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zanax
Answered by
Roger Gould, M.D. - Mental Health, Wellness
Questions posted in the Mental Health forum are being answered by Dr. Roger L. Gould, author of the Mastering Stress and Depression program and affiliated with the UCLA. Department of Psychiatry. Topics covered include anger, attention deficit disorder (ADD) , bipolar disorder , dementia , electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) , learning disabilities, memory, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) , panic , personality disorders, phobias , post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) , schizophrenia , stress , transitions, and work problems.
zanax
by sass0418, Feb 23, 2002 12:00AM
I need some answers, ive been trying to get off zannax for a week now i was talking .5 for a long time now. I went on a half for two days now what i want to know is i have numbnees in my face and head,and in my legs and the left side of my mouth is felling pulled down.I called my dr but he just want;s to keep getting his money so he tells me to take my zanax. i don't need them any more and i want to fell normal again. help me
Doctor's Answer
by Roger Gould, M.D., Feb 25, 2002 12:00AM
, Feb 25, 2002 12:00AM
Getting off xanax is often very difficult and is to be done slowly. It is recommended that you decrease the dose only by 25 per cent each week. You went a little too fast.
Also, your doctor can switch you to a longer acting benzodiazipine drug like klonopin, and then you can stop xanax, and more easily wean yourself from the klonopin.
Also, your doctor can switch you to a longer acting benzodiazipine drug like klonopin, and then you can stop xanax, and more easily wean yourself from the klonopin.
Member Comments (3)
by Doris Schmidt, Aug 04, 2007 02:56PM
To: The Mental Health Forum
I have cancer and I am taking hydrocodone for pain. I am having some depression and anxiety is it ok to take zannax?
by pppp, Aug 10, 2007 10:04PM
To: Doris Schidmit
no its not ok to take xanax. I took them for 6 years for panic attacks. I got up to taking 20 or more a day. finally i came to and relized they was going to kill me if i didnt kill myself first. i tryed detox for about 4 months, but i couldnt do it. to me taking any that wasnt my normal amount did not work, so i only found myself buying them off the street (they were prescribed untill detox cut them shorter and shorter every week) and taking more then before. finally, i quit cold turkey. I puked almost constantly for almost 4 days, then i just got drunk which took a whole lot of shots of crown. i cryed for about 3 weeks, i hated myself and everybody around me. I could not eat for the first week and lost almost 20 lbs and i still cannot sleep without taking sleeping pills and it has been almost 3 months. also, i still want them so bad at times i find myself asking for them. Please don't risk it, xanax will take over!!! please wright me back...anyone about this
