Benzos benzo withdrawal

[chitown rollin]

what's up guys. first off I wanna say thanks in advance. I have had a big problem with xanax recently and was wondering if you guys know anything to lighten the withdrawal effects. Usually I get my script (16 mg/month), and get more bars as I go along. usually around the end of the 3rd week I will run out after taking an average of 1.5-3 daily. Is there anything you guys use? valium etc to come off a similar "binge" or is my answer to simply only take a milligram at a time to avoid this problem. the problem is that I love xanax far too much and would love an answer. Thanks alot and stay safe all.

 

[JamtasticX]

You're on a relatively low dose. Everyone is different and you might go through withdrawals, but 16mg a month is pretty low.

You may be able to just taper off, or stop completely, and be fine. You should try just stopping cold turkey, and seeing how you do. If you start to notice things going in a negative direction then you'll still have some xanax.

And, yes, you love xanax, there are drugs we all love. However, if you want to get off them, you're going to have to stop taking them. Switching to valium would help and you could use a valium taper, but again, I believe you are at small enough of a dose that you might be alright w/o anything else.

How long have you been taking 16mg of xanax/month?

 

[Dirk_Diggler]

I agree...16mg a month is VERY small. Hell, my recreational dosage would be half of your monthly supply! And I can go off of it cold turkey with no ill effects.

In my experience, people who "love" Xanax and other benzos do because they are such a lifesaver. I'm assuming you really feel better when you take the Xanax, which is exactly what it's supposed to do for the disorder it is approved for treating.

My advice would be to try to stay on your recommended dosage and not buy any more on the black market. Either that or talk to your doctor about upping your dose.

But if you really want to quit using (if you feel you're better off without it) then have a few on hand and if you start to feel withdrawals, take your normal dose. Then go as long as you can without it and take another dose. Or Google "Valium taper" and follow the guidelines if you have access to Valium. Or Google "Xanax taper".

 

[chitown rollin]

well........
either you guys read it wrong or I wrote it wrong. Usually I get my script (16 mg/month), and get more bars as I go along. meaning that I buy more bars after I run out of my measley 16 mg(3-4 days) and at some times, like after shows or festivals, I have caught myself eating in excess of 100 mgs in a two week span.... thanks alot for the advice though, but if you could give me some more based on this.. that would be greaaatly appreciated. I took 4 bars this morning and really want to take a few more. it's ridiculous.

 

[chitown rollin]

and to Jamtastic.. I've been taking alprazolam/clonazepam/temezepam, etc. since high school. (junior year to be exact. I am now a senior in College. ) on and off of course, but I go through 3 month binges, 2 week breaks, and then another 6 month or maybe more binge. currently it has been non stop for about 8. Thanks guys!

 

[JamtasticX]

and to Jamtastic.. I've been taking alprazolam/clonazepam/temezepam, etc. since high school. (junior year to be exact. I am now a senior in College. ) on and off of course, but I go through 3 month binges, 2 week breaks, and then another 6 month or maybe more binge. currently it has been non stop for about 8. Thanks guys!

I usually get my script of ~75-90 Kpins, once a month. Eat them all that week, then don't do any more until my next script and I'm usually good, nor problems for me.

 

[deaf eye]

well........
I have caught myself eating in excess of 100 mgs in a two week span.... thanks alot for the advice though, but if you could give me some more based on this.. that would be greaaatly appreciated. I took 4 bars this morning and really want to take a few more. it's ridiculous.

slow taper read up on taper plans
self control, will power,
got a good friend you can talk too if you are sketching out,?? that helps
avoid alcohol ~
a beta blocker kinda helps , monitor your blood pressure
green tea helps a little,
phenobarbital i heard helps a bunch if you are in cold turkey withdrawls but i never could get a hold of any,. once i tried some percs when i was having bad withdrawls thinking that would help, it didnt had seizures, couldnt sleep,
from what i read being uncomfortable is part of the healing process
xanax addiction sucks dumps,
i know all about bullshitting myself into eating more when trying to taper on my own, i have failed tapering a bunch of times in the past ~ with any lame ass excuse to eat a benzo ~~~


i bought a safe , gave my brother the key and have him give me my dose for the day, just to be on the safe side

oh yea do a search for benzo addiction or xanax addiction, theres a lot out of good reads out there

good luck,

 

[chitown rollin]

haha jamtastic. teach me your ways. ..... and deaf eye. thanks alot brotha it really helps to know people care enough to write that much. what a great community.

 

[deaf eye]

benzos

yo chi, if you want off the benzos, when you have them dont go all cookie monster with them shits ~ i know its hard but
instead of eating a whole bar/stick eat a third or a half ,

wait 20 minutes to an hour
see how that does ya, hold out for
4- 6 hours maybe longer if you can, then redose

when i was at my worse
i was eating around 10+ mg's of xanax a day ,
,

i did a rapid drop down to 4 mg's 1 mg every six hours
i felt like hell for the first two days, a serious hell ~ i felt like an 80 year old man when i tried to just walk around the block

then on day three my body adjusted, after two weeks i was sleeping well , more active i dropped down 2 mg's a day
ya know .50 mgs spread out every 6 hours
i was suprised that was relatively easy ,

then i had to make minor drops, a month sometimes two months , .25 mgs at a time
right now
im at 1 mg a day and have been there for a while now,
this is the tough one for me to hurdle
cuz my dr says keep yourself comfortable, and well i just feel uncomfortable 90% of the time

the worst is when im outside in like nyc i start to sketch, but by the time i get home , the cold sweats and anxiety has passed and im feeling good,

well this is just one reporters opinion, i started this final taper in may ,

oh yea
and for me, booze is kinda like a benzo reset button, if i guzzle some beers i'll feel good that evening
but for the next two or three days im riddled with anxiety, and its like im starting all over again

 

[chitown rollin]

It's fucking hilarious to read this thread knowing that after writing that I jumped up to taking 10 bars at a time and up to 15 a day... smh.

 

[rollinstoner]

I was prescribed benzo's and was very weary of starting them because of the withdrawls (can be worse than heroin) so I studied it a lot and unfortunately there isn't anything like you're speaking of, at least to my knowledge. I was on a low dose though and was able to quit without any side-effects by tapering slowly and not taking more than my prescribed dose.

 

[ONandOFF777]

I just wanted to post this real quick before I go back and re-read the thread in depth.

PLEASE BE VERY CAREFULL!!!

What you are doing is VERY dangerous!!! At one point in my life I was doing something very similar. I was taking very large doses (like 5 at a time 2-4x a day) at the beginning of the month and then running out by the end of the month. For a long time I didn’t get much withdrawal but then one day I ran out and less than 24 hours later I found myself under my desk at work not even knowing my name and feeling like I had been hit by a freight train. It took me about 15 min to crawl down the hall and be discovered so one of my coworkers could call an ambulance. I had a grand mal seizure.

I had been abusing xanax for almost a year and never even had withdrawal symptoms strong enough to stop me from sleeping with a couple of ambient.

I ended up struggling with valium and clonazepam tapers for years and finally got completely off via an in-patent detox using Phenobarbital. Since that in-patent stint I have successfully got myself off of benzos many times using Phenobarbital. This includes a 3-4 month binge on IV midazolam where I went through about 1500+ 15mg midazolam pills.

I guess my point is that you need to be very careful, but even with the high doses you are taking you can get off the benzos.

Let me know if you need any more imput.

 

[anterrabae]

Benzo withdrawal is very dangerous indeed and can be deadly. I used to eat my prescription (150mg, Xanax) in about a week or two and then fiending for another week and a half. Never had a seizure, but man was it hell. Minutes like hours, incredible insomnia, inability to do much of anything.

Like deaf eye I eventually had my script locked up and had my daily dosage doled out for me. Didn't do that this month but might go back to that, as I'm running lower than I should be with another week to go.

 

[rollinstoner]

Benzo side-effects and withdrawls are notoriously over-looked and severely under-estimated, please start lowering intake for us

 

[Photog Chipper]

Benzo withdrawal is very dangerous indeed and can be deadly. I used to eat my prescription (150mg, Xanax) in about a week or two and then fiending for another week and a half. Never had a seizure, but man was it hell. Minutes like hours, incredible insomnia, inability to do much of anything.

Like deaf eye I eventually had my script locked up and had my daily dosage doled out for me. Didn't do that this month but might go back to that, as I'm running lower than I should be with another week to go.

Benzo withdraw is a bitch even with the taper.Going through it right now 5 1mg k-pins a day for @ 4 years. Messed up my taper time table now cold turkey for 4 long days so far.Docs dont tell you about getting off them when the dish them out so they dont have to hear you whine about your problems.

 

[Captain.Heroin]

Have a friend or relative hold onto your medication for you, and have them dispense it to you on a taper schedule.

well........
either you guys read it wrong or I wrote it wrong. Usually I get my script (16 mg/month), and get more bars as I go along. meaning that I buy more bars after I run out of my measley 16 mg(3-4 days) and at some times, like after shows or festivals, I have caught myself eating in excess of 100 mgs in a two week span.... thanks alot for the advice though, but if you could give me some more based on this.. that would be greaaatly appreciated. I took 4 bars this morning and really want to take a few more. it's ridiculous.

You don't seem to be able to not take a lot of it, so I would definitely give your stash and prescription to a family member or spouse/girlfriend, and let them give it to you on a set schedule.

I usually get my script of ~75-90 Kpins, once a month. Eat them all that week, then don't do any more until my next script and I'm usually good, nor problems for me.

I don't really consider that a good thing to do nor free of problems. What happens when you have a panic attack outside of the first week you get your prescription? What if you suddenly have a dose increase or find a lot of benzos by receiving them from a friend, etc? Obviously you'll run into problems eventually.

 

[keeponkeepnon]

I'm prescribed 3 mg of Klonopin a day I often exceed that dosage stupidly. I will offer some advice if you get the weird spins and disorientation when you haven't taken some Xanax I highly recommend RELORA it's a patented blend of magnolia exact (which has established Gaba effects) and something else and when just recently I was in withdrawal it completely saved the day. I popped three and was good for the rest of the afternoon. Just a thought. Go with NOW foods if you can. Benzo withdrawal is terrible. It helps me so much with OCD/Anxiety but running out is horrifying. I wish you the best coming off xanax it is quite hard (used to be prescribed Xanax before Klonopin).

Just wanted to say I'm not endorsing any product it just really helped me when I was in a time of need.

 

[Photog Chipper]

Benzo withdrawal is very dangerous indeed and can be deadly. I used to eat my prescription (150mg, Xanax) in about a week or two and then fiending for another week and a half. Never had a seizure, but man was it hell. Minutes like hours, incredible insomnia, inability to do much of anything.

Like deaf eye I eventually had my script locked up and had my daily dosage doled out for me. Didn't do that this month but might go back to that, as I'm running lower than I should be with another week to go.

Thanks I will do that if i cant cold turkey these things.I have cold turkey alot of things ,but this is the worst mentally.My mind is going 200 mph ,shakes in my neck so bad i can't lay on a pillow straight up,depression(use to that)just weird in the head.Like when i first started taking REMERON the devil antidepressant for me.Hands shaking seen by my grammer skills,but life is rough i got on them and i will get off them.At least i dont have the physical symptoms like with opiates.Knowlegable, nice ,understanding,nonjudgemental members on this helpful site( my first day as a member) thanks again.Feeling better now no one knows i am WDing i live alone and everyone calls before they come by so i have a flu like sickness for a while.