Started Xanax (alprazolam) three weeks ago for pain and I am trying to work out whether what I am feeling now is tolerance or something else.
Cutting by ten percent of the current dose rather than the original is the arithmetic that keeps it survivable.
Cold and heat sensitivity turned out to be part of it and is barely mentioned anywhere.
There is a point in the afternoon where the effect is gone and the restlessness starts, and that point has moved earlier over three weeks.
The rebound is worse than the original problem for about a fortnight and then it eases.
Ashton-style switching to a longer half life helped a lot of people and is worth reading about.
Am I the only one, or is this the normal shape of three weeks on something like this?
Changing prescriber does not reset anything, and people discover that the hard way. Not on alprazolam but the pattern is familiar.
Everyone here blames the drug. Half the time it is the appointment schedule, not the molecule.
Careful with attribution. You changed the timing, the dose and the season. That is three variables.
Enteric coatings should not be crushed. The pellets are the delivery mechanism.
Half of what people describe as tolerance is a change in the underlying condition, and the two need different answers.
Same here.
You are not imagining it and you are not being difficult. Document it and take the document in.
I would stop trying to convey how bad it is and start saying what you want them to do.
The last ten percent of a taper takes as long as the first ninety. Nobody says so until you are in it. How long have you been on alprazolam?
Personal experience, labelled as such, is exactly right here. Nobody is prescribing.
Is it normal to feel worse before better? Nobody told me that.
Function over score. How long have you been on alprazolam?