Detoxing off Xanax

I have been taking 2mg's of Xanax a day for almost 8 years now. I tried a few months ago to detox by getting down to .25 mg's every other day then I flew up to N.C with no medication so I knew that I had no choice but to detox. I had done it before using a small amount of liquor and it worked but this time it went horribly wrong. I was so sick, however I expected that, but I went into an almost psychotic state for about 4 days where I could only describe it as being phcitzofrinia (sp?). I wanted to get back on my medication and I did. Does anyone have any suggestions because I am going to detox myself again? I will have my sister there for me in fear of a seizure or god forbid anything else. I can’t afford a real treatment facility so I am doing it the best I can, so please if anyone can give me advice or knows anything about this please contact me. My email address is ***@****. Thank you.

[jakegorzen]

First thing you need to do is prepare yourself, and PACE YOURSELF
second thing you need to do is talk to a DR, and ask tell them you no longer want to be on a benzo, and request a longer lasting Benzodiazapine like Klonopin, or Valium.
you will have to talk to your DR about a appropriate switch method from one benzo to the other.
The reasoning behind going to a different Benzo to detox from is the Half life of the medicine.
Xanax is typically 4 hours, compared to Klonopin which is typically 12 hours.
It will dull the Detox from Xanax, which is considered the worst one.
then when you are off the Xanax, you will begin to taper SLOWLY dropping down .125 mgs every 4-14 days, until you are barely taken anything then you can possibly stop, and have basically no hardcore withdraws.
I wrote a article on this if you'd like to check it out its at
http://www.ehow.com/how_4677462_klonopin-effectively-anxiety.html
If you want some more info, feel free to contact me through med help
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