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Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Aug 20, 2025 | Replies (140)
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Hi, I am a 60 year old woman who started Xanax due to high anxiety and panic attack. I’ve been on it for almost a year unknown that it was very addictive. I would not suggest that you rely on Zanax cause rather you use one milligram once a week as I did, you still fire yourself with bad withdrawals my whole body ache and I’m in five days as we speak into withdrawals and the older we are with medical issues. It will be harder to wean off this drug. I would not recommend it to anyone for any reason.
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I am a 79 yrs old man. 3 yrs ago I realized I was taking Xanax more and more often and decided I needed to stop. I had got a bottle of it from a neighbor who's mother used it till she passed 12 yrs ago. I discovered a British psychiatrist who was well know for getting patients off of this addictive drug. She slowly replaced it with a similar benzo called Valium which is less painful to discontinue. I told my PA about this and she agreed. Look this up on Google. It worked for me, but I wasn't taking the high amount you are. Arm yourself with info on the subject and bring it to your doctor, preferably a psychiatrist, who can help you through this.