Benzos Switching from Xanax to Valium

[Niiirvo]

I was taking 1mg Xanax XR for about a month, just before sleep. Then I have taken 0.5mg XR before sleep for about 2 weeks and I'm still doing so. The problem is that even the extended release wears off after couple of hours and I wake up with a terrible rebound anxiety and have to carry on like that throughout the whole day until I take Xanax in the evening. I was thinking about switching to Valium 5mg to avoid rebound anxiety and interdose withdrawals. I used to be heavily addicted to Xanax for about 5 years, taking as much as 5-6mg a day but then I switched to Valium and later kicked Valium and was clean for about a year. But as I said I came back to Xanax about 1.5 months ago. Would switching to Valium get rid of my rebound anxiety and constant interdose withdrawals?


Kind regards,


Nirvo

 

[Lorne???]

Well xanax CR is less potent, because it is gradually released, and 0.5mg would basically be equivalent to ~0.25mg of regular xanax, although l with a delayed onset and extended duration( xanax CR is given 1-2x per day, and apparently the starter is often just once we sat, which is sill, unless you are taking the 2 or 3mg versions, and even then breakthrough medications should be given INO, depending upon the purpose.

Dzp(Valium) is actually similiar to alprazolam, in that it has a rapid onset, and fast symptomatic relief, although it wears off quickly, with synchronic dosing, and even with chronic doing you need larger doses/ multiple daily doses for it's metabolite to build up sufficiently to have any practical effect

Althiugh at those fairly low doses of alprazolam, dzp would be a viable option to switch, just make sure the doses are equivalent, and personally would raise the dose a bit if interdose wd/ rebound symptoms are a problem

30mg Valium per day would be an improvement, although remember it takes 30-40mg to equal ~2mg alprazolam per day;

however ER at a sufficient dose, dzp will have a butnif a smoother comedown, and in your case may last as long as 1mg xanax CR(or whatever, they have er, SR and two different CR's- controlled release and continuous release)

although generally, 2mg xanax ER would have a similar, if not longer duration than 10mg dzp

Is worth considering again, although what about Clonazepam? It holds longer than dzp, and once it builds up, interdose wd is pretty much a non issue; 1mg bid or so would eliminate this

Good luck, and just research before making final decision if possible or practical

 

[andyturbo]

Hi Nirvo,
I know this question wasnt asked too me but thought i would comment as i was in 2x2mg alpraz daily for about a year then it got reschedualed in Australia from 4 too 8 so my GP could no longer continue. He gave me a choice saying that the target was to be on 2x10mg diaz but if i wanted to take more to combat possible withdraw so tappering from either 30 or 40mg downwoulds he would. I choose too just deal with any withdraws and surprisingly i was pretty much fine. I found the transition to be much more pleasant than expected.

Agreed with everything Lorne has said
Cheers
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[Lorne???]

Well that is a big dose drop, though congratulations man, lower tolerance/dose is ideal

 

[Rexeh]

Try Clonazepam? It comes in 0.5 mg sunlingual tablets and has thus a faster onset but has a better half-life in the blood, so I would say for every 0.5 mg Xanax take 0.5 mg Clonazepam. The there is Diazepam which equivalts to 0.5 mg Xanax = 10 mg Diazepam (Valium) so upwards to 30 mg with the yellow Valium tablets (ya know? the 5 mg ones) can be done , however there is also another option maybe and that is Lorazepam (Ativan), where 1 mg Lorazepam = 10 mg Diazepam. So maybe this ppost will help you out a bit...


-- Peace o/