How Do I Taper Off a 10-15mg Per Day Xanax Addiction? Please Help ?

Question by iiB IL A zZz IE: How do i taper off a 10-15mg per day xanax addiction? Please help ?
I have been taking anywhere from 10mg to 15mg of xanax EVERY day for the past 6 months (some days upwards of 20mg) and REALLY want to cut down severely and get off them. I take these for recreational use, i.e. to get high. Yes i know, bad choice and very stupid. I take 4-6 mg every morning when i get my day started, then usually take another 1-2 mg throughout the day, then at night time i take anywhere from 6-8 mg. Some days i will eat up to 15mg of xanax at once plus the 4-6 i’ve already eaten that day, yet that doesnt even get me high much. Dont get me wrong, i get high but nowhere near what should happen taking that much. Im done trying to get high on them, i just want to be off of them for good. Any help with this is GREATLY appreciated, and thanks in advance for any replies!

– One Love,
Jay
Sorry i am new here and dont know how to reply to all of your answers lol but i would just like to thank EVERYONE for responding and giving their help to me! I appreciate it all very much, and i promise you all that I WILL quit using xanax. It helps me very much to read all your suggestions and to hear some have gone throug this themselves. I have already quit an over 2 year heroin addiction cold turky at my house, which was also a reason i started taking soo many xanax is because they helped the withdrawals. Thanks again everyone, i appreciate it a ton and also thanks for no harsh/mean/hurtful replys. Your all great people, and great for helping me with this!

Best answer:

Answer by jax
The best advice if you want to taper, force yourself to take not fifteen maybe ten a day then drop to like eight then six and so on. It will take true desire and want to do it, or you could cold turkey it and go to a rehab program and clean it out of your system. also you will have to get rid of all unused xanax that you have to not tempt yourself and not turn to other drugs. I know admitting yourself to a hospital is very hard, I just got out of one but that is what those services are for and people are there willing to help you,

Answer by Wednesday
Every 3 days reduce the milligram.
Then for a few nights after off of them, take a tylenol pm before bed.

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