How to use Xanax without developing physical dependancy

[Chip]

if it's Gabapentin then what's the optimum dosage ? they never worked for me.

My unscientific response is that 900mg feels good to me.

that much ? wow, ok no wonder i got nothing from it.

and YES, we can and must talk about dosages on this site. I am in full support of that despite it being frowned upon at Opiophile

[Jega]

But it's not metabolized at all, really. Instead, it's renally excreted unchanged. One would expect, though, that the ring part of the structure might be hydroxylated by some hepatic enzyme or collection thereof.

Ok zoops let me implant this idea in your head. What if some is metabolised but very very small amounts. That's why let's say larger then pharmaceutical doses cause the effects they do.

I'm just asking if you think it's possible.

[Daughter of Dionysus]

Exuse me if this has been brought up before
But I onced watched a documantary
Made a by a doctor
In Australia IIRC
Who was saying  that Xanax is more addictive then heroin
He wasn't anti writing it
But one of the things I found curious
Was when he was saying that once you start
Taking them on a daily basis I.e. how they are prescribed
The more anxiety you experience



As to the OP
I'm not comfortable giving anyhng that would be deemed as dosage advice
With that said...
I think you'll be OK
Considering the low dose you have been talking

On I noticed I built up a tolerance to them too faßt
Sucks ass
I wish I could get that chilled out relaxed feeling I get
From taking the first 8
It's a shame you can't feel like that with every dose

But I think you'll be OK
You've only been doing it for a little bit
And it's not like your not taking up
To 30mgs like I was

[Snoop]

My best guess is to use them in situational scenarios that you simply can't handle... Or a crippling panic attack.

Once it becomes recreational, or daily dosing.... You're fucked already.

Leave em alone altogether would be anyone's best bet.

I'm serious as hell when I say that the dependency REALLY creeps up on you with this particular substance. I'm fighting like hell (once a-fucking-gain) to hang the shit up.

Down from talking anywhere from 40mg Valium, 8mg Clonzepam, and/or 8mg of Xanax on the daily (prior to my start of my taper) now down to 1mg to 2mg Xanax maximum, on the daily.

Id fucking love to just quit the damn shit... But that's another story altogether. I think I may need fucking rehab for real, like a 90 day dry out. There's no other fucking way I pull it off at this particular juncture in my life. Not without a place to just hide away, lick my wounds.


I hate being reminded of my worst enemy/best fucking friend.

[Diacetylmorphinefiend (OP)]

Snoop: I think I know what you mean by it sneaking up on you. I think it has to do with the memory loss aspect. There where times when I felt like I hadn't taken one in a while but when I thought back I had taken a football 5 out of the last 7 days. Even now that I am becoming alarmed I find it hard to resist taking one. I took 2 mg last night as my reward for making it 5 days without taking any. If that's not a sign of a brewing addiction I dunno what is. I really don't want this addiction but I just have too much access. Hopefully I can keep the physical dependancy at bay foras long as possible.

[Opus]

More like: How long can I fuck around with Xanax and shit before I cop a habit?

Everyone is different, there's nothing even close to a straight answer. Some people will start flopping around after a week of Ativan, some people take months or years, some people never get a habit despite regular use.

For me I was mixing Temazepam with lots of wine and it took maybe 2mos before I really started noticing it, like rebounding hard, and once I took a pill or had a drink, really suddenly I REALLY felt like I needed more pills &/or wine NOW. Like I'd be anxious but really mostly ok, until I had a drink, and then mostly psychological became very much physical really fast. My first few pints went down quick. That's how it started for me, I was totally asking for it, but really desperate for sleep so figured I'd pay later, and  pay I did.

@Snoops: 1mg is good! Hang in there dude you just gotta start making smaller cuts, but wait until you're stable, no harm in waiting a week or two if you gotta wait. It didn't really get HARD for me until I was under .5mg Xanax, Try shaving small but consistent sized pieces off with a really sharp blade. It's no race brother, progress is progress. For me with Xanax (it's all I had) I dosed 2x a day until down to like .25mg, then 1x day. When you're pushing yourself and really feeling like it's time for a dose and a half-hour is a fucking eternity from dose time, try sublingual dosing, I definitely felt those small desperate doses quicker under my tongue..

[Chip]

I used to take xanax and clonaz. sublingual too.

seems to work faster, as our friend above pointed out.