Quote from GRDIAN28:

Has anyone tapered off alprazolam or gone Cold Turkey after 7 weeks on the meds? I was taking it for an anxiety attack I had because of stress ( A lot of it accumulated). I was taking .50 3x a day. About three days ago I started to taper off to .37/.25/.37. It's been 3 days and I feel like a drug addict because the med wears off after 6 hours, but I fight it to hold off at least to take the next one at 8 hours. My routine has been to relieve myself and then vomit first thing in the morning, even though it's dry heaving. My heart feels like it's going to jump out and my stomach feels like I'm trying to recover from the flu. I've lost about 15 pounds (which I wanted to lose after having my son but this is not the healthy way). Has anyone done the tapering for something this short amount of time?

I went to see a Psych with prescription authorization yesterday. She's been at it since '67. I wish I've would of known of her sooner. Come to find out that I've had Depression with anxiety for a while. I had no idea. I just thought of it being hard stress. I grew up with a Schitzophrenic mother and a younger sister. All those years I took the parent role. I might of had it since my teenage years. Don't know but I'm taking care of it now. My mother never had medical treatment up until last year. She is now 64. First step for me is to get off Xanax. She gave me Trazodone to sleep at night. I didn't like it because it made me have dreams. I woke up twice in the middle of the night. Got up just to really vomit this time around. I guess it takes time to adjust. I was also given Wellbutrin XL. I took my first one this morning. I'm a little nervous from the use of all these drugs. She told me I might have to be on these meds from 9 to 12 months before my own body does it's own thing. I'm new at this, so any advise will be greatly appreciated.