I am also so tired I can sleep 12 hours at a time. I am only taking my Xanax every other day .25 mg. Is it possible on such a small dose to be withdrawing?
I am trying to ween off of Xanax and replace it with L-Theanine, I am so dizzy I cannot function?
Question posted by ajennijones on 4 Dec 2011
Last updated on 27 May 2018 by bryony2412
3 Answers
bryony2412
27 May 2018
Just in case anyone in a similar predicament looks at this
-- switch to a low dose of a slow release benzo like diazepam,
its much easier to withdraw from slow release benzos, so switch to diazepam and lower from there.
sleeptown
21 July 2015
I know for me, I got a prescription for Xanax for extreme panic attacks. I have never had to take a single pill due to taking 200 mg of L-Theanine.
Hope this helps anyone out there.
mik934
4 Dec 2011
it is a small dose but you will still have withdrawls.. i was on xanax for 10yrs and 6 to 8 2mg bars a day.. i weaned myself off by taking less and less each day. you may need to dael with the w.d.s for a while but they will go away.. they are hard to get off of and i allmost died doing it cold turkey.. i just kept breaking my pills down untill i reached to what your on and if i could skip a day and fight the w.d.s then the next day i would break that .25 in half and it would take the edge off and help with the dizzyness and mood swings and i got to a point to where i didnt need to take them anymore.. dont get me wrong it was hard and i also did this in a about a 6 month wean but i was on a much higher dose and taking way to many as well as drinking on them trying to escape my problems and all it did was make my life much worse and i even lost the love of my life over the dam things, they are an evil pill..
just think pos and take it slow and try to miss a day and maybe the next day break your .25 in half and then in time break the half into a quarter and your brain will slowly get used to it and then there will be a time where you wont have such bad head spins.. just take it slow and one day at a time.. good luck my friend.. hope this msg makes some kind of sense.. Mickey from chicago.. p.s. dont get me wrong, there will be days were you may just need to try and skip a dose or two and just fight it and your brain will get used to it and then there will be a day where you will no longer need to take any..
ajennijones
5 Dec 2011
Thank you, I guess I am trying to do it too fast. I have been on Xanax on and off for 20 years (mostly on) and this is the lowest dose I have ever been on and just didn't think it would be so bad getting off of them. I HAD to take one yesterday to make it through the day and of course it worked! It is evil. Now I know how those drug addicts feel on TV that are so sick in rehabs. My doc told me L-Theanine would replace it but it doesn't. Thanks for the quick reply and I will definately take your advice and cut down a little slower. Have a great day.
prettybeckybird
21 March 2012
Benzodiazepines are highly physically addictive and you have to wean off them very slowly and should be under the care of your prescribing MD while doing it. I've done it; side effects are really difficult and can be dangerous if you try to go too fast. It is worth being patient and doing it slowly. My anxiety disorder is quite severe and I still take some, but less. On bad days I can take a little more without a problem or having withdrawal side effects. Without it I could not function at all. My panic attacks started at the age of eleven and I suffered terribly for over 20 years before finally getting help. What a relief! Good luck and take care.
Inactive
13 July 2013
Well back when it came out in 1981 I mg three times a day was a godsend to me... have not had a panic attack since Now on a low dose of Effexor and also buspar..back down to I mg twice a day after all these years
I feel Xanax is a useful med my shrink said it only caused problems if you went over 3 mg a day..and would not treat people who took the 2mg bars
So I think it is useful, but ideally should find an antidepressant to help with panic..but in your case I am not sure why you want to wean off such a low dose take care,
Jerry
carilynrae
21 Dec 2013
I am so happy to have found you all here.
I have been on Xanax for seven years, for Anxiety and panic attacks, I really want to stop taking them, and have tried a couple of times, but, i was in too much of a hurry, and made myself sick.
Now i am down to 1/4 of a .25 tablet twice a day, and hoping to cut down again after Christmas.I must admit i am a little frightened of doing it, but just want to get off them.
Recently, over the past month or two, i have been having head spins and straight after get a massive headache, I am now wondering if it could be the Xanax, perhaps a withdrawal symptom... as my tablets are very small, and i am not accurate in cutting a half in to a half again.So some times one 1/4 is smaller than the other.I hope i am making sense...
I have been blaming my Blood pressure medication for these symptoms, but now am wondering, Could it be the Xanax???
I would be so happy to hear what you all think,
Cheers for now,
Carilyn rae.
Thatgirlin305
8 Sep 2015
I also am glad i found this thread, I hope years later someone can help me.
I also am a xanax victim (what i call it), I have severe panic disorder and wish i knew years ago what i knew today how bad xanax is and the damage it has done.
I want to get off xanax so bad.
Can anyone please tell me how to take L-Theanine evening or morning and how much should i take ..
I have taken GABA supplements, then i read about L-Theanine and of course its normal (at least for me) to be scared to take anything even supplement.
I wish i could go back to the was i was i never took medication until 2006 when they put me on xanax and tied me on so many other medications that screwed me up more ..
Currently my prescription is 1mg 4 x day at one point i was taking more, i try to take 1/2 mg but doesn't work most of the time.
PLEASE HELP...
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