Seve,

Three times I tried to take myself off Xanax. It was a disaster. Thank goodness I checked with my pdoc before I got to far into my "taper" plan. For the first three days of his plan, he had me take more than my original dose and then he put me back on the plan that I was supposed to be on.

Six months later I asked him to help me get off Xanax. He gave me extra Klonopin (the equivalent of Xanax he said) and told me to stop taking Xanax. Ten days to 14 days after that my body was going through its own detox from the Xanax. I felt awful. An acupuncturist helped me. I was o.k. shortly after the Xanax was finished getting out of my system.

Today, I remembered to renew my medications this month. Your post helped remind me to try to do it a little early each month so I can always keep at least a one month extra supply.

M