Posted by justjustine on August 21, 2004, at 17:53:46
i have been taking xanax for years (1mg or less a day) and recently had to switch doctors. my new doctor is insisting that i taper off of xanax, she put me on wellbutrin, and wants me to take .5mg klonopin at night because she says this will help me taper off the xanax.
thing is, without the xanax i'm a wreck, whether i take klonopin or not. now she says the xanax is "masking" my depression and i need to add lexapro to the mix. i can't seem to get below .75mg/day, which isn't much, but when i take less i just cry all the time? just thinking about being forced off it makes me upset.
opinions? xanax seems like it works to me, and i'm not very interested in more ssri's after going through effexor withdrawal for over a month this past winter... is it really that bad to be on a benzo long term? why can't i keep a medication that seems to work?
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