Posted by Jackster on June 9, 2002, at 1:45:44
I've been on 200mg tegretol and 1mg Xanax (+ 40mg Paxil) per day for panic disorder and have been doing well. I was just below the effective level for tegretol, and so went up to 300mg. About a week and a half later, I started having waves of anxiety for no apparent reason. I talked to my PDoc about it - and theorised that perhaps the increase in tegretol had caused the levels of Xanax to decrease - and I was effectively going through Xanax withdrawal. My PDoc looked surprised and said he'd never heard of it, but perhaps it was possible. Later I looked up on the internet, and found 3 websites that confirmed my suspicion. Has anyone had this effect?
Something else that confuses me is that tegretol is actually recommended for Xanax withdrawal on this website: http://www.benzo.org.uk/gershman.htm
Surely it would actually aggrivate it then?
Any advice welcome!
Jackie
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