Hello,



I'm sorry that you are going through a difficult time.

I was on Ambien for 7 years and successfully weaned myself off it without any side effects. This is what I did: I just started taking 5 mg. every night for a week, and then I cutCuts and puncture wounds it in half and took those for a week and then I cutCuts and puncture wounds those in half (I know the pieces are very small) and took them for a week. (I'm sure that you could modify the dosage and also take it every other day.) I'm not a doctor, but, as I'm sure you know, you really can't stop anything cold turkey...especially if you've been taking it for some time.



Good luck to you!

I guess my issue is XanaxXanax
Xanax xr alone...I have only taken it here and there for the last year. maybe 30 pills in that time.  I have tried to take them every so often but think for anxietyGeneralized anxiety disorder
Separation anxiety
Stress and anxiety is it better to take them with more of a schedule for a little while.  I only take 1 .25 a day maybe 2 .25 a day if know there is more to the day to provoke anxietyGeneralized anxiety disorder
Separation anxiety
Stress and anxiety.  The anxietyGeneralized anxiety disorder
Separation anxiety
Stress and anxiety for me is pretty bad on some days to the point of not wanting to drive or go anywhere by myself.  I guess I am scared to deathDiscussing death with children
Gangrene
Liver cell death
Loss of a child - resources
Sudden infant death syndrome of having a problem when I want to wean off of these when I am ready...I seem to hear more bad stories than good but believe thats only because most humansHcg in urine
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Human bites
Human papillomavirus vaccine tend to like to vent about the bad then give hope for those that need it.  I always get the answer that anti-depress are the way to go for any problem and that withdrawl is not an issue for those....but I hear more bad about withdrawl off of AD's then XanaxXanax
Xanax xr I think.  I tend to air on the side of caution when taking any med....I don't take anything else at this time except for birthBirth control and family planning control pills and vitaminsPernicious anemia
Schilling test
Scurvy
Vitamin a
Vitamin b12 level
Vitamin b3 source
Vitamin b6 benefit
Vitamin c benefit
Vitamin d source
Vitamin e
Vitamins a, d, and e topical.  I guess I am looking for someone to give me the OK when it comes to XanaxXanax
Xanax xr...like some good stories...I know if I could just get a few good weeks or months under my belt without anxietyGeneralized anxiety disorder
Separation anxiety
Stress and anxiety or panicPanic disorder
Panic disorder with agoraphobia coming off won't be an issue for me especially on such as low dose...I know what causes the anxietyGeneralized anxiety disorder
Separation anxiety
Stress and anxiety for me...it's basically mind over matter but right now I have a hard time controlling the mind not to take over.  I have tried all other routes AD's and naturalNatural tears fix's nothing else works except the XanaxXanax
Xanax xr...I feel so great when I do take it a pill on a day that I have to get things done and go out and drive and fuction but then try to do it without  the med and have hard time that it just sets me backBack pain - low
Back strain treatment...again I only take .25 for 2-3 days then try to go without...thinking I have the upperhand..,I think I am rollercoasting too much to get on the other side of this issue.. please someone out there give me some good stories.  No bad...I know you mean well but I think I am pretty informed whenit comes to the bad.

I have been taking XanaxXanax
Xanax xr for about 5 years for a sleepCentral sleep apnea
Drowsiness
Insomnia concerns
Irregular sleep
Irregular sleep-wake syndrome
Isolated sleep paralysis
Narcolepsy
Night terror
Obstructive sleep apnea
Polysomnography
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Anorexia nervosa
Asperger syndrome
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd)
Autism
Autoimmune disorders
Bipolar disorder
Bipolar disorder
Bleeding disorders
Borderline personality disorder
Bulimia. I started out with an occasional .25mg and now average 1.5 to 2mg a night. About a year ago I started having some health and depressionAdolescent depression
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Depression - resources
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Depression and insomnia
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Depression in children problems that didn't make sense until a week ago when someone suggested XanaxXanax
Xanax xr might be the problem. I should also state that I have been drinking 3-4 beers or glasses of wine a night. I started cutting backBack pain - low
Back strain treatment on the XanaxXanax
Xanax xr by .5 mg and cutting out the alcoholAlcohol and diet
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Fetal alcohol syndrome this week and I have really been feeling awful: night sweatsSweat electrolytes
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Insomnia concerns
Primary insomnia
Sleeping difficulty, tremorsEssential tremor
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Hand tremor
Tremor, sadness/feelings of isolation and abandonment, etc. I've spent a couple of hours googling xanaxXanax
Xanax xr dependency/withdrawalDelirium tremens and am beginning to think this is what I'm going through. Although the answers may seem obvious, my questions are:  is XanaxXanax
Xanax xr normally addictive at that level/period of time; and, am I cutting backBack pain - low
Back strain treatment too much too quickly? Honestly, I should have figured this out a long time ago but I really thought XanaxXanax
Xanax xr wouldn't be a problem at this dose. My doctor didn't warn me and I didn't do the research. Now I'm not sure if I'm just scared about the possible long term consequences or if it's just XanaxXanax
Xanax xr withdrawalDelirium tremens. Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

You can see my full story at http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-nVGw2Z0jdL62LO4M6h1dEiVG?p=33 as their was not enough room to write it here. I stopped attivan 2mg and caffeineCaffeine
Caffeine-ergotamine 200mg on december 1st. I stopped buspar 5mg and lunestaLunesta 3mg on December 2nd. I got on Valium 30mg on December 8th I found a psychiatrist who agreed to put me on the Ashton Method Taper and stopped klonopin 2mg on december 15th. I stopped ambien on december 16th. I started exercising, walking two miles per day on a treadmill, on december 18th. As of december 18th all I was on was 30mg of valium per day; 5mg of valium in the morning, 5mg of valium in the afternoon, 5mg of valium in the early eveningEvening primrose and 15mg at bedtime with 6mg of melatonin, 4 calms forte tablets and two over the counter sleepingSleeping difficulty tablets for insomniaDepression and insomnia
Insomnia concerns
Primary insomnia
Sleeping difficulty. As of December 23rd I dropped down on the valium to 25mg; 5mg in the morning, 5mg in the afternoon and 15mg at bedtime with 6mg of melatonin, 4 calms forte tablets and two over the counter sleepingSleeping difficulty tablets for insomniaDepression and insomnia
Insomnia concerns
Primary insomnia
Sleeping difficulty. I still don't feel like myself, and it has been very very difficult but at least I haven't had any more full blown anxietyGeneralized anxiety disorder
Separation anxiety
Stress and anxiety panicPanic disorder
Panic disorder with agoraphobia attacks like 4 that landed me in the ER in November. I tried to check in to three different detox centers here in Colorado Springs and none of them would take me in for sleepingSleeping difficulty pill and benzodiazepene withdrawalDelirium tremens. I saw four different psychiatrists who all tried to put me on anti-depressants including; zoloft, seroquel, trazadone, and effexor none of which I took. I am determined to get completely off all pills and be backBack pain - low
Back strain treatment to my normal self again and completely pill free the best way possible. If you have any advice, suggestions or information for me please contactContact dermatitis me directly at ***@**** thank you



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my paradox valium dosing timing question and taper



ok my invaluable helpers here is where I came from in October 2005: http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-nVGw2Z0jdL62LO4M6h1dEiVG?p=33 and here is where I am at as of December 26th, 2005:



It's so hard to get moving in the morning and then to be a zombie all day on 30mg of valium. Now is the valium far better than multipleMultiple myeloma
Multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis - resources
Multiple system atrophy trips to the ER for panicPanic disorder
Panic disorder with agoraphobia attacks and how horrible and awful I felt on 2mg of lorazepam(attivan) and 2mg of clonazepam(klonopin) a month ago? - Most definitely yes. Still I don't feel like myself, I feel unmotivated, lazy, slow, headaches and backaches, hard to laugh, hard to work up the energy to do anything, hard to smile or find enjoyment in anything, down, sadDepression, blue, afraid to be alone which I am, I live alone, afraid to stray from the daily routineRoutine sputum culture I have set up for myself of taking my valium, going to work, eatingAnorexia nervosa
Binge eating
Bulimia
Eating disorders - resources
Necrotizing soft tissue infection
Sweating
Sweating - absent at my desk, coming home, seeing my kids(which I won't now for two weeks while they are on vacationVacation health care backBack pain - low
Back strain treatment home in California with their mother which is going to be very hard for me) and fast walking 2 miles on the apartment complex treadmill.



Right now I take 5mg of valium three times a day and then 15mg of valium at night with melatonin and calms forte since the whole snowball that started this was insomniaDepression and insomnia
Insomnia concerns
Primary insomnia
Sleeping difficulty some 20 years ago when my father died and I lost my whole familyBirth control and family planning
Choosing a primary care provider
Ewing’s sarcoma
Family troubles - resources. BackBack pain - low
Back strain treatment then though tryptophan worked great for me and was all I needed for insomniaDepression and insomnia
Insomnia concerns
Primary insomnia
Sleeping difficulty until they pulled it from the market.



In between this time 1992 to 1999 I should mention I was not only taking ambien 10mg per night for insomniaDepression and insomnia
Insomnia concerns
Primary insomnia
Sleeping difficulty but also zoloft 100mg per day for depressionAdolescent depression
Bipolar disorder
Depression
Depression - elderly
Depression - resources
Depression among the elderly
Depression and heart disease
Depression and insomnia
Depression and men
Depression and the menstrual cycle
Depression in children due to my father's deathDiscussing death with children
Gangrene
Liver cell death
Loss of a child - resources
Sudden infant death syndrome in 1992. I should also mention that since that time doctor's have switched me off  ambien to remeron which gave me mild seizuresEclampsia
Epilepsy
Febrile seizures
Generalized tonic-clonic seizure
Grand mal seizure
Partial (focal) seizure
Petit mal seizure
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Temporal lobe seizure, backBack pain - low
Back strain treatment on ambien and then off ambien to paxilPaxil
Paxil cr which I took for 6 months and it made me mean to everybody around me so I stopped taking it cold turkey although the paxilPaxil
Paxil cr database support group at yahoogroups warned against it, for me somehow I was fine and didn't suffer getting off paxilPaxil
Paxil cr cold turkey and going backBack pain - low
Back strain treatment to ambien. However each time I went backBack pain - low
Back strain treatment to ambien I found it worked less and less. I should also mention this was about the time my daughters were born 8 years ago 1997 and the ambien wasn't working as well after being on it for 5 years so I added in attivan 2mg and valium 10mg nightly which I was livingAdvanced care directives in California and making routineRoutine sputum culture trips to Tijuana Mexico to buy since you don't ned a prescription there. I was able to stop both attivan and valium cold turkey backBack pain - low
Back strain treatment at this time(with no problems whatsoever but again I was only taking them at night time).



I stopped the lorazepam(attivan) 2mg which I was on for one year, buspar 5mg which I was on for one year, lunestaLunesta 3mg which I was on for two or three months, and caffeineCaffeine
Caffeine-ergotamine 200mg which I was on for years to wake myself up from all the other drugsChemical dependence - resources
Chemotherapy
Drug abuse
Drug abuse and dependence
Drug abuse first aid
Drug allergies
Drug induced hypertension
Drug rash on the back
Drug rash, tegretol
Drug signs and teenagers
Drug-induced hypertension I was taking for insomniaDepression and insomnia
Insomnia concerns
Primary insomnia
Sleeping difficulty, since December 1st.



I started 2mg clonazepam on December 1st(cutting straight over from attivan to klonopin)



I started my valium 30mg on December 8th



I tapered and stopped the 2mg of clonazepam(klonopin) which I was on for about two weeks, on December 15th.



I stopped the Ambien tapering from 12mg CR to 10mg to 5mg to 0mg, which I was on for 20 years, on December 16th.



I have been fast-walking on my apartment complex treadmill 2 miles per day every day no matter what.



I haven't had a panick attack since Thanksgiving weekend which now that I look backBack pain - low
Back strain treatment seems more like it was lorazepam(attivan) interdose withdrawalsDelirium tremens than a panicPanic disorder
Panic disorder with agoraphobia attack. See around Halloween was when I started having panicPanic disorder
Panic disorder with agoraphobia attacks; some people say this was from stopping ambien, other people say this was from starting lunestaLunesta, other people say it was reaching tolerance on the 2mg of lorazepam(attivan) I was taking nightly for insomniaDepression and insomnia
Insomnia concerns
Primary insomnia
Sleeping difficulty. Other people say it was from listening to my doctor and adding in taking lorazepam(attivan) and clonazepam(klonopin) in the daytimeDaytime liquicap as well as night time since before Halloween I only ever had to take medicationAllergic reactions to medication
Drug allergies
Drug-induced hypertension
Getting a prescription filled
Home pharmacy
Inhaler medication administration at night time to go to sleepCentral sleep apnea
Drowsiness
Insomnia concerns
Irregular sleep
Irregular sleep-wake syndrome
Isolated sleep paralysis
Narcolepsy
Night terror
Obstructive sleep apnea
Polysomnography
Sleep for insomniaDepression and insomnia
Insomnia concerns
Primary insomnia
Sleeping difficulty but felt it slowly creeping up in me where I was feeling anxietyGeneralized anxiety disorder
Separation anxiety
Stress and anxiety and started taking lorazepam(attivan) 1mg in the daytimeDaytime liquicap PRN as needed when I felt a panicPanic disorder
Panic disorder with agoraphobia attack coming on.



So my firstFirst-progesterone vgs 200
First-progesterone vgs 400 question is how should I space out my 30mg of valium dosage for best coverage in my situation?



My second question is I am apparently stableStable angina
Unstable angina on the 30mg of valium and have been on it since December 8th(18 days) when do I start to taper and by how much 2mg per week? And which dose should I start tapering?



My third question is there are a lot of theories floating around about what caused my severe anxietyGeneralized anxiety disorder
Separation anxiety
Stress and anxiety and panicPanic disorder
Panic disorder with agoraphobia attacks two months ago what is your opinion or should I just stop questioning and researching it over and over and let all the past go and just go on from here?



My fourth question is what is going to be the fastest, least painfulPainful menstrual periods method of getting off the valium? I've made up my mind I want to follow the Ashton method even though my Mom and sister are trying to push detox for me.



But like Monty Python says "Always look on the bright side" I haven't been on these medicationsAllergic reactions to medication
Drug allergies
Drug-induced hypertension
Getting a prescription filled
Home pharmacy
Inhaler medication administration very long now except for the ambien, lorazepam(attivan) and buspar. I was only on lunsta for two months or so, I was only on clonazepam(klonopin) for a month or so and I've only been on diazepam(valium) for 18 days so I may be able to do this faster than people on benzodiazapenes for years, then again I may just be an ignorant fool which is why I turn to you all(my experts) for advice. I want to be off the pills and backBack pain - low
Back strain treatment to my old self of 1992 or even just my old self of two months ago who did not need any medicationAllergic reactions to medication
Drug allergies
Drug-induced hypertension
Getting a prescription filled
Home pharmacy
Inhaler medication administration in the daytimeDaytime liquicap not just for myself but for my daughters who I left my lifelong home of Southern California to follow to Colorado Springs to be near and who deserve better than an out of it father who can't have fun with them like he used to.



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Hi everyone...as I was reading your posts I have a wonderful suggestion that has worked wonders for me.  I have panick attacks also.  Here is the thing...if u need medicationAllergic reactions to medication
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Home pharmacy
Inhaler medication administration for panick attacks dont be ashamed of it, and if u need medicine then take it.  For the sleepingSleeping difficulty problems, go to Health Journeys.com and order a hypnotic guided imagery tape for healthful sleepCentral sleep apnea
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Irregular sleep
Irregular sleep-wake syndrome
Isolated sleep paralysis
Narcolepsy
Night terror
Obstructive sleep apnea
Polysomnography
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Separation anxiety
Stress and anxiety.  This works wonders.  After listening to the tapes for about three weeks you will fall asleep naturally without needing pills.  It trains your mind to fall asleep.  I couldnt believe how well this works.  Right now, i have cutCuts and puncture wounds my zoloft in half and take a very small dose of clonazepam when i need it.  We all find it hard to accept taking medicationAllergic reactions to medication
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Drug-induced hypertension
Getting a prescription filled
Home pharmacy
Inhaler medication administration, but if u get those tapes and really try listening to them for a few weeks...they WILL work and reduce your anxietyGeneralized anxiety disorder
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Stress and anxiety by half and probably eliminate all sleepingSleeping difficulty problems.  Just thought i would help...cauz ive been there.

my husband is on Effexor and Zoloft.

has been on zoloft since 2001 the effexor was added about a year ago for PTSD symptoms,We are hearingAge-related hearing loss
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