Trying To Eean Myself Off Zanax

[Lucky]

Its been hard...i have been without them and its pure hell. I only take 0.05 so i cannot understand why this hard.I also feel my ptsd and high anxiety come back worse ! Suggestions anyone ? oops i meant wean not eean

 

[Lucky]

What does your taper schedule look like?

God long story with my shrink. She frist wanted me to do it in a month , that didn't work out so well.I told her i need more time (also lots of darma going on with my daughter ) my triggers can make my ptsd real bad.
She is wishy washy too one minute she is willing to keep working with me and then all the sudden she thinks i need to find someone else. I am now down to two a day. She is driving me nuts about a time table. I have been on them for three and half years.

 

[Powder]

One month!

That's ridiculous! After 3.5 years!

Here's what worked for me and I've been completely off since June 1, 2016 with no desire or need for it.

I took 3-4 months. I was on Xanax for 2 years.

We went from the extended release 1 g per day to two lower doses that come lower than the extended. One per day.

The first drop to half dose was the hardest, physically. I got sick and had lots of headaches, dizziness, and trouble concentrating. So the two weeks were hard, then tolerable but not great for another two weeks. If you get through the first two weeks, you are over the worst? I think so for me.

Then, I discovered that Grapefruit juice keeps your digestive system from breaking down some drugs, not Xanax but other benzos. If you drink it every morning while tapering it buffers the withdrawal feelings totally.

I'm off Xanax but not Grapefruit juice! :facepalm:

 

[Lucky]

One month!

That's ridiculous! After 3.5 years!

Here's what worked for me and I've been completely off s...

Thanks ! I felt like failure because i couldn't do what she wanted. I now feel okay with two a day but that took some time . I'm just hoping one a day will work out. Your post gives me hope.

 

[Powder]

At the beginning, I seriously doubted myself or the ability to quit because it was so hard and I thought about not tapering each dose (temptation). But by the second and third dose tapers it got easier and easier. I swear by grapefruit juice (pure) or the fruit every morning. For me it does something to me within minutes.

If I feel PTSD symptoms coming on, cold GF juice does at least 2 things: 1. Cold cuts through dissociation 2. It's a blood thinner that calms your body's F&F system down. I think it just does something for PTSD and I wish they'd study it. I suspect since it prevents the breakdown of Serotonin, it acts as a more effective and natural SSRI in the gut to quell depression and anxiety, which aggravate PTSD's worse symptoms like flashbacks and dread.

 

[Lucky]

At the beginning, I seriously doubted myself or the ability to quit because it was so hard and I thought ab...

Oh yes the temptation that's huge.It is hard but lowering dose to only two a day is getting better , also i found another Doctor with experience on the issue's of ptsd. I can't have GF because im on liptor.:( goggle Roland Bal..i purchased his ebooks omg they are mind blowing im totally looking at ptsd in a different way now.