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THE SWITCH DO I NEED TO TAPER
by hazyworld, Dec 29, 2008 04:39PM
If my dr switches me back to ativan from xanax will i need to taper off the xanax i have been on benzos for 18 yearts but in nov 08 and mainly dec 08 she switched me from o.5 mg of ativan to o.5 mg xanax and i have sunk in to deep depression and i feel so week ,im asking to be switched back to ativan,,,when she switched me from ativan to xaanx i ddint taper off ativan just stopped it should i taper off xanx going on the ativan or can i just stop it i dont want no withdrawals or overdose
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by ILADVOCATE, Dec 29, 2008 06:11PM
To: hazyworld
I'd ask your psychiatrist for a titration schedule as regards medication changeover and more importantly suggest the idea of a longer acting benzodiazepene such as Klonopin (which I have been on ten years without a problem) because the shorter the half life of the medication the more the potential exists for a person to build up a tolerance to it.
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