getting off for good

[jules784]

is it safe to come off xanax, crack, and zoloft and take a small dose of oxycodone 5-325?  have already tapered off xanax from 24 mg 2 years ago to 3 mg daily.  please don't say see a dr.  i have 2 one writes too much and the other is ok but will never disclose to fully.  have stopped the smoke thing - have done that several times.  have been taking 1 mg xanax xr a day and 2 of the oxy a day for a few days now.  i feel somewhat shaky and all.  but this is better than the 3 times i went cold turkey from xanax and couldn't take the withdrawals.  know the oxy is addictive but the xanax is the worst i feel.  is it ok to take them together?  soon i want to take only the oxy, one day at a time.  please give me your opinions.

[122 Tactical Fighter Group]

It is my opinion that you shouldnt quit the zoloft right this minute. Why would you want to? You may quit the crack and zanax and possibly encounter depression when you do so. Dont start liking the oxy too much or you will most likely run into a habit that is worse than zanax. There is no problem with taking therapeutic doses of the meds combined.

[Ella789]

Hi!!  I just wanted to say that from everything I have read abt. xanax, it should be tappered down very slowly, it can mess with your head and perhaps cause other problems as well.  I understand it is very powerful also,  so be careful tappering with that.   If you can stay where you are with the oxys for a few days, just to hold you without w/d, if you need 2 1/2 then do that, your body needs time to adjust to the lower dose, if not then you mayas well just go c/t because your body is trying to withdrawl anyway at the 2 a day, just do it slowly, if you tapper, it takes time.  Just from my own experience with opiates. You very well could tapper to where you could take only one a day, it is possible,  Some people can not tapper successfully, they find it easier to finish the pills and go C/T, many on here had to do it that way.
Best wishes on your quit/ tapper :)
Ella