Weening off Xanax

[LordPhantom]

So I was prescribed .5 x3 a day, but never have taken that much. I have been on it for roughly 1 1/2 years, taking as needed, but at least .5 a day.... Its a small dose but over a period of time, i think my body still notices when you dont have one for a while....

I started gettin dizzy all the time, out of it, fatigued, and i just came off percocets and lyrica (off them for almost 40 days) so i thought they just needed to get out of my system completely...well they have but my dizziness is still there, badly. Ive been down to taking .25 x2 a day for about 2 weeks, and now im stuck. I went to a new doctor today and he said "since your on that low of a dose, you can just stop taking them".....uh, with all the stories ive read on here, i dont know if i trust that..

What would you guys think? Should I cold turkey it, or continue the ween to .25 once a day for a week? Im so tired of feeling like this and just want to feel normal again.

Thanks

[Allicat0117]

You are on a pretty low dose..but i would continue to wean as you suggested. I am not a dr. but I do know you can have seizures going c/t. I was taking 2-3 mg a day for a year and quit cold turkey. Did not have this forum at the time and had no idea about the possibilty of seizures. I made it though it though..but im still trying to kick the lortabs.

[LordPhantom]

thanks for the reply. Can you tell me more about your withdrawals? Im mostly concerned about the dizziness. Did you get this and did it go away? Ive had it for 6 weeks and fear its permanent....Please others tell me your stories, anything helps at this point.

[Allicat0117]

Yes I was very dizzy. However, I was trying to quit the xanax and lortab c/t at the same time so Im not really sure between the difference from the xanax or lortab w/d....but I have an some idea.. I do know my nerves were shot. I would jump at every little noise and it literally felt like my brain was frying!!!!  I could not drive bcuz everything was blurry and foggy. My anxiety was insane...no sleep at all. when I would dose off for 20 min or so I would wake up w my heart pounding out of my chest. I think those were most of my w/d symptoms from the xanax...they went away after about a week. then I started to get physically ill from the lortab w/d. I  started taking the lortabs again bcuz I could not handle the w/d symptoms anymore. 6 wks is a really long time for your symptom. I would suggest getting a second opinion with anothr dr.

[LordPhantom]

Yea ive been to the ER twice in the last 6 weeks, and more than 10 doc visits, nothing unusual found....it must be the xanax... I had a CT scan back in Nov and they said that would have showed anything unusual....