My brother has been prescribed that, and when he tries to stop it, his blood pressure shoots up and he is so wired he cannot sit still.
My husband was on xanax for several years, and had to stop, because he is on pain meds, for chronic pain, and most doctors won’t prescribe them together anymore, for fear of losing their licenses. However, he was started on Cymbalta for his depression and anxiety, and he had virtually no withdrawal symptoms from the xanax, and thankfully, the cymbalta has controlled both his depression AND his anxiety. It is truly miraculous, but each individual responds differently to the newer classes of anti-depressants. They first tried him on paxil, and THAT made him nuttier than a fruit cake.
there is a very useful withdrawal protocol for Xanax involving clonidine, muscle relaxants, and the protocol I describe above for trapped users. Other users just do a long two to three week cutback