I had done a five day detox off of ativan because I ran out but I broke down and got xanax from a friend because I couldn't cope. I'm mostly just venting or looking for advice, I'm hoping because of the five day detox a week ago the withdrawl won't be so heavy. So I went a week with nothing and took xanax for 7 days the following week after that basicly, I had been on ativan for two months.