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