I have been addicted to alprazolam since I was 16, taking 0,25mg as needed and gradually, as i grown to 23 years old young man, i was using doses 2-7mg daily and after a few psychedelic trips i realized that i can't be happy because of enormous amount of strong downer i am addicted to - Alprazolam. So.. i am pharmacologically quite educated so i decited to abstain for a 25 hours from alprazolam while slowly introducing my body to good old friend VALIUM (DIAZEPAM). Everybody who know something about benzos know that best way to quit potent, straight to the head going short acting alprazolam is to switch to Diazepam. According to many sources and literature 10mg of diazepam = 0,5 - 0,75mg alprazolam. So i slowly put myself on 20-40mg diazepam daily, hoping it will build up in my system and over power alprazolam cravings but no matter how much diazepam i take, there is still something missing about alprazolam. For example i have Hard to to sleep on diazepam and i suffered one psychotic break down Last night which was quickly eliminated by 1mg alprazolam and 45mg codeine. My question is, is it even possible to replace such a strong and long addiction to alprazolam by slowly reducing diazepam schedule? In theory yes, it is standard way to quit short acting benzo. But i feel that alprazolam is doing something that diazepam can't cover up. Any ideas how to quit this devils potent triazolo benzodiazepine? Diazepam strategy works only partialy.