Date:   4/4/2013 10:33:25 AM ( 12 y ago)
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Hi, wiredgeneration!

It's great that you are getting better after what you've been through. The worst is over for you because you are done with the pharmaceuticals. I am always impressed by people who listen to their body and work with it instead of relying on a magic pill to make the symptoms go away.

I wanted to maybe switch to valium because it's a longer acting benzo which is easier to get off of (according to some) compared to xanax.
But after reading your post I changed my mind. It's going to be hard no matter which benzo is involved. And you were taking them for just a few months!... I'm afraid that after 6 years Im going to have some permanent damage.
I noticed that as soon as I start lowering it below 1 mg(which is still a high dosage, it's just too low for me;(() - I have severe adrenal crashes. Like the one this sunday: I was doing great for 2 weeks after taking lipo c and glutathione, so I lowered the xanax and here we go again... I just couldn't get up. It seems like such a waste of time because I have to start all over again...so disappointing...
The more I think about it the more obvious it becomes: withdrawal and adrenal crashes are essentially the same thing. It's impossible to get better without removing all the pharmaceuticals out of the picture first.

When I was reading Dr.Lam's book I would have flashbacks from my memory when I first noticed the AF symptoms but instead of paying attention I ran straight to the psychiatrist!... I saw myself going through stages 1 and 2 years ago and I was convinced that it was all in my head...
It never occurred to me that my body was screaming for attention not for more xanax... or antidepressants...
Everything happens for a reason though. If I didn't collapse both physically and mentally I'd still be running around like an idiot for the rest of my life like many people still do.

I believe that I can recover and I'm trying to stay optimistic.
Yoga helped me tremendously.
I read there were studies done that proved that deep breathing and meditation increase GABA activity. It makes a lot of sense to me because I got so much better since I started practicing it.
My yoga teacher lost interest in me as a student because I can't get rid of the xanax dependence but he doesn't understand how hard I'm trying. When I suffer from withdrawal I can't do any yoga...

There are some breathing techniques that can help you with your anxiety too: Anuloma Viloma or Nadi Sodhana pranayama. It really works!
 

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