I was given a little bit of Xanax, specifically 2.5x 1mg pills. I have used these over a week in ~0.5mg - 0.75mg doses. I have had a lot of social events and have been trying to avoid stimulants which is my usual demon. Tbh I don’t actually enjoy the effects of downers all that much (basically no euphoria), but I have quite bad social anxiety so I have been using it as a social lubricant. I have no intention of buying more after this week as I have no social events planned over the next few months and my anxiety is limited to larger crowds.

In total I have consumed ~1.5mg (100% under 2mg) spread over 3 occasions in a week, with my last 0.5mg dose today. I took these on non consecutive days and felt fine in between. On the days I have been using I also took between 0.5g and 0.75g of phenibut, which has been a 2x a week habit for around 2 years; never causing any WD or rebound anxiety. Other than this week and very rare low dose Valium use for comedowns, I’m benzo naive.

Should I be expecting any rebound anxiety or WD over the weekend? If yes, is there anything I can do to help reduce it?