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Hi I am not sure that I am posting in the right place but thought I would try here first. I ruptured a disc in my back in early July. I was in so much pain that I started to use my normal .50 mg a day of Xanax 4 times a day.
As the pain got worse, I tried chiropractor,I started going to doctors to get an MRI. It took me several visits to find a doctor who would send me for an MRI. He said I ruptured a disc, needed surgery.
So for several months I was taking more than my normal dose of Xanax., it acted as a muscle relaxer. Once I started to recover I went back to my .50 mg a day. Within weeks I was crying all the time. I don't know if it was all the cortisone they gave me, which makes me emotional or the trauma of the surgery and then 3 weeks later my husbands surgery or what. I went to my anxiety doctor. He seems to think it was me reducing my dose of Xanax. He said my body/brain is now dependent and I am going to have to wean down. I thought I had done that by returning to old dose, he said that is not how to do it as it causes protracted withdrawal symptoms. I suffer from panic attacks is why I started the Xanax in the first place to use as needed for panic.
Has anyone else had to do this or had an experience with Xanax? I am shocked this has happened to me. I would have thought it could happen with pain pills but was very naive about the Xanax.
I appreciate any thoughts on this problem and what, if anything you did. Everything is making me cry. My husband thinks I have PTSD from the trauma over the summer and then his 5 day stay in hospital, I stayed with him, never left him. Forgot to take lots of my own medicine during this time. It was all about him.
Sorry for long explanation. Dee
As the pain got worse, I tried chiropractor,I started going to doctors to get an MRI. It took me several visits to find a doctor who would send me for an MRI. He said I ruptured a disc, needed surgery.
So for several months I was taking more than my normal dose of Xanax., it acted as a muscle relaxer. Once I started to recover I went back to my .50 mg a day. Within weeks I was crying all the time. I don't know if it was all the cortisone they gave me, which makes me emotional or the trauma of the surgery and then 3 weeks later my husbands surgery or what. I went to my anxiety doctor. He seems to think it was me reducing my dose of Xanax. He said my body/brain is now dependent and I am going to have to wean down. I thought I had done that by returning to old dose, he said that is not how to do it as it causes protracted withdrawal symptoms. I suffer from panic attacks is why I started the Xanax in the first place to use as needed for panic.
Has anyone else had to do this or had an experience with Xanax? I am shocked this has happened to me. I would have thought it could happen with pain pills but was very naive about the Xanax.
I appreciate any thoughts on this problem and what, if anything you did. Everything is making me cry. My husband thinks I have PTSD from the trauma over the summer and then his 5 day stay in hospital, I stayed with him, never left him. Forgot to take lots of my own medicine during this time. It was all about him.
Sorry for long explanation. Dee
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Well, we got a Old Timer over here. Nice seeing you in our area, but to bad under these circumstances. Just like gnarly said, All meds hit different areas of the brain and some hit the same areas as others. If you get what I mean? I have so much paper work on all of this, that it is way beyond me sometimes.
I think you have a very Wise Dr. I am so surprised that he new what to tell you. That right their is a Big Plus to me. Some meds do require a slow taper for many reasons. A Benzo is one. It just takes such a short time for these to build up and wow, what it can do to those brain chems.
Just take it slow and follow what the Dr tells you to do. Always be careful with ALL meds too. You will be fine. It might just take a very short time to adjust back to that .50 once a day. Glad you stopped bye.
Bless
Vickie
PS. Hope the Hub is doing better too.
I think you have a very Wise Dr. I am so surprised that he new what to tell you. That right their is a Big Plus to me. Some meds do require a slow taper for many reasons. A Benzo is one. It just takes such a short time for these to build up and wow, what it can do to those brain chems.
Just take it slow and follow what the Dr tells you to do. Always be careful with ALL meds too. You will be fine. It might just take a very short time to adjust back to that .50 once a day. Glad you stopped bye.
Bless
Vickie
PS. Hope the Hub is doing better too.
Hi Dee and welcome to the forum....I to became addicted to xanex went from .25 a day all the way to 4 1mg a day then started abusing it from what you said it defiantly has its hooks in you and is no fun to detox off of....this is nothing you can do alone it requires a doctors supervision....Xanex unlike other benzo's hits it own brain receptor so switching to a long acting benso does not work you have to do a slow slow taper off this it took me around 6mo to get free of it and let me tell you it was not pleasant even that slow just know it is not hopeless it can be done... speak to your doctor about a taper plan and keep posting here for support we have several members who have gotten off this drug...............Gnarly
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You shouldn't feel embarrassed to ask us anything. We cover everything from A-Z!! There has been alot of progress with the meds that are out there. Knowledge is power and we always tell people you need to be your own advocate. Ask your doctor/pharmacist about everything they are giving you. Back in the day Xanax was just Xanax. Now we know differently. I am so glad your doctor is on board with you with this. Follow the taper plan he has you on. Crying is okay so let yourself just cry. It is actually healing. They tested happy tears and sad tears and found we release toxin type tears when we are sad so that is why we feel better once we do cry. Most of us have also found that once we are off some of these meds our pain gets better. We DO experience rebound pain for awhile as that is our brain playing tricks on us as the meds are reduced. I am not sure i answered one of your questions but wanted to add my support~