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Addiction of alprazolam

I am comsuming 2-4 mg alprazolam daily since last 4-5 years I wanat to get rid of it .please help.
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I hope you are still using this forum. Please, is three anohter name for clonoprin? It is not in Drugs.com or anywhere ese. Did you getit outside the US?
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Xanex has to be tapered over a long period of time.  I was on 4 mg and tapered down to 1 mg but can't seem to taper anymore, but I have panic attacks and general anxiet disorder.  It is recommended that the dosage be tapered by no more than 20% every 10 days to 2 weeks.  Some recommend substituting valium for xanex.  The dosage equivalency is supposed to be 20 mg of valium for each 1 mg of xanex.  So, if you get your xanex usage down to 2 mg, you would be substituting with 40 mg of valium.  Then you could safely go down by 1 mg of valium every week or 2.  This way it would save you from the worst withdrawals.  The only problem being that some doctors do not want to write prescriptions for valium.  A lot of doctors try to withdraw you too fast.  The best way is slow.  Ask your doctor about this.
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401095 tn?1351391770
perhaps you 2 can pm each other and offer support...benzos are tapered to avoid seizures...perhaps in the am someone with more experience can help as i was a hydro addict
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12-16mgs of ataivan right now, an having a hell of a problem
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452063 tn?1324074916
Sorry , I misunderstood the post...That is not a theraputic dose. I would still go to my MD I can  not  give advise as I never had to wd, only tapered bc I wanted to while using a theraputic dose. Sorry for the misunderstanding. Corey
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401095 tn?1351391770
I think she is saying that she is taking 2 to 4 mg of xanax and she did not say what dose pill she was using to add up to that....do keep posting as there is alot of support here
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452063 tn?1324074916
So is it 2-4mg or 8-1mg. Just trying to clarify
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401095 tn?1351391770
xanax comes in .25    .5 and 1 mg tablets....     .25 is the usual starting dose for xanax    4 mg a day would be a substantial dose and would need to be slowly tapered due to risk of seizures...I have never been addicted to benzos but others may help who have more experience
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452063 tn?1324074916
Do they come in 4 mg?  I was taking 2-3 5 mg Xanax for years for panic attacks and bc of some life traumas. I used to take Valium 5 mg 2-3 x a day and when my stress was down, I took less bc I didn't remember to take them wo the stress. I found that Xanax was difficult to cut down on and stayed at 3 pills a day for a long time. I talked to my MD and she said they can cause rebound anxiety so that when I took a pill and it wore off I was getting anxiety from the pill wearing off. This was different than wd as it happened in a matter of several hours. She put me on clonoprin and no more rebound anxiety. I take 1-2 .5 mg a day and sometimes only 1 to sleep. Im not recommending that you just stop taking them but talk to your doc. Clonoprin is much easier to cut down on when you are taking a theraputic dose. Good luck, Corey
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401095 tn?1351391770
That drug has to be tapered and would be best under a doctor's supervision...can you talk to your doctor about it and make a plan with his supervision...please be safe and keep posting
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