"i&#039;ve been on benzos for the past 3 years.

i got started on diazepam 5mg 3x daily for about 6 months. worked good, but stopped working pretty quickly. then got bumped up to diazepam 10mg 3x daily, same results, 6 months later..felt like i was taking nothing. then my doctor mentioned alprazolam, he put me on 1mg 3x daily along with wellbutrin. the xanax worked great, but i&#039;ve always had bad reactions to ssri&#039;s. so my doctor got me off the wellbutrin and put me on alprazolam 2mg 2x daily.. i&#039;ve been on the same dose for over a year and a half..and has worked perfectly. great medication. but it does have the potential for abuse/addiction. be careful with that because withdrawal from any benzo is horrific."