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How Can I Stop Medications For Anxiety And What Would Be The Withdrawal Symptoms?

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I had anxiety disorder for which I was prescribed trika.25mg and .25 alprax at night. Now I am completely off trika for past one month and tapered my dose of alprax to half at night. I would like to know how can I be completely off the medicine and what to expect during withdrawl period as I only took it for two months.
Thu, 23 Jan 2014
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Sleeping pills easy lead to dependence. In case of stop taking drugs, it cause withdrawal symptoms like palpitations, headache, tingling sensation, increase heart rate, sleep disturbance. These withdrawal symptoms appear at high dose and for long duration of intake. In ur case dose and duration is very less and u r not in dependence pattern. u can leave it in one attempt. Chances of withdrawal in ur case is almost nil.

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How Can I Stop Medications For Anxiety And What Would Be The Withdrawal Symptoms?

hi thanks for using healthcare magic Sleeping pills easy lead to dependence. In case of stop taking drugs, it cause withdrawal symptoms like palpitations, headache, tingling sensation, increase heart rate, sleep disturbance. These withdrawal symptoms appear at high dose and for long duration of intake. In ur case dose and duration is very less and u r not in dependence pattern. u can leave it in one attempt. Chances of withdrawal in ur case is almost nil. Thanks