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.... :(

can someone please helpme with this?

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

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.

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?

well i just dont want to be on the meds anymore i have read about some bad effects it has on a person, but most of all i just feel like i can find someother relief besides taking medican, can yall tell me if i been on it long enough to build up a tolerance or became addiccted or depentant on the xanax, and i would not dare stop it abruptly, not after what i have read about it my concern is if i taper will i have the seizures, thats what i am scard of, no i havent talked with my doc but i am going to see a psycologist thursday i just really need some advice, because i am scard that even if i do taper i will have seizures, thats why i ask if i have been on it long enough or take a dose high enough (.5 mg three times a day for about three months) to cause these things with tapering off of it,,,,