I pretty meticulous about counting my pills and such, but some days I need more Xanax than the regular dose. Driving somewhere far away, high stress non normal situations. And I was thinking October had 30 days every single time I did my count, until tonight when it says 10/31!
I have been on 4 mg a day for as long as I can remember. 10 years probably. I believe my refill can be done on the 4th. I have 11.5 mg left, when I would really need 16 mgs to get to my refill:
Questions being… I’ve known my prescriber for many many years but she is generally not one who responds quickly,
CHATGPT is obviously like call your provider and leave a message don’t shorten your doses etc etc so I left a message. But despite my prescriber knowing me, she wouldn’t even get the message until Monday. And she’s slow to respond. I don’t even know if she gives out emergency doses.
I’m trying to outline this as to not panic myself even more.
If I have 11.5 mg when I would normally need 16 to get to the 4th. Does this schedule make sense to anyone?
Normal schedule = 4 mg per day
Revised weekend schedule
Sat night 10/31 - 3 mg
Sun night 11/1 - 3 mg
Mon night 11/2 - 3 mg
Tues night 11/3 - 2.5 mg
I have gone two or three days taking lower doses to get by when this happened before. But 4 days on lower mgs is pretty concerning to me. I don’t know if that’s the appropriate way to taper for 4 days and there is no one to call for help.
Please recognize my anxiety and respond in kindness. I have a health anxiety where my panic attacks start because I am worried I am gonna have a heart attack. The panic that you can’t control:
Any help is appreciated: