Hi: First a little bit of background, I have a severe form of major depression disorder, high levels of anxiety, post traumatic stress disorder, suicidal ideation and self harming tendencies. Anyway right now I am on Paxil 30mg, xanax .25mg three times a day and zoplicone 7.5 mg to put me to sleep.

Anyway since beening up to three times a day the xanax does not seem to be lasting as long and I start to get tons of headaches between the 3hr and 4hr marker after I have taken the last dose. Is this normal? Should I ask the psych for an increase in either the number of times a day or a actual increase in dosage(mg)?

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I usually get headaches when i take too much Xanax just because it wears me out so much. I am not a medical expert so if you feel uncomfortable changing your schedule you should check with your dr first, but you mgiht want to try cutting out that last does of the day and see if you are ok without it. I don't think your dosage has anything to do with the headaches, and you definitely want to try to stick with the lowest dose of Xanax that works for you. Going higher can result in tolerance.

Let me know how you are doing. You should start feeling a lot better soon.

Hi: thanks for the quick response, usually after taking the last dose is when the headache becomes the worse> I don't sleep well and I am normally awake for 18 plus hrs a day so spacing the xanax out gets tricky as I need the headaches to go away as quickly as possible plus I become very paranoid and jumpy after the three hr marker. thanks again for responding

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well I have never taken .25 mg...my dr prescribed me .5 mg from the start, so maybe that is why I have always been more than fine taking two or less a day. So, maybe you should ask about an increased dosage. Do you think it could be a side effect from too little sleep or one of your other prescrips? I have always had lots of headaches and have never really been able to pin them to just one cause :( headaches are the pits. I'm surprised the Xanax doesn't help you sleep.

As for responding quickly, I am TOTALLY bored at work. Friday afternoons are the worst and I haven't done one thing today :)

Hi: First a little bit of background, I have a severe form of major depression disorder, high levels of anxiety, post traumatic stress disorder, suicidal ideation and self harming tendencies. Anyway right now I am on Paxil 30mg, xanax .25mg three times a day and zoplicone 7.5 mg to put me to sleep.

Anyway since beening up to three times a day the xanax does not seem to be lasting as long and I start to get tons of headaches between the 3hr and 4hr marker after I have taken the last dose. Is this normal? Should I ask the psych for an increase in either the number of times a day or a actual increase in dosage(mg)?

Take Care

Could be tolerance already. Tolerance causes the drug to stop lasting as long and withdrawal to start to kick in. Eventually the drug doesn't work at all. Been there, done that. Not pretty....getting off the drug merry-go-round was the best thing I ever did. But you don't mess with these things a slow tapering schedule must be followed. There is a free online manual called the Ashton Manual with loads of benzodiazepine info.

Problem is, most benzos are used to counter the over-stimulation effects of SSRi's like Paxil so you might have some problems staying on the Paxil without the aid of tranquilizers like Xanax.

The problem with continuing to increase the Xanax doses is that eventually more tolerance will develop, plus there is a limit to how much a doctor can legally prescribe. It's a dead end road IMHO.

You can never CT one of these meds either as seizures are a real possibility from CT.

I'm on Xanax XR it's new & keeps the same concentration of the drug continously in your blood. So, no comedowns!

I'm on Xanax XR it's new & keeps the same concentration of the drug continously in your blood. So, no comedowns! I do believe one can develop tolerance withdrawals to this as well but when not in tolerance, it is alot like taking Valium because Valium also has a very long half life; it stays in the blood much longer.

HUh, I wonder if Xanax XR is just an updated version of Valium?

I'm on the Xanax XR 1MG per day and have not had to up my dose (it's been 5 months)....I guess it probably is like a Valium in the sense that it lasts sooo long...in my case up to and more than 24 hours...like the previous poster said, there are no comedowns or breakthrough periods of anxiety. It's wonderful. I'm told (we'll see) that the longer half life for any med, the easier it is so come down off of....

Hi
: Does anyone now if Xanax XR is approved or available in Canada?

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no one knows?

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Nope...don't know...are you in Canada? If so, call the pharamcy....if not do an engine search for meds available in Canada. It's great stuff