on anxiety meRAB or anti-deppresants.

What kind of anxiety are you suffering from if you don't mind my asking?

Anyways sorry to say so much, good luck and keep us informed as to your progress.
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hi molly i suffered acute anxiety and depression back in 2003 and i was in a bad mess mentaly inside my brain was emotional blackness and i was on medication to calm the worst feelings of dispair. I started to go to the gym and exercised regular .i would go in feeling terrible and come out feeling better and my brain felt calmer exercise exausted t
he power of my feelings and cleared my mind to think clearly.
I started to go out and try and enjoy myself and make frienRAB and after a while after doing just that i noticed little changes ,i could actually feel myself getting better but slowly but not through the meRAB as i was doing it for myself i.e enjoying life i am now off medication as i realised that going to the gym and socialisng was doing wonders for me
im sure if you tried hard enough and did happy things as above and keep it up even if you feel its not working you will see progress in the end take care and try what i said trust me
 
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