Xanax Question - Anxiety Message Board

shorty21 · 05-21-2007, 07:14 PM

about three months ago my doc put me on .5 mg of xanax three times a day, at first i would only take it twice a day and some times once a day but for the past three weeks i have taken it three times a day, i no longer want to take the meds anymore, but i started reading the side effects of xanax and the withdrawal, addiction and dependance effects also, my question is have i been on this long enough to build up a tolerance, or be addicted or be depentent on it, my main concern with stopping the medication is the seizures you could have not only from going cold turky but also from just tapering off, please someone help me with this i cant really trust any of the web sites out there some of them say one thing and others say something different, if anyone honestly knows about this please please help me....

shorty21 · 05-22-2007, 06:03 AM

can someone please helpme with this?

hotdam · 05-22-2007, 07:23 AM

Have you discussed this with your doctor? does the medication not help you? are you taking anything else besides the xanax?

babygirl2005_21 · 05-22-2007, 07:43 AM

You need to talk to your doctor. Stopping any medicine suddenly can have some bad effects. If the Xanax is helping you with your anxiety alot then why do you want to stop taking it? My friend has a ton of Xanax but she just keeps them in case she has a bad attack. She said now that her Paxil is working she doesn't really need the Xanax much anymore.

hotdam · 05-22-2007, 07:53 AM

Shorty, I have been taking xanax since January and it has been a life saver, I also take paxil, the paxil is starting to work so I may be tapering off the xanax soon. I will also be keeping the xanax with me just in case. As babygirl said talk to your doctor. But if this is helping why would you want to stop?