XANAX Reviews (ALPRAZOLAM)Average Rating: 3.9 (928 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare XANAX with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR XANAX | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | anxiety | if taken at night time, i sleep in late and have a very hard time getting up. | Have taken .5 mg for a year. 90 pills a month. I only take as needed, maybe once a day. I have not had the feeling of being addicted to it, but like I said, I don't take it all day long either. | F | 26 | 1 years | 1/15/2009 | 5 | Anxiety, muscle spasms. | Drowsiness | It works better if dissolved under the tongue, I take it before bed as a muscle relaxer as well as anti-anxiety. My dose is 1mg and I can combine it with my opioid pain medication. | F | 21 | 4 months | 8/13/2002 | 5 | anxiety, muscle spasm | none | All narcotics have an addictive nature, educate yourself! If you have a good doctor and take the medication properly you will develop TOLERANCE which is not the same as ADDICTION. A diabetic needs insulin to live, we need this medication to function. I go back and forth between xanax and valium and sometimes I don't take either for up to a week. | F | 21 | 5 months | 8/13/2002 | 5 | Insomnia | Slight amnesia and dry mouth. | Just half a pill an hour before bed enabled me to sleep immediately and wake up 7 hours later. It ended the excessive worrying and thinking about life and work and the toss and turn and can't sleep type insomnia. | F | 34 | 1 months | 10/11/2003 | 5 | to get high/ nah - anxiety | what was what what? | i feel like junkie | F | 20 | 1.5 years | 4/29/2003 | 5 | anxiety/panic attacks | loss of inhibition- and especially memory in doses exceeding 20mg :) | its not strong enough- now rohypnol- thats a drug | F | 21 | 2 years | 4/29/2003 | 5 | Panic attacks/anxiety | Drowsiness, mild hang-over effect in the morning | I take .5 mg of Xanax on an as needed basis for my panic attacks. I realize the potential for addiction so I refuse to take more then one or two pills a week. It has really changed my life and helped me cope with a miserable disorder. Highly recommended for those who don't have to take it every day. | F | 25 | 1 years | 7/31/2002 | 5 | anxiety | none....just relief from the anxiety and panicky feelings | After the birth of baby 3 i suddenly began having daily anxiety...Dr. put me on prozac and it made me more jittery....switched to .5 xanax xr and one .5 regular xanax in the afternoon and i'm back to myself. Dr. says that if you don't need it, it won't work for you. He knows that some people will need this short term, others long term. For post-partem moms this varies. We need to get over the anxiety of addiction and help ourselves function! | F | 33 | 1 months | 2/12/2005 | 5 | to sleep better | not many, however, i did notice if i took too much I would have a slight hangover in the a.m. of the next day | XANAX can be addicting and you can not take it if you become pregnant or are trying. Wean yourself off it, slowly. | F | 37 | 3.5 years | 3/14/2002 | 5 | Anxiety/Panic disorder | Drowsiness | Having been on this med for some time..I now know the reason I take it, is now due to its addictive nature. I am slowly tapering myself off, with the help of an anti depressant taken at night. My advice...get off it...it makes you feel good in the beginning..but be assured..it takes a grip on you..and it has you hooked. If I knew what I knew now..I would never have touched it. | F | 43 | 11 years | 3/31/2002 | 5 | anxiety/insomnia | none | Xanax works very well for me. Helps me to calm down when i start feeling anxious or overwhelmed. Also works very well when I can't get to sleep at night. I don't always need it. Some weeks I have to take it every day and then sometimes I can go weeks without taking any. I defintely like it better than the anti-depressants my doctor has had me try. Those are terrible. They really mess with your brain. Xanax just takes the edge off and helps you cope.(especially for PMS!) I am a stay at home mom of five boys and let me tell you this has been a life saver for me! | F | 35 | 2 years | 5/20/2005 | 5 | anxiety | the first week of takeing xanax i was tired, but it worked the first time i took it. after 2 weeks or so, i lost 3 lbs. and my energy levels were through the roof! all the side effects of this medicine were very low...now i am on buspar and take xanax only when needed, but its still the best out there. | xanax works great for people with hypothryoidism. | F | 28 | 1 years | 4/12/2005 | 5 | agoraphobia and severe panic attack | None | This is TRULY a miracle drug. I no longer have arrythmias or panic attacks that confine me to my room for months at a time. | F | 53 | 15 years | 4/13/2005 | 5 | panic attacks/anxiety/insomnia | none, except sadness if I take it alone and go to sleep (weird!) | Posted below, discontinued effexorXR that ned is a b%$#@ to get off of, too many neurotransmitters for me personally. Since I added Lexapro and still continue to take the Xanax, things are better. I find in conjunction w/an antidepressant one needs less Xanax, decreasing potential for addiction to the benzo and some great cognitve behavioral therapy isn't a bad idea either | F | 34 | 1 years | 4/23/2005 | 5 | Depression and anxiety | None except I suspect it could be partly to blame for my gaining about 35kg over the 11 1/2 years - enough to make you depressed! I also hve slightly raised liver enzymes in my blood. I don't know if Xanax is to blame. | After resisting using drugs for 18 months after the onset of my symptoms at the age of 41, I was given a sample of Xanax. I was warned it was addictive and researched it for myself. I did not want to use it but my life was a mess in that I couldn't socialise etc after being an extroverted person all my life.I had a family of 4 children to care for and a very understanding and kind husband. I reluctantly tried Xanax and found immediate relief. I have been taking it for almost 12 years now. I take 2mg per day (morning and midday) and occasionally extra for anxiety provoking situations (like visiting the DOCTOR). I don't like being addicted to a drug but it is better than having a rotten life. I was eventually diagnosed as having fibromyalgia which seemed to have caused my problems. I have tried a few antidepressants but they either don't work or give me worse anxiety. I am lucky that my doctor seems to feel taking Xanax indefinitely is OK as I am not raising the dose. I try to cut back sometimes but have not been successful. | F | 52 | 11 years | 2/27/2005 | 5 | Depression and anxiety | See my last comments. I am repeating this as I made a mistake in my email address. It is [email protected] | F | 52 | 11 years | 2/27/2005 | 5 | Panic attacks, anxiety, insomnia | After taking Klonopin, and Ativan over the years, Xanax has helped the most, AND has had the least amount of side effects. I thought recently that my 160 pulse was from the Xanax, but I have been taking it for 1 year now, and added EFFEXOR XR 3 months ago. (BAD MOVE) I have had absolutely NO side effects from taking Xanax. | Xanax has saved me when I go into full on panic attacks, and my heart flutters. I love Xanax. I know it's addictive, however, so far so good after a year, and I haven't had to increase it. When I added Effexor XR to my | F | 34 | 1 times | 3/11/2005 | 5 | panic attacks, anxiety, insomnia | I was just reading, that the one thing I have noticed, is that after about 10 months after beginning Xanax, my liver enzymes have increased as well, but I also was taking Vicodin for a year due to another disease. | I do wonder if Xanax, taken over a long period of time, does affect one's liver enzymes? I never had any problems with my liver enzymes until taking this medication, but it still helps. Kind of like a catch 22! Best wishes all. | F | 34 | 1 years | 3/11/2005 | 5 | panic and anxiety | Just a little tired at first. I took 1ml. three times a day as prescribed in the beginning for about 6 months. Then found out I was pregnant and quit all in the same day. I didn't know any better at the time. Withdrawal from xanax was bad and lasted a full week. | I knew I could not function without something and hold down a job. I have found and it seems over the years, doctors have realized it doesn't take very much xanax to work. I can take just .25 a day and cope now. I could have then but I didn't know it. I don't even take it everyday. I don't worry about getting addicted to it. My life would have been a mess if I didn't have xanax and an understanding psychiatrist. It is a wonderful drug if it is not abused. I can think clearly and focus much better than if I didn't have it. | F | 47 | 19 years | 1/22/2005 | 5 | Panic attacks | One a scale of 1-5 it's off the chart - 100 - as in 100% effectiveness. I have only been on xanax a few weeks but what a difference. No panic attacks. And I've suffered with acid reflux for TWO years, and since I've started this medicine, I've had no reflux whatsoever, even at night. Prilosec did not even work as well for me as this medicine has. And I can't take anti-depressants - went back and forth between a few different brands (paxil and lexapro to name a few), not only did they knock me out but I experienced severe difficulty in urinating and had to go off the meds completely; xanax has posed no side effects.. some mild drowsiness but I'm able to function fine throughout the day and I sleep like a baby at night. | its known to be addictive but the benefits of this medicine outweigh any addiction risks in my book - I once again feel normal - like I did when I was a teenager - without any health woes OR worries! | F | 41 | 2 months | 1/30/2005 |