Posted by reefer on September 27, 2004, at 12:20:57
In reply to Benzos are a deal with the Devil, posted by TomV on September 23, 2004, at 15:15:12
If you are on Xanax(alprazolam) 1 mg/day you can switch to Valium(diazepam) 20 mg/day and taper by 1 mg every two weeks. If you during or by the end of the withdrawal feel something that you think is "strong/severe withdrawal" i bet it's not withdrawal but rather your underlying condition that is speaking. I've once tried tapering using diazepam and really had no trouble until i reached around 3 - 4 mg's. (Note that 1 mg of Valium is equal to 0.05 mg of Xanax.) It took a stop and i spoke to my doc and she told me that it's my panic disorder which is only responding partly to the Lexapro i take and that i will need to stay on a benzo for maintenence until i get my life back together again and she put me on 2 mg Xanax XR per day which i'm still on. Soon gonna switch to Klonopin and lower the dose to minimum that keeps me in shape.
And i'll admit benzos aren't really helping my memory and such. But without them i wouldn't need a memory i'd rather be dead than having those damn panic attacks day in and day out. Cause nothing else really works. I'll stay on them for the rest of my life if that's what it takes. I can function good enough. And if my message isn't in 100% proper english it's not because of benzos it's because i'm from Sweden!
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