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my personal experience with .5 mg Xanax was really good for quite a few years. Within the last year, I have started to experience some serious depression and my anxiety has increased. I would love to just stop it and not feel this, but my body said absolutely no when I tried for a week. I ended up sitting on the couch, unable to eat during this entire effort. I do not agree with your doctor that it is not addictive. My cardiologist and my general practitioner believe it to be a very low dosage, but that does not mean it’s not addictive. I will be 73 very soon and don’t know if I’m metabolizing things differently or what the change has been, but I am definitely feeling it. I have an appointment in two weeks with my doctor to discuss what we’re going to change to get me off this drug. I absolutely do not feel it is doing any good any longer. I’ve also lost over 25 pounds since this brain fog started. In my personal experience again, I say beware. Good luck working through your decision and I hope you find something workable for yourself.
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Doctors tend to suggest cutting in half and then stopping. In my experience and that of friends, it can take months to get off benzos and withdrawal, unlike alcohol, can actually be dangerous, even causing psychosis. See if you can get a liquid form, or after cutting dose in half, then 1/4, try using longer time intervals, going from say 12 hours to 16 and so on. Treat your brain gently!
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When one's life collapses like mine did one's ways of thinking are a bit distorted thanks to despair. Throw in the terrible money problems and life in Greece (not so romantic as most tourist magazines will tell you) and you get the picture. I'm not young any longer and I can't "brave" things as so many of my relatives remind me, so I struggle just to survive. Xanax at these very low dosages helps with sleep and getting through for yet another day. As I type this I also struggle with vertigo, a bitch of an ailment that refuses to badge. Overall, this is my own "battle for survival" which often seems lost. As for metabolism at our age yes, it does change significantly (another cycle of mysteries) and I can literally feel it in my bones. We got to persevere though, right? Thank you for taking the time of responding to my post and God bless!!!