How do I stop taking xanax/clonazapam while having panic attacks?

I have been taking xanax / clonazapam  for a few years. Roughly i would take about 1 mg a day, sometimes a little more sometimes less. It was not prescribed to me, so doctors treat me like im just trying to get drugs. I want to wean myself off, but i am concerned about the withdrawl (withdrawal). I have quit harder drugs like x, and oc, but not benzos.  How should i do this? Im weaning off marijuana also, wich i have been smoking everyday since i was little. Also been on prozac for 3 weeks and i want off of it. I feel i just needed to quit my drugs and go out and do things to fix my problems...not prozac. But right now i have very bad panic attacks that last for all day and then some sometimes.. but i think its because i try going without benzos. My main concern is how do i get off of these benzos? and what can i expect when i do?

[snowflake620]

DO NOT STOP TAKING BENZOS COLD TURKEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you need to taper off the benzos very slowly yes that is causing the panic attacks.Just stopping cold turkey from benzos can cause seizures not tryin to scare you just bein honest please if you can get to a doctor or e.r and tell them what you are trying to do they have to help you benzo withdrawal is the worst withdrawal ever and can take a very long time,You can also google benzo.org they have a wonderfull website and give alot of good info
snowflake

[s4i2c3k]

Greaaaaat. That *****. That helps though, so thank you. I didnt know these withdrawl (withdrawal) symptoms happend like this until the other day, if i did i would have never took the first one. now i feel like i need the meds to be normal, and i hate it, makes me feel insane, but im very determined to get off this...i mean i stopped harder drugs so why does benzos, something i never even took to get high have to have the worst side effects...Thanks again.

[snowflake620]

Trust me I know what I am talking about I never took them for the high never took them as prescribed but take them I did and boy did I ever pay. I even went to the doctor and told her what was going on and she told me that I was not going through that I had not taken them enough to be going through withdrawal so then I thought I was crazy untill I came here and found out that it was withdrawal and trust me it was brutal!!!!! But I am glad to say I made it with god,medhelp and benzo.orgs help and you will to Please do all you can to get off that stuff it will KILL you stay strong and post often
snowflake

[s4i2c3k]

Sounds like you have the same deal as me as far as benzos, what do you mean it will kill you? i see ppl talking 20mgs a day just to get high, and they live...so how will this kill me?

[snowflake620]

Eventually they will turn on you and will rob you of life they also alter your brainchemistry permenetly(sp) and you just will never be the same
snowflake

[s4i2c3k]

I think that already happened to me, since i started when i was like 16 or 17, i was still kinda growing...now im 21 and im scared that my life has been permently changed for the worse, i want a clear mind, i want to see life for what it is...im scared that i never will, even once im off these drugs. But hey..live and learn right? Maybe i can channel this anger into something and make something of myself...its just hard to function man.. shaking, heart racing, feels like im insane, im gonna die someday and its coming quicker everyday, im going to hell cause i cant find peace and i make bad decisions, but if i can get passed all that maybe my life wont be that bad. I want to lynch alot of doctors at this point....seems like government mind control. All these drugs man.. and they change you forever!? thats insane...thats almost worse than murder.  also its getting to where the benzos dont stop the panic attacks....how do you feel and how long have you been off of them?

[snowflake620]

Gosh I don't even know how long it's been a little over 2 years I think, I still have good days and bad days but mostly good I recently had a death in the family and the doctor said that I needed to take benzos again so I did 1 mg a day for ten days big mistake never llisten to the doctor that prescribed for you,any way after only 10 days I went through withdrawal again nothing like the first time but withdrawal just the same, panic attacks,anxiety no sleep,vomiting,runny stools,hot flashes cold sweats,rls you name it,I am better now but it was rough for about a week thank god this time I knwe what was happening just a little something I found to really help with the anxiety and panic is called l-theanine and amino acid you can get at a health food store it is amazing
snowflake

[s4i2c3k]

Did you need to go to the hospital over the withdrawl (withdrawal) symptoms? i did but they told me it was just panic attacks and not withdrawl (withdrawal)...  i want to come off of it slowly on my own...but when i have a panic attack its just really hard not to grab half a mg and eat it.. how slowly should i come off of it? like will this take months? and if i come off of it slowly will i still get severe withdrawl (withdrawal)?

[s4i2c3k]

and thanks for the benzo.org site. i recently found out that a young friend of mind started taking xanax he got from a doctor, hes young like i was and im going to show him the site.