Kelley

Hi-

I have used Zoloft, with Buspar at night and .5 Xanax. For daytime anxiety attacks I would break the Xanax in half most of the time just to see if I could get by with less. Sometimes it worked, sometimes not, and I'd just take the other half if I needed about 45 minutes later. After a couple of months of taking the Buspar and weekly therapy my anxiety subsided considerably and I was able to do away with the Xanax, but to this day I keep an emergency pill with me at all times.

As far as withdrawl goes, I think your doctor can give you something to ease the discomfort. I am a chronic pain patient and I recently made the switch from opiods to all non-narcotics medications. I had been using the opiods for about 18 months so we knew that even though I was not addicted my body would go through witdrawl. I can't remember the name of the drug and I do not know if it would do the same for Valium as it does for opiods but it's worth asking about! I had to take it as I slowly decreased my use of the pain killers and in turn slowly increased the new meds.

Hope this helps, Kelley