Enjoying the luncheon before the awards ceremony was (left to right) Judy Caffee, Department Secretary for Respiratory Therapy; Doug Wright, Assistant Professor in RT; and Sharon Hatfield, Program Director of RT. Respiratory Therapy students Erica Branham (left) and Chelsea Synstad watch as lunch is served.
Acute phase. On average, withdrawal from Xanax lasts 2 months or more. A good rule of thumb I like to go by is the 90 day rule for any psychiatric medication. In most cases, withdrawal symptoms subside by the third month of not taking the medication.
For the drug to be completely eliminated from your system, it should take around 5.5 times the half-life of the drug. The half-life of Xanax is about 11.2 hours, so it will be completely eliminated from the body about six days after the last dose. Only 1% of the drug leaves your system during urination. Even though Xanax dissipates from the system relatively quickly, the symptoms of withdrawal following Xanax abuse can last for months.