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Mood: xanweaner
now down to only 1/4 of a .25 mg. - taken 1/day - it's been hell but have been keeping busy
About Me: Female, Los Angeles - CA, member since Feb 2008
I joined this site to help me wean off of xanax and also join an on-line support group...
I met so, so many wonderful people along the way who were suffering just about a
... [More] s much as I was - and sometimes even more....
During my journey, we lost one loved on to an accidental overdose, there was one known attempted suicide, and countless people struggling to understand just what mental disorders were doing to their brain as well as the drugs that were dished out to them by well-meaning physicians.
At this point, I am completely off of xanax as well as ambien. I haven't felt better in a very long time....my husband informed me on August 12 (or 13?) just days before our 16th anniversary that our marriage was over and he was moving on...
That was when I kicked it into gear and got off of everything....
I still take an antidepressant and a low-dose of mood stabilizer due to a brain injury that I suffered back in 2001...

I am doing well - considering - and open to many new experiences and new people.  So far, although the rejection is quite painful, it has become apparent that my quiet about the verbal abuse that I'd been suffereing was one of the primary reasons for my descent into a deep depressive disorder...

Life is good now....my husband is still in our house because he can not afford to leave - live in LA and all....but changes are just around the corner...

In closing, don't be quiet about pain that you feel - face it, get it out onto the table, and talk about it....if not with your loved ones, then with a good professional - preferably a ph.d.

Good luck in your journey for peace..... [Less]
Interests: Anxiety, supplements, anxiety; deah of soul  
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Jun 12, 2008 11:34AM - 1 Comment
by RCA7591 Mood: RCA7591 is not a medical doctor. To: xan "The question I have is this: once I finish my next phase of weaning, I'll be down to 1/4 of .25 mg. - t...[more]

Nearly there on my xanax weaning


May 31, 2008 12:36AM - 1 Comment
It's time for another step down the twisting, turning road of my weaning...I'm tired even before I start. Tomorrow afternoon, it's time to get my pill cutter fired up to c...[more]

Rocky Road


May 09, 2008 07:31PM - 2 Comments
The road has become incredibly rocky - things started out fairly good, but once I hit Day 5, the proverbial s**t has hit the fan...I'm so uncomfortable...psychologically f...[more]
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Female, 27 years
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Member since Mar 2008
Mood: tisa1029 loves her baby boy :)
Journal Entry:   "Thursday Nov. 13th my ear started hurting..." [Read]
Nov 14
congrats on being off xanax. I every once in awhile will take a 1/2 of a 1/2 of a white xanax, which is funny b/c it is basically nothing but it relaxes me. I am not going to start taking xanax again b/c they are hard to get off of. Have you seen my son's babies pictures?
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Female, 27 years
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Mood: tisa1029 loves her baby boy :)
Journal Entry:   "Thursday Nov. 13th my ear started hurting..." [Read]
Nov 14
yes I am relieved. haha I had to have an emergency c-section b/c the babies heart rate dropped. He was born on October 26th. So he is a scorpio. Today I am hurting more than usual. It sux. I lost all the weight and some. Thank god. lol
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Female, 27 years
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Mood: tisa1029 loves her baby boy :)
Journal Entry:   "Thursday Nov. 13th my ear started hurting..." [Read]
Nov 13
how have you been? are things going well with the weaning? :)
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Female, 27 years
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Journal Entry:   "Thursday Nov. 13th my ear started hurting..." [Read]
Jul 28
I was seeing how you have been feeling? Atleast you are getting off xanax the right way. I take a 1/2 of a white xanax a month or every 2 months b/c of my anxiety.
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Mood: tlcha I have been on 5 htp and mucuna prueins and so far it's not helping the anxiety . I haven't felt good on it yet. I have been just over 2 years now with anxiety daily and now I have depression. Docotr blames it on hormones. My neurotransmitters are low too.When does it get better. I want my old happy , motivated self back. Where did that person go....
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