Hi.....I have been on Xanax for twenty years for extreme anxiety/panic , initially  prescribed .5 mgm at bedtime it worked very well and I felt great all the next day, but now I have Xanax tolerance and rebound anxiety when it wears off and Ive been very shaky and trembling which makes me not want to leave the house for fear of having an epispde. its made me very self conscious, Ive tried most of the SSRIs with not much success. Ive tried to keep the dosage low , Ive done my homework on this drug and realize the addiction problem.  Should I increase the dosage?
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