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re: Has anyone in here successfully weened off benzodiazepines?
Posted on 7/9/20 at 10:00 am to td01241
Posted on 7/9/20 at 10:00 am to td01241
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There is not one single legitimate medical reason to EVER give someone Xanax
Yea that’s horse shite
ETA: I probably could have been more civilized than that. But I disagree with that post
This post was edited on 7/9/20 at 10:05 am
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Posted on 7/9/20 at 10:02 am to tigerfaninsc
Who knows. Like I said it has become very popular outside of its initial limited scope. I don’t like using it personally. I use Klonopin 95% of the benzos I write. Restoril rarely and maybe Valium if they have proven they can handle PRN scripts of 5-10 a monrh
Posted on 7/9/20 at 10:02 am to Gcockboi
I'd probably talk to my prescribing doctor about weening off them before coming to a discussion board, but that's just me.
Posted on 7/9/20 at 10:02 am to windshieldman
Give me one I dare you
This post was edited on 7/9/20 at 10:03 am
Posted on 7/9/20 at 10:03 am to td01241
Can't remember if it was 90 a month, but I think so. It was prescribed 2-3x a day or as needed I think.
I also cycled through 20 mg Adderall and 40 mg Vyvanse around the same time too. I used to joke that I just canceled myself out.
I also cycled through 20 mg Adderall and 40 mg Vyvanse around the same time too. I used to joke that I just canceled myself out.
Posted on 7/9/20 at 10:04 am to td01241
My buddies a psychiatrist at OLOL. He’s paranoid and anxious as frick. Now he’s a psychiatrist 
Posted on 7/9/20 at 10:04 am to The Spleen
Well obviously but he has definitely described early stages of benzo abuse. A lot of times it is easier To build up confidence from some professional anonymously before approaching your doc
Posted on 7/9/20 at 10:05 am to redneck hippie
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yes. cold turkey about 10 years ago.
How much were you taking daily?
Did you have a seizure?
Posted on 7/9/20 at 10:06 am to td01241
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Give me one I dare you
You dare me to give you what?
Posted on 7/9/20 at 10:06 am to TH03
I use Stimulants I believe in them more than benzos and SSRIs are the single most useless medications in psychiatry. I only use Vyvanse or XR adderall and only for treatment resident depression. Would never mix with benzos. But yeh 90 Xanax a month will almost without fail sooner or later start running out 5 days soon then 10 then 15
Posted on 7/9/20 at 10:07 am to windshieldman
Any legitimate medical indication or reason to give a patient Xanax that can’t be controlled not only with more efficacy but a higher safety profile and exposing them to the lowest amount of risk vs reward
Posted on 7/9/20 at 10:09 am to windshieldman
OP, 1.5mg of Klonopin isn’t going to harm you coming off of it. If it would make you feel better talk to your doctor or do what others have said, ween down. Break the pills in half and start with that for a week, then take half a pill every other day if needed for a week.
ETA: After further discussion and thinking, just talk to your doctor. For goodness sakes my screen name is Windshieldman, don’t take medical advice from me
ETA: After further discussion and thinking, just talk to your doctor. For goodness sakes my screen name is Windshieldman, don’t take medical advice from me
This post was edited on 7/9/20 at 10:50 am
Posted on 7/9/20 at 10:10 am to windshieldman
No do not break Klonopin in half. That’s bad advice no offense. Only scored formulations are .5mgs
Posted on 7/9/20 at 10:11 am to td01241
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But yeh 90 Xanax a month will almost without fail sooner or later start running out 5 days soon then 10 then 15
Yep and I went to a psychologist who made recommendations to my family doctor who wrote prescriptions so I guess I got pretty good at hiding that. I was on them for 2-3 years at least.
Posted on 7/9/20 at 10:12 am to td01241
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Any legitimate medical indication or reason to give a patient Xanax that can’t be controlled not only with more efficacy but a higher safety profile and exposing them to the lowest amount of risk vs reward
I took them for a year for PTSD. It doesn’t last long, and if I felt anxiety coming on I took one, within 20 minutes or so I started feeling better. For what ever reason I couldn’t drive on interstate w/o having a anxiety attack and feeling light headed. A 1/4mg was all I needed and it did great for me, and several coworkers agreed it did with them. I just quit taking them a few years ago once I worked through my issue. My doctor seemed to think it was a good prescription to take and to me it was. Everybody is different
Posted on 7/9/20 at 10:13 am to td01241
I also run extreme monitoring at my practice because of how we operate and the types of patients and illness we often deal with the most. Anyone on anything controlled has a UDS every visit which is every 2 weeks. You can be called in for a pill count at any time and report time is no more than 24 hours. I routinely check PDMP and also if they’re filling the non controlled medications regularly. Almost all do very well because they know i will work with them and I’m not there to torture them.!
Posted on 7/9/20 at 10:14 am to td01241
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No do not break Klonopin in half. That’s bad advice no offense. Only scored formulations are .5mgs
You can break them in half, I’ve never taken Klonopin, but pretty much all benzos can be break in half
This post was edited on 7/9/20 at 10:15 am
Posted on 7/9/20 at 10:16 am to windshieldman
No offense but I’m guessing you’re in your 40s at least? Amble indisputable research has show how benzos for PTSD is a absolutely horrible idea just to point one thing out. The thinking about these medicines specifically is going under rapid change quicker than usual in medicine. No one gives Xanax anymore because any number of other medicines can do what it needs to do without subjecting the patient to as much possible bad outcomes
Posted on 7/9/20 at 10:16 am to td01241
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td01241
Thanks
This post was edited on 7/9/20 at 10:23 am
Posted on 7/9/20 at 10:16 am to windshieldman
Do you know what a scored pill is? And why they are?
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