Question: Sorry to ask so much.....for pretty much 17 years i have been on xanax for anxiety,for 6 years i took Valporic Acid,i gradually cut down on the Valporic to 250 mg. a day for about  a year and this past spring stopped it cold turkey,after that my anxiety got BAD..I started back on it (with Drs, appoval) Oct. 8th 250 mg. a day.The xanax i take 1 mg. 4 times a day trying to cut back to 3  a day.i want off it.They did a liver function test and say my liver is fine.i also drank beer for 3 years with these meds. I have been dizzy for over a year and have started feeling nausea and i break out in sweats.I have no idea what caused my anxiety but I want it over.....The Dr. wanted me to up my valporic to 3 times a day....i tried but it made me sicker feeling. I have had a MRI of my brain,cat scans,EKGS,all kinds of blood work and my Dr. finds nothing but anxiety. This dizziness is the worse.Does anyone have any clues. I am going to physical thearpy for neck and back and shoulder pain...I am only 46 years old an dwould like to feel good. I wish I could just throw these pills away.....

Answer: I know the feeling but it sounds to me that you are taking way to much of the xanax and is probably prescibed by a family doctor and not one that you should be seeing not saying you are crazy i have these attcaks all the time and going off your meds will only make them worst but you may need a stabilizer and a diffrent approach to treatment. and when you say you are not feeling good i wonder what exactly that means do you have some depression going on? again nothing to be ashamed of just asking . I wish you luck and dont give up on yourself just try to understand what is going on to make you feel this way in the first way
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