Posted by blueberry on October 7, 2005, at 5:44:59
In reply to Stopping Xanax at .25mg dosage, posted by ClearSkies on October 6, 2005, at 21:23:05
Yeah, you're in the same boat I am. Actually, I've only taken xanax up to 1.5mg a day or as needed for about 8 weeks, have weaned down, but find I just cannot let go of that last 25mg.
I've been cutting the pill into custom size pieces, so I think I'm now at about .15mg.
I was able to drop from 1.5mg a day down to just .25mg a day in just a week with no problems by discovering by accident something else that helps a lot...Magnesium Glycinate. Magnesium itself is calming, but I think it is the glycine component that really helps. It really seemed to turbocharge the xanax bigtime.
Even though the daily recommended dose of MgGlycinate is supposed to be 400mg, and some people take 800mg for calming and sedation, I find that even just about 50mg (cut tablet) is pretty strong. In any case, cutting your pills is fine, and adding MgGlycinate can help a lot.
The method most commonly used in medical practice to get off xanax is to replace it with valium and wean off of that instead, which is supposedly easier to do than weaning off xanax.
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