I've been on 1mg of Alprazolam for 17 years, have never exceeded the dosage and many times needed only half a tab (.5 mg) at bedtime. My PCP has cancelled any refills, without warning, and has Rx'd 30mgs of Buspar daily. I was not able to tolerate a lower dose when we tried it years ago so I'm essentially going cold turkey. Also, my other meds have changed since then and a few don't play nicely with Buspar but apparently I'm the only one checking. The doc said that if I want to continue the xanax I'll have to get it from a psychiatrist but I know from past experience that they'd only push antidepressants and I had adverse reactions to all of them. Once I read that Buspar is very addictive, that did it! I don't need to trade one problem for another.