You would be better off starting a brand new thread, many older threads (indicated by the hourglass symbol) don't get nearly as much attention.
As for your question, your best bet is to discuss this with your doctor. Have you ever tried a long acting anxiolytic, like Klonopin? That may hold you better, with less ups and downs. Personally, I think that would be a better option than trying to use Xanax XR and immediate release Xanax concurrently.
anyone taking xanax and xanax XR in the same day? I would like to take .50 XR at night and .25 or .50 regular xanax in the morning to clear the anxiety which hits me sometime between 7 and 9 a.m.
It is hard not to get addicted. When you have the disorder's of anxiety and panic you have to take it, so your body get's used to it. I don't want to either but my anxiety was so bad i had to be put on something.
valium didn't help me. It wore off to fast. I have been on Ativan and it has ran it's course so i have to get something else.
Joker....when replying to a thread that already exists, first look at the date. Youve resurrected a very old thread, and while you may have valuable info to share,it is doubtful that the OP of this thread is still around.
gobucks....ryan left the site,and somehow all of his posts were deleted. No idea how or why.
I am new. I see people asking you questions and thanking you for answers, but I don't see your answers. How do I see them? Thanks Anyboby can answer
1 more big thing
I have insomnia GAD and panic disorder among many other problems ( add things that go along with anxiety )
anyway - Ambien / zolpidem ( spell check that lol sorry , generic form of Ambien) It's a hypnotic but man I promise it helps you sleep just don't stay awake when you take it it's meant for sleep but it helped me out alot
at the moment I use xanax for sleep as well and must say ambien helps more , I trust purposely switch pills that I know work for me so I never deal with addiction to any 1 pill and if I am on any 1 pill for to long I use the technique I mentioned before .. I've messed up in my life and learned from those lessons we'll just leave it there .
Good Luck .. you shouldn't need it though
switching off xanax is huge so I hear but personal experience valium works better in the end for anxiety while xanax responds fast/faster for quick help say if you have a panic attack ..
Valium or klonopin are better for GAD ( general anxiety disorder..just to be clear lol) valium and klonopin last longer have better effects with less sever withdrawals generally ..
I also wonder as to why your dr wants to switch you .. that is a good question ..I hope you know the answer , if not it doesn't hurt to find out ..
My advice if you are afraid of any Withdrawal symptoms I would do this , start taking less than you normally do slowly
- save the extras
- take less and less to the point where you're breaking the pills in halfs and only taking 1 of those per day at most ..
Then any day after you get valium try not to take any xanax , if you end up feeling severely sick ( wich would be rare after tapering like that ) then take 1 of the extra halfs or w/e of the pills you'd have left ...
B/c xanax is so quick to respond in you body and doesn't stick around to long for a benzo taking a half will keep you from every truly feeling anything with withdrawal
why did your doctor switch you from xanax to valium?
Thanks for your response Ryan. It's not that my dr didn't give me a script for any kind of reason...she is letting ME decide what I want to do!! If I wanted to make the change when I saw her, she would have written the rx for Valium; I seem to be in control. I brought Klonopin up to her, maybe a year ago and she didn't seem receptive to that. I'm probably going to have to hook up with a psych to get the klonopin.
Meanwhile, I'm pretty sure she has approved the Valium. What would be the repercussions of taking say .5 Xanax and .5 Valium just to get some sleep since I'm already so addicted to a benzo anyway. With the holidays here, I am not excited to take any kind of benzo all day long. So if I began seeing a psych in a month let's say, would taking both Xanax and Valium be terrible? What do you think of that?
I feel so trapped and frightened!!
Thanks again...