What Happens When You Withdrawl From Xanax (Page 6) (Top voted first)

My friend has been taking xanax for the past two months he's been taking the 2Mg bars he would eat about 10 bars a day because of his anxiety he stoped taking them for couple of weeks and now he is not remebering anything he has been passing out and saying he had a conversation with somebody and never even talked to that person. like we'll be sitting in a room and he will think the phone is ringing but it isnt. and he said he had a conversation with me one day and i never even talked to him that day. I'm trying to find out if this could be from the xanax because its making me very worried.

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My daughter just lost a dear friend who went "cold turkey" off Xanax,he was 31 and was happy and in love and decided to get off period,
He died yesterday,we are still wondering what happened when everything seemed so finally look up for him.I wonder if the reason was Xanax withdrawal,and a heart attack.
So so sad for all of you who are addicted to this drug.Hope you can find the strength to quit if you really don't need it.

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totally agree that person is calling people addicts n if he or she is not abusing then how they running out???u too the words right outa my mouth lol

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I was taking 8 1 mg blue Xanax for a long time and I didn't want to take them anymore so I went to a mental health unit and detox with a doctor and it was very hard they gave me phenobarbital for the first 4 days so I wouldn't have a seizure and I didn't thank God but as soon as 8 days past they released me and my husband had to take off work for 30 days and watch our two young children they were two and three years old because I couldn't do anything I had anxiety attacks on top of anxiety attacks I could barely walk my legs felt like they weighed a hundred pounds each and I only weigh 220 pounds total. This was the worst withdrawal and I was told that from the mental health unit as well. Xanax is one of the worst withdrawals anybody will ever go through. It is a full 30 day withdrawal and believe me it was no vacation it was like hell I couldn't do hardly anything for myself yet alone for my children. I have been clean for 20 years off of Xanax. When I went to the mental health unit I had 2 big bottles of blue 1 milligram Xanax when I got out I flushed both bottles down the toilet because I didn't want them ever again and I beat my addiction. I'm sure it was with the help from God. I just want to express how painful and heartbroken I felt while I was withdrawing for 30 days. My advice to anyone taking Xanax is please do not exceed what your doctor has prescribed for you because they're very addictive and like I've mentioned the withdrawal is horrible I wouldn't wish this upon anybody. So please take my advice get medical help you detox and don't ever touch Xanax again if you ever get you taking as many as I did in a day. Good luck to all of you don't be afraid to admit yourself to the hospital because you need their help for at least the first four days or you could die it can be fatal. God bless

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No it is not because of people abusing Xanax that you can not get any on the weekends. If you need meds on the weekends then obviously you are overdoing your Xanax pills as well. My doctor gives me enough meds to last me 30 days and I see him before the 30 days is up sounds like you definitely have a problem with your Xanax 3 times a day. Maybe you should stop pointing the finger at addicts and realize that you are one also. End of story.

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Why don't you try taking Seroquel 150 milligrams at bedtime will help you sleep you will sleep you don't need any other drugs to sleep then Seroquel. I have been taking Seroquel for over 5 years to sleep and I sleep very well every night. A lot of people AR acting like they're not addicted because the doctor writes their Scripts but if they don't last you a full 30 days then you are an addict and you should stop taking especially Xanax to sleep it's not a sleeping pill it's for acute anxiety panic attacks xcetera.

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AMEN! I have taken daily xanax since 1998 (when my husband jumped in front of a train). And now with all the abusers--you are ruining and preventing people whom take the drug to treat acute panic disorder/PTSD from staying on this medication. Taken as prescribed, mistakes happen, docs may write you a script every month and they forget some months are 31 days, or call it in with the wrong pick up date (due to the high controls needed caused by abusers) we can't fix the mistake, and nor can the pharmacists-and we realize it a day 2 late, and can't reach docs as it's Saturday. Also, my doc has made mistakes with my appointments calling in refill for "Sunday the 9th, when Sunday is the 10th, and also being every 30 days, writes script for a 28 day month. Or god forbid we're sick and can't make it to re-up appt! It right the scripted uses for severe medical reasons have to deal with people breaking the law, abusing this med, and WE pay for it-the actual people who take this drug as scripted. The addicts-they need help and the SHOULD get help! Regardless of the fact they did this to themselves taking an unscripted drug, but it's not their fault they are addicts. But they chose to be addicted to this drug. I also have a new provider as mine retired, and she doesn't script ANY patients xanax. I feel for addicts, being addicts isn't their fault-BUT being addicted to xanax IS their fault, and they knew they had addiction problems, and to this drug "to feel high", now "we" who require this drug for severe psyc reasons get turned down.

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1988 here and the more you think about it, for the betterment of mankind we need for all Benzos to be removed from the U.S. This 30 day thing has people acting like addicts to obtain their needed drugs. Oh I'm right there with you but don't live fill to fill and have to worry about it. I also realize it would be best if I finally go into some sort of inpatient rehab as the medicine controls your brain chemistry and really we will never get better

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30 mg a day how did you get that, jesus man you would be asleep 24 -7 I TAKE 6MG ATIVAN a day and the shrink says that's a lot , cost you a fortune 30mg Xanax that in mg 60 mg Ativan . jesus

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2mg 0f Xanax 3 timez a day?! Prescribed?! Who in gods name needs that much alprazolam?! That sounds like abuse right there, just with a dr's seel of approval!! Lo f'ing L. I have severe anxiety and that much Xanax causes more stress than helps. I'm on a long acting benzo ( Clonazapam) 1mg 1-2 times daily and that is plenty. Any more and it makes it worse. A bar 3 times a day, ridiculous amount even for treating seizures. Hope you don't lose your doc cause not many others will write a script like that. Alprazolam is strong and if the dose is too high, the consequences are serious, sooner or later. Stop blaming addicts, 3mg a day is not a long term therapeutic dose whatsoever, short term maybe.

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I don't believe your story, not for one second. Benzodiazepine Withdrawal is worse than Opiate/Opioid Withdrawal. If your “friend" was taking just half that amount for half of the time you said, within 12 hours he would start to feel the Withdrawal kicking in. 12 hours after that he would be in a World of Hurt. He would be suffering brutal panic attacks. He would likely be on the verge of falling into seizures. He would not need your help in pointing out what was wrong, it would be very- very obvious, because he would be craving a xanax, (alprazolam), dose in a extreme way. The only reason for your friend, which you invented with your imagination, to be going through this awful experience would be because he, or she- (it doesn't matter because he or she doesn't exist), was out of supply and would be doing the most that could be done to get more. I suggest if you are going to make up stories to get attention, that you should do a lot more research. I feel sorry for you. You need help. This type of behavior is repugnant. Stop wasting the time of others with your pathetic lies, or maybe you are not lying & you are psychotic. If so, then get help because if you are this far off the deep end of reality, you are probably a threat to yourself and others & you need to be in a locked down psychiatric facility.
However, if I was to wager on whether you were insane, or just a loser with nothing better to do, but “cry wolf" to a group of people online, I would most definitely put my money- 5 to 1, on the latter. I can't stand people like you. You are like a human leech that clings on to people, and has to be the center of attention. You are the kind of person who abuses the kindness of others. You keep playing your games with people, and I guarantee you that one day you will try your game on the wrong person, or group of people and you will be treated to a good thorough beating. The good side of this, if you survive it, or aren't beaten into a person who would be mentally deficient, (that would be ironic- then you would have the sympathy and attention that you seem to crave like a drug, I suspect), would be that the beating you will eventually receive, would put your entire life into a whole new perspective. Consequences are often enough, the best teachers. I don't know how old you are, but you need to change. When I was a kid back 1999, I needed to change, I didn't like myself, so I took action & joined the United States Marine Corps. I get the feeling you are an American & that you are young.
Man up, or woman up and join The Corps. If you are a man you will join The Infantry, as I did. It's a great time to be in The Marines. Believe me they are experts at taking repulsive civilians and changing them into honorable, courageous and committed young Marines. The change is forever.It was the best part of my life. Unfortunately, I was Medically Retired in 2010 due to injuries sustained in combat. However, if I had to do it over, I would of done it the same.

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I was prescribed Xanax medically for over10 years. I am now into my second month without. I did a medical detox for 10 days and have been in an IPO for 22 days. I am still having a bad time. Just because it's prescribed, doesn't mean it's not killing you.

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It kills you on the way in and it kills you on the way out. I mean that sucks coming from one who almost died on the way out plan

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you cant blame people for the governments actions. many of these people got hooked because of dr's.

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Do you know if your friend ever found his Kidneys? Xanax is a wild medicine!

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Sounds to me like OnMeds is addicted, abusing, and in denial.

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uhm... it seems like someone is currently going through withdrawals. how does others using xanax get in the way of you getting what you are prescribed? you just wanted to state an opinion that was initially irrelevant. 1. this peron is asking for help. 2. who cares about what YOU are prescribed. 3... i feel like you just wrote that comment because you are in the same boat as everyone else. its just your doctor is your "legal" dealer. either way, the its deadly.

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17 Mg a day, my God! Good advice by the way. When I showed up at the ER door I didn't want to tell them as I thought I'd be turned away as a drug seeker, instead invited to stay the Week as all the diagnostics & numbers spoke for themselves!

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possible sliding into deep depression (manic) with way off chemicals in his brain. He needs a blood test immediately. If he won't get a blood test he is hiding something or manic paranoid! Good luck

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