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zanax

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
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246382 tn?1189755830
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
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I have cancer and I am  taking hydrocodone for pain.  I am having some depression and anxiety  is it ok to take zannax?
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242532 tn?1269550379
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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.
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