outoftheloop
Greenlighter
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Firstly, I'd like to apologize for making another benzo taper thread, I tried scouting the forum far and wide, but I got some conflicting information, so I figured I'd make a thread, and hopefully someone will provide some helpful input.
I started using xanax around the 8th of December and had zero tolerance. 0.125mg would make me quite mellow, 0.25mg would knock me out. In a few days, I built up to 0.25mg and continued with this dosage for a week, before running out.
Around the 20th of december I picked up some more 1mg pills. I stuck to about 0.5mg a day, split into a couple of 0.25mg doses until the 28th, when I caught some flu and thought it would be a good idea to time-travel until I was no longer sick. Until the 1st of Jan I took 0.25mg doses daily to help me sleep.
Since the 1st of Jan, I've been averaging about 1mg of usage daily, split into small 0.25 doses. While initially, 0.25 doses would make me really sleepy, the last week, I've needed 0.5mg to feel any real buzz, but would chase a high, leading to doing about 1 mg a day (give or take 0.25). The last week, I've stopped feeling great from taking the xanax, no longer the euphoria it gave me & it just makes me sleepy & relieves some muscle tension and anxiety.
I'm now down to six 1mg pills and have stopped using (as of waking up a few hours ago). I am generally depressed & anxious a lot of days, which was the appeal of xanax - it helped me concentrate, made me feel great, and allowed me to read books and do other tasks I'm usually too distracted to do.
My question is: At this point am I safe to stop cold-turkey? How long would it be until first withdrawal symptoms (if such appear?). Is it adequate to assume that at such dosage I should have none to very mild withdrawal symtpoms? My main concern is that basically, my dosage pattern was wake up > start dosing > increase dose > sleep, meaning that I'm just now going into my first waking hours in the last 3 or 4 weeks without any xanax. If sleeplessness is anything to go by, I don't feel that at all, in fact I'm tired and sleepy and could go to bed right now. How long is it until I can clearly assess what the severity of withdrawals (if any) will be?
I am most likely overthinking it & xanax has been so welcome due to my generally anxious nature, but it would be good to get some second opinion. My current research-based conclusion is that at this dosage, I should have very mild to none symptoms, but also I saw that apparently splitting doses into multiple smaller doses can produce stronger dependence.
PS: I dont know if its worth noting, but whenever Ive done long multiple month alcohol binges in the past, Ive never experienced any withdrawal symptoms at all.
I started using xanax around the 8th of December and had zero tolerance. 0.125mg would make me quite mellow, 0.25mg would knock me out. In a few days, I built up to 0.25mg and continued with this dosage for a week, before running out.
Around the 20th of december I picked up some more 1mg pills. I stuck to about 0.5mg a day, split into a couple of 0.25mg doses until the 28th, when I caught some flu and thought it would be a good idea to time-travel until I was no longer sick. Until the 1st of Jan I took 0.25mg doses daily to help me sleep.
Since the 1st of Jan, I've been averaging about 1mg of usage daily, split into small 0.25 doses. While initially, 0.25 doses would make me really sleepy, the last week, I've needed 0.5mg to feel any real buzz, but would chase a high, leading to doing about 1 mg a day (give or take 0.25). The last week, I've stopped feeling great from taking the xanax, no longer the euphoria it gave me & it just makes me sleepy & relieves some muscle tension and anxiety.
I'm now down to six 1mg pills and have stopped using (as of waking up a few hours ago). I am generally depressed & anxious a lot of days, which was the appeal of xanax - it helped me concentrate, made me feel great, and allowed me to read books and do other tasks I'm usually too distracted to do.
My question is: At this point am I safe to stop cold-turkey? How long would it be until first withdrawal symptoms (if such appear?). Is it adequate to assume that at such dosage I should have none to very mild withdrawal symtpoms? My main concern is that basically, my dosage pattern was wake up > start dosing > increase dose > sleep, meaning that I'm just now going into my first waking hours in the last 3 or 4 weeks without any xanax. If sleeplessness is anything to go by, I don't feel that at all, in fact I'm tired and sleepy and could go to bed right now. How long is it until I can clearly assess what the severity of withdrawals (if any) will be?
I am most likely overthinking it & xanax has been so welcome due to my generally anxious nature, but it would be good to get some second opinion. My current research-based conclusion is that at this dosage, I should have very mild to none symptoms, but also I saw that apparently splitting doses into multiple smaller doses can produce stronger dependence.
PS: I dont know if its worth noting, but whenever Ive done long multiple month alcohol binges in the past, Ive never experienced any withdrawal symptoms at all.
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