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089: Ask David — Anxiety Triggers, Weaning off Anti-Depressants

Feeling Good Podcast | TEAM-CBT - The New Mood Therapy

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Can I Wean Off an Anti-Anxiety Pill?

When weaning off an anti-anxiety pill or an antidepressant, how slowly should one do it to be successful? If you're taking something like Xanax several times a day and then you try to go off it, if you've been on it for three weeks or more, you'll develop a tolerance. There's tons of techniques in both groups for defeating anxiety without benzos. When I was in private practice, we used all the older anti-depressants which are actually just as good as the anti- Depressants they have today.

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