xanax withdrawals

[buddy1]

a few years ago i was taking paxil and .5 mg xanax three times a day
when the paxil began to work i stopped taking the xanax without a problem.
now i  have been taking .25 mg xanax two to three times a day only for about 6 weeks and today is the first time i haven taken one. can i experience withdrawal effects form this low dose? my head feels
a little swimmy and shaky. should i take one .25 mg a day for a while and then stop?  thanks

[East27]

My best friend has been takin at least five or more "bars" of xanex a day for I beleive two years I've tried to get him to stop but he never listens or he just dosent remember me telling him, he's had about for sezures. I think the only way to save him is an intervention what do y'all think?

[off_the_xanax]

This is all so familar to read....I think I may have been on the higher end here

[fallingstarz]

I took Xanax last year I think it was for a year straight and maybe more it was only half a log or maybe sometimes a log and I also would drink on them I was and still am a heavy drinker. I think the Xanax screwed my head up worse because I always been depressed and have disorders, but I never felt like this its insane. I read on the internet that Xanax can increase depression and panic disorder. I feel terrible it was fun doing them at the time when I was 18 and 19 drinking and popping pills and partying all the time, than it all hit me when I turned 19 and a half but I didn't know I would deal with the consequences like this, I know now I'm not "invisible" and that drugs are not a good thing at all they ruined my life somewhat, I don't want to say that because I'm only 20 but I sometimes just can't take it!! It ***** because I would do Xanax if they were around.

[GoingToMakeIt]

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[Jennypat]

oh my gosh! I am so glad I stumbled ont his website. I thought that I was just mental or something. I have been taking xanax for about a year I started off with .05 now I take 1 mg 3 or 4 times a day! I actually have been taking up to 6 some days because its like they have lost there punch! I have 6 kids and am under a great deal of stress for other reasons as well, but I wis that I would have depeneded on God instead of now being a xanax junkie! Now Im scared to wean off! I had no idea you could have seizures. Can someone tell me how to wean off safley? without getting the shakes or the piercing headaches that I get if I dont have them?

[Summer123]

If you've been on xanex for a week, stop taking them now or you will get addicted.  Then you will need a long time to taper and it will be hell.  Please throw those pills away and never pick them up again.  I believe xanex to be the most addicting drug ever!