Posted by stjames on November 30, 2000, at 1:51:55
In reply to Addicted to Xanax, posted by LesaH on November 29, 2000, at 23:43:45
With the help of a doc you could switch to Klonipin, which is long acting.
This means fewer pills and less craving right before the next dose.
Then slowly step down the dose of Klonipin. Really slow, as slow as it need to be.
It took 6 years for your body to get this addicted, so you can't get off
in a week or a month. Xaxax is short acting, which increases its addictive potential in many people,
hince the logic of switching to a long acting benzo.The other issue, as I see it, is to consider the reason you
started taking Xanax. If you are treating some condition you
still have to deal with this issue as you come off the Xanax.
Anxiety and depression are well traeted with antidepressants,
which are not addictive.
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