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I've been illegally taking 1mg-1.5mg Alprazolam (Xanax) since about January 20th. I have had a sleeping disorder since August 2014 known as sleep maintenance insomnia (where you can fall asleep but wake after 4 hours). My doctor in Germany prescribed me zolpidem 5mg initially (Ambien) but this didn't work because I would wake up still in the middle of the night. In desperation (and I know this is bad), I took some Alprazolam (Xanax) given to me by a friend in France where it is fairly easily prescribed. Normally Xanax isn't used for insomnia but it has been working really well for me.
I've been taking 1-1.5mg Xanax one time a day an as-need basis (which has been around 4-7 days a week), now for 3 months now.

I've decided I would try and stop taking the Xanax as my doctor has now referred me for therapy for my sleep disorder (which I'm happy to say will be covered by my health insurance).

I didn't take Xanax on Sunday and around 24-26 hours later I started feeling like I had flu-like symptoms (diarrhoea, fever, swollen tonsils) and got a really bad fever and awful muscle pain in my neck and shoulders (which I've read are classic Xanax withdrawal symptoms).

I'm not sure if these things were related I was travelling long-haul (which I do a lot between Europe and Asia for work) and under a lot of work stress and could have been just getting sick, however I took 1mg Xanax last night and this morning I feel none of the muscle aching symptoms however my tonsils are still swollen.

Given what a low dosage I have been taking I have enough Vallium left-over (in this case, legally) that could taper off using one of the schedules I've seen online or should I just bite the bullet and go to my doctor and risk getting drug abuse/addiction put into my health insurance record (this would be very bad).
<bot>: I've been taking 1-1.5mg Xanax one time a day around 4-7 days a week for 3 months is stopping enough to trigger withdrawal symptoms if I quit cold-turkey?