Further, there are conflicting views on equivalent doses. . Anyway I shall battle on with hope that CBT works for me. The tranquillisers, including Xanax can be addictive and some people may become addicted within four weeks. Xanax is one of the short acting tranquillisers. With the short acting ones, if people do become addicted they may have withdrawal symptoms every 4 to 6 hours.
Withdrawal includes anxiety and panic.
The federal government recommends people on the short acting tranquillisers transfer over to the equivalent dose of Valium and once stabilised slowly withdraw the Valium. Valium in a longer acting drug and prevents the 4 - 6 hour withdrawal. You MUST NOT simply stop taking these drugs. This can be very dangerous. You need to speak with your doctor and slowly withdraw the drug under medical supervision.