Told the doctor I've consumed 350mg of alprazolam in the last 60 days with of/ on use of benzos for a while before that. By the grace of witch craft, they decided an outpatient taper with diazepam was suitable. Also, I made it clear I didn't want to do inpatient detox/taper.
They averaged my use to 4mg alp per day. But in reality, by the end of it all I was doing 6-8mg per day.
Problem is, they started me on 40mg diazepam per day. That's 1 in the morning and 1 every 4-6 hours. By their standards 10 to 1 is equivalent. But every where I look the equivalent dose is more like 15-20 to 1.
I'm definitely noticing the drop in medication today.
They averaged my use to 4mg alp per day. But in reality, by the end of it all I was doing 6-8mg per day.
Problem is, they started me on 40mg diazepam per day. That's 1 in the morning and 1 every 4-6 hours. By their standards 10 to 1 is equivalent. But every where I look the equivalent dose is more like 15-20 to 1.
I'm definitely noticing the drop in medication today.