Well, about 2 years ago I suffered a death in the family.. my brother who I grew up with my whole life died of cancer at the young age of only 35... after this happend I became what I like to call "Terminally depressed" .. I ended up losing my job because I didn't want to leave my bed and be out in the world, I just wanted my brother to come back... Sooner or later I started forcing myself to get up out of bed and by this time I was still very depressed but not enough anymore to make me completely immobilized, I also found myself to be INCREDIBLY anxious dealing with severe anxiety all throughout my days dealing with CONSTANT panic attacks. Especially in social situations... So a friend of mine convinced me to go see a psychologist who eventually referred me to a pyschiatrist who I began to see regularly...This doctor must have put me on and I must have tried every drug out there from zoloft to paxil, prozac, celexa, buspar, klonopin, and most recently xanax which I'm still on.

NONE of these meds worked for me... the depression, anxiety, and worst of all-panic attacks continued. Eventually, desperate, I began scouring the web for answers and I eventually came across this site .. ***** .. which is this program to cure anxiety/panic attacks for good all naturally.. To make a long story short, it worked incredibly for me.. my anxiety is gone, depression as well almost all but gone, and I haven't had a panic attack in over a month. I do though from time to time still feel sorrow over my brother. However, this is my problem: I'm still taking my xanax because I'm completely ADDICTED.. when I try to stop taking it I start going through incredible withdrawls mentally and physically... If I would have known of this addiction problem I would have never allowed my doctor to put me on them. Has anyone else suffered from benzo addiction and if so, know how to safely get off it with minimal side effects?? Please any advice/comments/suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!

Hi ChRoNoThexDon,
I thought I had posted on this very subject but now can't find it. Maybe you can under TomR. At any rate, **Ashton Manual. It got me off 17 years of another benzo, Ativan. I could write a lot here, but just read Ashton's work, it's a life saver.

I too got addicted to Xanax when it was prescribed to me. I had to wean myself off of it, and it is difficult, but it can be done if you have enough left.

You should ask your doctor for a weaning schedule to get off of it. Plus make sure you have benedryl in the house, as that will help with the effects of withdrawal. I could give you a weaning schedule, but the moderators here would probably delete it. So ask your doctor for one.

Best of luck, and PLEASE let us know how you did. By the way DO NOT cold-turkey or you'll have seizures and you could possibly die. god bless. Hugs, Lee

what program did you use to get over the anxiety? Email me when you get a chance.