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Xanax withdrawl (cold turkey)

ZLoGram

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Alright BlueLighters. I've faced quite a long month or so battling with the consequences of what this pill has done to me. I'm about 5'11 150 lbs. Not very big. I had someone I knew who was supplying the white 2mg xanax "bars". It started off kind of casual, half a xanax bar (1 mg) up to a full one (2mg) which eventually turned into a dependency and addiction where I needed 2mg xanax bars 3x a day to more or less get through my day. It became a bad habit which ,at the very end of the downward spiral I was falling into, turned into about 6 mg or so day. Keep in mind my body stature. Awfully high dose for someone of that size in my opinion. Anyway, I moved home from Dallas, TX and the last day I was there, I stopped cold turkey and flushed the remaining. Quite possibly the worst thing I could have done without weaning myself off them. Since I arrived home, I was very irritated, verbal outbursts, cold sweats, shakes, nightmares...when i could sleep. Never seizures, but the entire thing was happening all at once. It's caused a problem in my relationship. But I have survived the withdrawl stage I believe ... sober for 1 and a quarter months now, from it all. But still...any advice on how to kind of start to feel normal again? I've heard these withdrawls from benzos are bad...but I found out first hand it was pure hell. Any advice, personal experiences, would be helpful. I'm interested and open to hear any of your stories that are somewhat similar and kind of how anyone else who experienced something along the same lines as mine...was able to get through it. Thanks to all who take the time.

-ZLoGram
 
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Stay off the forums like benzobuddies and the likes. Don't read horror stories. You weren't on that long, you certainly won't be a protracted benzo withdrawal victim.

Exercise, eat as clean as you can, drink as much water as you can, and practice good sleep hygiene (ie go to bed at 11pm and stay in bed until it's time to wake up, even if little to no sleep is going to be had).

Other than that, it's a waiting game bro. But take heed to my advice, and it will quicken to process IME.
 
ZLoGram, is the "long month or so" of consequences = the "1 and a quarter months" you have been off the Xanax?

Please clarify how long you were taking them.
 
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