Addiction to xanax is a reality. I was talking with a doctor about a friend of mine who was taking xanax and just stopped taking it. He started having panic attacks and and a lot of bad physical, withdrawal symptoms. Within a day he was back on it. Anyway, the doctor told me that these psychological drugs need to be tapered off over a 2 – 3 month period. I was shocked. It just a relaxer drug, it’s not cocaine or heroin! Apparently, the body becomes dependent and so does the mind. These drugs create a “psychological dependency” and you can get into serious trouble if you quit xanax cold turkey. who woulda thought it? as my father used to say.
