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Benzos Xanax withdrawal Advise.

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bri2u2002

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I ran out of Xanax and don't expect anymore until tomorrow. I take about 6 mg a day and I'm starting to feel jittery.

Any advise on how to make it through the day?
 
If you are definitely getting them tomorrow, then I would suggest drinking a little alcohol to calm your nerves.
 
I'm an alcoholic so I can't drink. Going to use dipherhydramine or whatever is in Benadryl. Hopefully that will at least mellow me out a bit.

Any other ideas?
 
Drinking pure white grapefruit juice will keep the xanax in your system longer. It slows down the liver from breaking it down. The benadryl should help.

I would suggest completely getting off of the xanax by tapering off. It really is not a good idea for an alcoholic to be on benzos, unless they are taking librium or valium for 3 days to detox from alcohol. Its a disaster waiting to happen.
 
Well,

I have ptsd and anxiety issues. I see a 'shrink' and he prescribes it. I bought some kava pills and each one has 225mg. How many should I take to feel it?
 
Be careful......you could have seizures and tremors while coming off a benzo (6mg is a pretty decent daily dose too). Even though you state that you are an alcoholic, I would highly recommend have a little wine or something to help with the withdrawals, as it works on similar receptors that benzos do. But if you can't in fear that you will become a full-blown alcoholic again, get some benadryl or valerian root for sleep, and try and see if you can get some clonidine to help.
 
Yeah,

Last time I drank I ended up in hospital and had to withdraw from Xanax in there. They gave me nothing.

I'm taking Gaba and Kava. The kava is liquid capsules of 225mg. I cut them and put the liquid in water. How many should I take to get an effect??
 
be careful... try to keep yourself out of stressful situations. I tried to quit xanax cold turkey a little over a year ago. I was just tired of needing it just to get through the day. I had a pretty serious seizure at work. It was not fun stuff. I know what you're going through tho, and I'm sorry. I used deep breathing techniques (even though i know a substance is the usual answer here). And if you're an alcoholic, you most definently SHOULD NOT have a glass of wine. I'm a friend of Bill's too.
 
I'd definitely go to the natural foods store and get some valerian root and make tea. It works. Otherwise might wanna try a low dose of DXM with some DPH (Benadryl). I used to be on 8-10mgs daily and I know first hand, even just one day can be hell.

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Physically it shouldn't be too bad just one day, but mentally you're probably miserable already.
 
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