Alprazolam?

[Guest Vietnam Tanker]

Does anyone who is on Alprazolam know what dosage would be to high? My Psych Doc has me on 1mg three times a day and .50 before bed. A civilian doc thinks that is to high, any advice or opinions would be appreciated, from your own experiences.

[carlie]

Does anyone who is on Alprazolam know what dosage would be to high? My Psych Doc has me on 1mg three times a day and .50 before bed. A civilian doc thinks that is to high, any advice or opinions would be appreciated, from your own experiences.

John,

If anything I'd be taking the mg before bed for better restful sleep.

As far as the 1mg 3X's a day - if you stay kind of groggy, feeling

woozy - just cut it down to a half -- find out what is right for you.

And then if you choose to - tell your doctor is working best for you.

XOXO,

carlie

[purple]

This is from the rxlist website:

Treatment for patients with anxiety should be initiated with a dose of 0.25 to 0.5 mg given three times daily. The dose may be increased to achieve a maximum therapeutic effect, at intervals of 3 to 4 days, to a maximum daily dose of 4 mg, given in divided doses. The lowest possible effective dose should be employed and the need for continued treatment reassessed frequently. The risk of dependence may increase with dose and duration of treatment.

In all patients, dosage should be reduced gradually when discontinuing therapy or when decreasing the daily dosage. Although there are no systematically collected data to support a specific discontinuation schedule, it is suggested that the daily dosage be decreased by no more than 0.5 mg every 3 days. Some patients may require an even slower dosage reduction.

[Guest Vietnam Tanker]

Thanks, Carlie and Purple for the fast responce, My concern is that the Civ Doc wrote me a script for a 90 supply and no pharacy will fill it as it is to many pills. I must be the one that is nuts LOL

[john999]

Xanax is addictive. If you stop taking it suddenly you can have convulsions. When you get off it reduce it very slowly. Same thing with valium. I stopped taking klonpin suddenly not thinking about it and I had symptoms. I felt intense anxiety. Much more than usual and could not sleep.

[Pete53]

1.5 mg is a light dose contrary to what has nbeen said. I am prescribed 4 mgs a day 1 in morning 1 before bed and 2 one mg PRN.

I would not worry to much as mong as you do as Doc ordered. My old shrink told me that he would prescribe up to 12 mg a day if that is what it took to stop a panic attack.

The pony is you will not know till you do as Doc ordered and can check for problems or it may work.

[yoggie2]

Does anyone who is on Alprazolam know what dosage would be to high? My Psych Doc has me on 1mg three times a day and .50 before bed. A civilian doc thinks that is to high, any advice or opinions would be appreciated, from your own experiences.

I my self am on 1.5/4 times a day but I find it easier to take it as I need it because its fast acting for me and I don't want to be walking around doped up if I take to much but I also find it makes me feel more normal than anything so I don't get buzzed if I take it at all but when I need it I need it bad to get my anxiety under control when I get that I'm starting to loose it feeling but they are right here I do need it to knock me out at night and could not sleep with out it with all the anxiety in my life its hard to sleep.. but 1MG 3 time a day seems to me a mid to light dose just my opinion seems a little less then the middle of the road i don't think you have much to worry about... Good luck..yog