How much is too much to start off with , with xanax?

Question

My doctor is putting me on 1mg a day xanax. I am a little worried after reading everyone on here that 1 mg is too much to start off with. What is your personal opinion? I am going to call them tommorow to talk to him again.

Answer 1

you are going to get hooked on it anyways, so the dose will not matter in a short while anyways, so when you wake up and find your pills all gone, don't be blaming the neighbor kids

Answer 2

1 mg once a day is really a small dose. I passed meds yesterday at the jail where i work, one inmate received for the day a total of 4mg of xanax and 40 of valium. Of course this is an individual thing and I am sure your doctor has decided on this dose based on what you have told him. Good grief it is such a small dose just take it and see if it helps. Meantime why would you question an educated opinion and ask the crazy folks here what they think since the majority here are very poorly educated on the things they attempt to answer. I might add xanax is not recommende for more than 4 mg total per day so I am really wondering where above answerer got 5 then 10 mg prescribed. As I stated a lot of folks here just don't have the correct answers.

Answer 3

I mg a day isn't too much, you could try breaking it in half. Just remember that Xanax is one of the Benzo-diazepam family of drugs and can become addictive over time. There are other methods to calm yourself, like deep breathing and excercise that are very helpful, so maybe ask your Doctor about that.

Answer 4

If I were u i wouldn't start taking any xanax, tell your doc 2 give u klonopin, it's not physically addictive.I have been taking xanax now 4 at least 12yrs.It started off with a 2mg,i couldn't remember the previous 2 days i was so doped up.I liked it,so much i ended up taking 150 pills a week.I tried 2 get off of them,but my dr says i ruined my nerves.Once you've been on xanax,especially abusing it like i did is VERY DANGEROUS.First off if the drug is abused,the withdrawls include certain seizure within 3 days of not having the drug.I've been on everything i can get my hands on,and xanax takes the cake.I was on heroin,and would rather withdraw from that rather than xanax.My advice is to not go down that rabbit hole.They tried 2 convert me 2 klonopin but it didn't work 4 me.I ate xanax like it was candy,nobody could believe the amounts i was ingesting.i would eat at least 6 as soon as i woke in the morning.Now because of my stupidity,and growing up in hospitals and group homes,I'm permanently stuck on xanax,and it sucks because it really doesn't do anything 4 me anymore,so 4 the 1st time in my life i decided to never lie to at least one of my dr's,turned out 2 be my psychiatrist.He put me on xanax xr (extended release) I take 5 mg a day and I'm fine,I don't crave the high anymore ,and considering the large amounts I have ingested 5mg a day aint too bad, beats the alternative,go into a live seizure that's pretty surreal.It's a weird kind of seizure because you're awake,your throat starts swelling,tongue too,i came really close to popping my bottom front teeth out locking my jaw down.Believe me when i say i hope you really need this xanax,because once abused it causes catastrophic damage.Hell even if not abused,and taken for a long period of time,same scenario.Trust me,I REALLY know alot about drugs,they've been in my life since the age of 7 (long story) I was 11 when I went into state's custody.I bounced around hospitals and group homes for 8 yrs.,basically i was a lab rat.You would not believe the drugs they had me on back then,i'm an addict,always wiil be.I don't want to place blame on anyone but myself for the way my life turned out,but my mother is bi-polar,and an alcoholic 2 boot,so my grandparents tried 2 raise me, but my grandma was so scared i'd end up like my mom she made me a victim of maunchhausen syndrome.I have studied,and taken just about everything out there,pharmaceutical, and street.Even to this day i can go into a dr's office not even trying 2 get narcotics and still walk out with a presciption for one.I'm 30 yrs old now,and I'll be on xanax for the rest of my life,and believe me,I don't want to be on them anymore for fear of them being stolen,or another hurricane hits,because i know that seizure is coming.And to answer your question, yes 1 mg is too much to start off on,most dr's won't even consider giving xanax anymore,it's an old school drug.Tell your doc either klonopin or 0.50mg of xanax only if u have to have it would i take it.

Answer 5

No, I was wrong when I said that I took 5 mg of xanax. It was more like .5 mg. Sorry!

Answer 6

xanax, isn't much good if your hyperactive, i couldn't get a fly high off of it and I'm nothing but skin and bones and it should have smoothed out something but i never got off on them, tried two a day and didn't feel anything, had to drop them because of the cost, they just isn't any bang for the bucks as far as i was concerned

Answer 7

they start off at 0.25mg,.5mg,1mg,2mg,3mg,4mg,they do not like you to exceed 16mg aday for hard core anxiety. your pill should be scored break it into and try 1/2 mg and see how you feel,of course talk with your MD

Answer 8

Trust your doctor and your reaction to the medicine. Why do you go to the doctor if you are going to listen to everyone else?

Answer 9

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/uspdi/202084.html

The above is an information site on prescription drugs.