Posted by bassman on November 5, 2006, at 16:52:41
In reply to Xanax to cope with a tough situation.., posted by Pluto on November 4, 2006, at 23:37:06
Yes, you will become dependent and you will probably be a bit uncomfortable withdrawing from it. But 1 mg isn't a large dose, so the withdrawal period is tolerable. If you must stay in the situation that you are in and you can't deal with it any way and your doc is O.K. with it, I'd just take the Xanax-if and only if that really seems to work. There is an argument for an AD-but frankly, if a benzo (or any other psychoactive drug) is working, my opinion is that you should just leave things alone. You could spend the next 16 months trying to find an AD that worked and had tolerable side effects for you. One of my favorite phrases is, "it worked until I fixed it". If the Xanax is really working, maybe just doing what you're doing makes the most sense.
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