Benzos Is .5 to 1mg/day Xanax mean months of WDs?

[zagoren]

Just curious...

my partner has been taking them most every night to sleep. sometimes its .5 mg other times its 1mg.

this has been going on for about a 6mos.

what would be the suggested way to stop? taper?

how long does it take? symptoms?

thanks

 

[ChemicalSmiles]

shouldn't be hard to get off, due to the small amount..... will respond more thoroughly later.

 

[jamesBrown]

At those doses, you could simply just not take the xanax anymore and you should be fine.

 

[SkagKush]

ya, u got nothing to worry about, i have had benzo WD before, but that was from 7mg and up

 

[ihatepipes]

While there probably won't be any significant withdrawals or risk of seizure that is associated with doses of 2.5 or 3 mg a day (I am not sure which one but I know it is one or the other) there will probably be some feelings of discontent and the first few nights may be hard to get good rest. There is also the possibility of what is known as rebound anxiety, but the good thing about this situation is that he should pretty much be back to normal within a weeks time.

Sleep issues or rebound anxiety could probably be counteracted by taking some kind of supplement like melatonin, valerian, kava kava, l-theanine, or anything similar to the substances I just mentioned.

 

[amandmang]

does the l-theanine really work? ive been wanting to buy some but its so expensive. and would the kind you get from a vitamin store be the right kind?

 

[zagoren]

cool. just as i thought

shouldn't be hard to get off, due to the small amount..... will respond more thoroughly later.

feels that way. just curious. (i know, don't worry, no inclination to get high on my part). i can't imagine getting high on a benzo. what does a ridiculous amount like 7-20mg feel like? a whippit that lasts and lasts?

its not very common among people my age (at least as far as i know in nyc). i am hanging with people 30-40. people use them as sleeping pills after partying.

 

[kokomo]

even if ur partner wanna taper theres no way to taper with dry cut, need to water titration which is uber absurd:D

 

[PillPoppingAnimal]

taper, make sure to taper...

and WDs will not lasts months...

if he keeps taking them, try not letting him go over 1mg... def not over 2mg... by 2mg the addiction will be far in ...still able to wean, but harder


theres people who take 10mg a day of xanax, but they are complete addicts

 

[TheAzo]

At that low dose of a short acting benzo, there are unlikely to be serious withdrawals, however, he's likely to have some trouble getting to sleep without it for a few days (not to mention that he was presumably taking it for a reason)

 

[jamesBrown]

At that low dose of a short acting benzo, there are unlikely to be serious withdrawals, however, he's likely to have some trouble getting to sleep without it for a few days (not to mention that he was presumably taking it for a reason)

yea, thats the most I would imagine that would happen. Loss of sleep. I personally have taken doses of about 2-4 mg's of xanax and/or alprazolam for long periods of time with no ill effects afterwards except for slight insomnia. But, I suffer from insomnia anyway so it might not have even been a side effect of stopping the benzos.