Yes, thank you, I'm doing fine. I went though it in 2005, I think, when Hurricane Katrina was going though. It made a believer out of me and for the most part I stay away from benzos now. I would like to have one occasionally to get a good nights sleep but don't have access to them.
I hope you can get things worked out and you never have to go through it.
Thankyou for your response. I agree with you %100. Ironically over the last week someone close to me was hospitalized. This person was on 4mg a day and the hospital didn't know. After about 30 hours of her not getting the Xanax that she is used to she ended up having 2 seizures. I appreciate your response. Hope you are well now:)
I do take Luvox before bed and when I wake up, but that is in the same family as Prozac and is an anti depressant as well, whereas I believe the Xanax or clonazapam are mostly for anxiety. Hope that helps somehow!
I've been on buspar in the past and it mostly just made me tired and have a floaty feeling, although all medicines affect people didferently. I'm currently on clonazapam which seems to be working better. I was advised I only take these medicines right before I was going to be in an anxiety provoking situation because they start working within 20 minutes or so. Not sure why you would take it before bed unless you have trouble aleepig
"Any advice?"
Get a another doctor. One that didn't get his medical license from a CrackerJack box.
It's in no way advisable to stop Xanax or any benzo cold turkey. Buspar isn't even a benzo so it will provide no relief whatsoever from Xanax withdrawals.
I had to go cold turkey off Xanax when I moved out from my gf's house that was supplying them to me. It was the worst experience of my life and it's a wonder I didn't have a seizure and/or die. I'll spare you the details but it's a horror story and lasted a full month. The dose you're on is a lot higher than mine was too.
I hope you can find another doctor that will help you taper off. I do know people who have done it under their doctors care but it's supposed to be done very slowly.
Good luck and best wishes in finding a new doctor. Keep us posted on how it's going.