I had been taking Xanax for a few months daily (3-5mg) and I ran out and couldn't get anymore. I was afraid of going to the hospital and racking up a huge bill that I would never be able to pay and was totally convinced I hadn't been taking it long enough to have serious withdrawals so I thought fuck it. I can get through this. I downed a couple painkillers and literally 30 seconds later I said to my brother: I think I'm about to have a seizure. Black stars in vision (prodrome for those familiar with migraines) and all 200lbs of idiotic drug user hit the floor. I seized for what he said was five minutes but I didn't "wake up" for twenty minutes. My dog bit the shit out of me and wouldn't let him come near me. I was floating through a world of my memories mixed with a pinkish white fluid if that makes sense. You ever see that scene in Fullmetal Alchemist where Ed loses his arm and leg?

$3,000+ bill, a moderately long detox with help from dissolving Klonopin, and 2 and a half years later and I'm just now back to "normal". It was a crazy time for me and I regret ever taking Xanax in the first place. Every problem I had before amped up to 11 and I couldn't do things like touch a door knob with my bare hand, go to a grocery store, I had to triple check that I locked a door or turned off the stove, I couldn't sleep, I constantly thought I was going to die, when that went away I wished I would die daily, and to this day I twitch and get weird shivers throughout my body. I also fucked up my shoulder and my knee from when I fell and when it gets cold my shoulder locks up and gets stiff. I can't stand for long without my knee aching. If you're ever in my situation just go to a doctor and tell them you want to detox and save yourself a ton of trouble.