See another dr. There are better drs out there with compassion.
See another dr. There are better drs out there with compassion.
Thanks for reading my post. Keep in mind that 3 months ago I was on 8 mg day xanax and have done a direct taper. But I will try to find a benzo wise doc as you say. BTW equivalence tables vary widely during my searches anywhere from 5mg to 20mg diazepam to 1 mg xanax. But the average value is 10mg per 1mg. I have been making 0.5mg cuts. Steve
PS although difficult, have talked to people who successfully did a direct taper from xanax. Its hard and takes time.
Have been on xanax for 2 years
It seems like your Doctors are very Knieve about benzos, which a lot of them are. Steve your doctor said you would be on both. Not true. Your replacing the Xanax with Valium, so you wouldnt be on the xanax. And if he knows youre trying to taper then he should know that the valium is an much easier way of tapering than tapering Xanax. I know if you searched around you would find a Benzo wise DR. Or go to the site I recommended and print out a few pages and take it into your DR. so he can actually see the process. Best of luck to you both. elvistcb
My doc wont add valium to the mix either. I was down to 3.5mg day but had a setback and had to restart at 4.5mg day. Doc says I'd be trading one addiction for another and end up on both drugs.Be that as it may THANKS for your responses. Steve
That's what my husband wants to do..is switch and do a controlled taper, but the doc won't allow it???
why the hell not??