Background for context: For the past 4 months I was unsuccessfully using subs for a short term taper off dope. Finally got it right a couple of weeks ago, but was using Xanax the entire time. Tolerance has built from a quarter to stick to needing 4 through your the day (2 to sleep). Stopped taking them for a couple of days and thought I had the stomache flu until I noticed the shaking hands. After getting advice from some members I went to the ER where I was given IV Ativan and a script for a taper with .5mg tabs (3 2x a day for 2 days, then 2 2x a day for 2 days, then 1 2x a day for 2 days, then 1 for 2 days). I also still have Xanax left and can get more if necessary but I don't want to. Please. I am desperate for some guidance.
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Help with getting off these things
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Here is some good information on benzos and withdrawing from them.
I would not use that taper as its shit.. i would drop your dose once a week by a reasonable amount and continue to do so until you can jump off.
Best of luck you can do this!
I would not use that taper as its shit.. i would drop your dose once a week by a reasonable amount and continue to do so until you can jump off.
Best of luck you can do this!
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That taper they recommended is dangerous. Please see your general physician or psychiatrist and discuss getting diazepam for the taper as it is a much longer half life. Please refer to the Ashton's Manual for a safe taper. You can do serious and unpleasant neurological damage if you taper too quickly off of benzos which can take years to heal.
Be very careful. I was not a regular benzo user but a bad alcoholic. I had gotten 30 Xanax 1 mg and ate them in 3 days while drinking. I decided to stop drinking and had some moderate wd but I had 2 grand Mal seizures, the second one I was in the grocery store and landed on my head. I won't go into all that but I want to emphasize that it's not uncommon to have seizures from benzo wd and you likely won't even feel it coming. I met other addicts in rehab who had benzo wd seizures and they said they didn't feel any wd symptoms. So please educate yourself on this whole process and how benzo affect your brain and be careful!
Try getting melanotin tablets and taking them an hour before bed. They'll definitely help you sleep!