I've taken the four, one every four hours, as directed by him and I'm still not feeling any better. Don't suppose I'll be getting any sleep tonight, either.


Damn dude, I feel for you.

I can't imagine how the doc would even think that the phenobarb would do anything for you...especially at that dosage, and fresh from all that alp. everyday...

my only suggestion is if you had some, or you could go to the store and get some. Valerian Root. It's acts on GABA same as benzo's. When im out of k-pins I take like 10-15 grams Valerian and get nice relief from withdrawls, well as nice as i could hope for not actually taking benzos. It's not potent, by any means and will be nothing like pharms...but it's worth a shot. It will help you sleep anyway, i take it along with melatonin for insomnia, and like i said when im out of clonazapem.

Oh, so you're in Mexico? No wonder you've had the great luck of getting two doctors in a row who are simply stupid as all fuck.

Stupid Fuck #1: Let's put someone on 10 mg Xanax/day on their third month of benzo therapy! And 6 mg for sleep? Of a short-acting benzo? Guy must be a victim of fetal alcohol syndrome.

Stupid Fuck #2: Okay, so we're going to get this guy off of a 10 mg Xanax regimen by giving him 260 mg of phenobarbital. Yeah, right. And let's give the guy kicking a gram-a-day dope habit 5 mg of methadone twice a day, while we're at it.

Oh, and you said you're taking ONE phenobarbital every four hours? It'd probably take triple that amount to safely bring someone down off 10 mg of Xanax. Besides, alprazolam regimens that high should almost always be tapered to a manageable level using physician-controlled doses of alprazolam itself before switching over to phenobarbital.

You should also be doing this in-patient, by the way. But what the fuck do I know, right?

lol isnt barb wd actualy worse than benzo?

Yes, but hes not going to get addicted off of a couple weak ass phenobarbital

Oh, and you said you're taking ONE phenobarbital every four hours? It'd probably take triple that amount to safely bring someone down off 10 mg of Xanax. Besides, alprazolam regimens that high should almost always be tapered to a manageable level using physician-controlled doses of alprazolam itself before switching over to phenobarbital.
You should also be doing this in-patient, by the way. But what the fuck do I know, right?

I totally agree with POC here, not only are you doctors fucking morons but there endangering your life. Being a long time benzo addict I'll try to help out as best I can.

The safest way to 'detox' off a high regimen like that is to taper your doses. You should not just be switching from a high dose benzo, especially a very short acting one like xanax and replacing it with a miniscual dose of of ANY barbituate. Your doctor should be limiting your doses and gradually drop you from 10mgs a day, to 8mgs and so on and so forth. From what I've read(dont quote me on this), especially on xanax, 4mg and below is a safe dose to start discontinuation and switch to something like a high dose of phenobarbital, which would stop any chance of a seizure and help with the irritibility. And trust me, I've tried to quit benzos cold turkey after many long years on them, and all I can say is that a seizure is NOT the way to go. This is something that could take your life man, dont leave to to a couple braindead docs who obvisouly have no idea what they are doing, or what they got you into.

My best advice to you man is to find a COMPETENT, knowledgable doctor who understands your condition and proceed from there. But POC has a good point as you should be in inpatient facility, it gives you your best chance at kicking the habit and people in there actually know what they are doing; that initially is what the ER doctors wanted me to go into but I never went, just went back home and continued on my way. Talk about a missed opportunity eh?