How much should I taper?

[shubunkin]

Hello, I am currently taking Xanax. I started taking 3/.5 mg a day. I have tapered now down to 2 and 1/4 pills a day. This has been done over a weeks period. The withdrawels have not been TOO bad except for the throat tightness and chest tightness. I am 28 years old and have been taking these for almost a year. I am also taking 20mg Paxil. How much should I taper weekly or should I say how much can I safely taper. I have read about seizures with this drug. Thankyou.

[sonogirl]

hi, after reading many of the above comments, i have to say things hve gotten out of hand!!!  i came here for some advice, help, etc....
but what i saw was a lot of bickering and pointing of fingers!!!  can we get back to what matters?  helping each other through our own hell?
thanx,sono

[hippy]

kindness kindness kindness,
addicts really hate to be contrdicted,
we also hate people who disagree with us'
hate might be a tad harsh for some.
one thing i have learned over the years
if you tell and addict the truth they will probly hate you
for it.
it is really healthy for us to beleive the best
in others and ourselves.
focus on the positive

peace!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[suzieneedshelp]

Lisbet gal i am SOO PROUD OF YOU! I am just reading  this thread.  Wow...whew!  this one casn go down in hx!

All i have to say about one issue is that an imposter is an imposter.  It comes out eventually.  I will say absolutely no more on this issue.  Unfortunately since the trouble earlier this fall, People beware of us all  on this forum!

There are many caring true honest addicts on here.  I cherish the concept of Medhelp and it has helped me tremendously!  
Anyone who is lurking and not yet commenting..plz realise that we all have been where u r and we all have a deep abiding caring heart for one another.  The struggle of addiction is such that each one of us is caught in a sometimes unwilling but an evitable priceless painful growth of our souls.  
Peace to you all!
Suzie

[hellbent]

This is not an "old timers" forum. It's an addiction forum and what makes it good, for me, is that new addicts come here. I think that someone described the other forum as a place of "honesty, trust, and joy". Well, that's great I guess. I am more interested in helping desperate addicts, as I was one not too long ago, and doing this helps keep ME clean. When I was detoxing, I was looking for information and support, nothing fancy. Today, I try to find "honesty, trust, and joy" in the real world, not in an internet message board (Back off, this is not intended as an "insult" to the other forum or it's members).

I found Medhelp from a search on Yahoo I think. You can find this forum by searching on the open internet, which helps bring in alot of new addicts who are struggling and looking for help. I don't know that the other forum referred to here has that kind of searchability and coverage, or the steady membership, which might explain why it's members are always popping back here - (Back off, this is not intended as an "insult" to the other forum or it's members). This is a "very sensitive issue" - hurm...

Anyway, you can probably get directed to the other forum if you give your e-mail address up here. They will read your message and get back to you I am sure.

[Chezz2]

Lisabet,
Glad to see you are still out there. And that you have cut the JD out of your repertoire. I know that wasn't easy. Like you said, I am sure it is a lot easier now that you don't keep it around.
Once you decide it is time, I am sure you will be able to taper or CT and be free once and for all. Something will come to you, and it will happen I am sure. Once you "feel it" it will be a lot easier on you as well.
Good luck,
Chezz

P.S. Rex - Sorry to hear that you let something like this get you depressed. I just wanted to express a more subtle approach for getting your point across without demeaning others. I am pretty sure you didn't mean for it to come across like that. Although that is how I read it. So I thought I would add my insight.
There is something to be said for being humble, yet direct....

[Rex1]

You know, you can take this tapering thing too slowly, I think. I have no idea what method you will respond to best, but there is something ot be said for the Cold turkey method in that it hits you alittle harder, but for a shorter period of time.

If you are miserable going from 6 to 5, well you are miserable, How much more miserable can you be. Try cutting your dose down to .5 tablets three times a day and see if that results in an equally painful experience.

I don't know - you are still in a lot of pain, right? I am just giving my experience here. There came a day when I knew it was time, and I just cut the cord, so,,,just an idea.

I wonder what others think about this - many here believe CT is the only way. If that is THE way for you, then your just putitng off the inevitable and suffeirng because of it.

Either way, you will be free soon.

The stuff here today just depressed me, but I am not worried about it and its already forgotten!!!

Keep on keepin on.

Rex