"i have anxiety &amp; used valium first to help anxiety as well as sleep dr started me with 5mg 4x a day for 2 years. it helped but then i built up a tolerance and then 10mg 4 x a day was fine and worked but notice a tolerance again so then after 20 years changed me to alprazolam and wow big difference. i was prescribed 2 mg sticks 4 x a day 120 a month! at first only need 2 a day then shortly i&#039;m on 4 pills 8mg a day and no side effects, powerful at first now almost fell like i need more. but wanted to cut down its been 30 years in benzo&#039;s and keep hearing about withdrawal from the drug? i go a week sometimes without the drug and don&#039;t feel any symptoms. any suggestions"