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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR XANAX | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | Panic attacks; generalized anxiety | xanax is extremely addictive. | I am 30 and have been on xanax since I was 18. I now take 6 mg a day and cannot function without it. I take it in conjunction with 15mg of Buspar a day in hopes I won't NEED to take so much, but I still do. Both my doctor and I have reserved ourselves to the fact that I will be on it for life and that the past 12 years cannot be undone. Even on 6 mg a day, my anxiety is still not 100% under control. I would say its about 85% contained. When I began taking xanax, just one .25mg a day was all I needed. It certainly works- there is no doubt about that- it almost immediately relieves anxiety, but then wears off quickly. If you take it, just be careful- there are times when I wish I wasn't dependent on such a high dosage of a narcotic to just feel normal. If you aren't feeling physically addicted yet, I would talk to your doctor about safely weaning yourself off. | F | 30 | 12 years | 12/12/2007 | 4 | anxiety | none - take a low dose throughout the day | F | 54 | 6 months | 12/22/2007 | 4 | tinnitus | None to date | Take .25 mg. at night before retiring. Helps me make it through the day with this awful ear noise. | F | 58 | 1 years | 1/2/2008 | 4 | Anxiety | None | Helps for anxiety. I only take .25mg as needed. | F | 33 | 10 years | 1/6/2008 | 4 | Panic Disorder | No negative side effects WHILE TAKEN. | A MIRACLE WORKER to keep in my purse but extremely addictive and hard to stop taking. I eventually built up a tolerance and had to increase my dosage. Withdrawal symptoms after running out included: Insomnia, Panic, Depersonalization, Floaty and "Unreal" feelings, Auditory Hallucinations, Shakiness, Muscle Twitches. | F | 20 | 9 years | 11/16/2008 | 4 | sleeping | None I wake up without drowsiness, it really helps me sleep through the night. Wonder how habit forming it can be taking just 1 before bed. | I really need help sleeping. I tried Ambien and found myself walking in my sleep, terrible taste in my mouth and waking during the night (once sitting in the dining room) Stopped it immediately. | F | 51 | 4 months | 2/17/2008 | 4 | insomnia | A bit groggy the next day | Great night's sleep! Concerned about how addicitive it is. Is every other night too much? | F | 45 | 3 weeks | 3/5/2008 | 4 | Anxiety | Memory loss, whole blocks of time just gone. Horrible withdrawals after just a couple weeks. Totally don't give a sh-t about anything. (good thing though when you are going through a crisis) | I was orginally put on this in the hospital by a doctor that could care less about prescribing large doses of benzos. I was out of it the whole time in there, but it was nice since I didn't really care about anything and psych hospitals generally are not much fun. Then when I got home and had 90 1mg pills on me, my mom decided to throw them out! She didn't want me on an addictive med. I went through horrible withdrawals (even though I was only on them 2 weeks). I could not concentrate or sit still to do anything for more than a few seconds. I could not even sit down to watch TV, I always had to get up and walk. I could not sleep. I could not lie still in bed at all. I begged my mom to take me to the ER because I felt so bad. I had this constant feeling of my insides being in turmoil. I was confused. I thought people were laughing at me all the time because I was acting so screwed up. It sucked really bad. I was so mad at my mom for doing that. Even trying to wean down on these things d | F | 34 | 14 days | 3/7/2008 | 4 | severe anxiety | ativan made me stoned. xanax is quite possibly the perfect drug, takes away anxiety without making you pass out or feel hungover. | i have tried to stop for several months and have done so, with about one month of craziness where i yelled at everyone in sight. i quit out of a desire to limit the pharmaceuticals in my life, but i dream of a big bottle of xanax. | F | 30 | 3 years | 2/22/2008 | 4 | PTSD, anxiety, panic attacks | fatigue | Xanax kicks in really fast and makes me feel very calm and centered. However, I tend to fall asleep fast if I take 1mg. I will also wake up with a hang-over when I take any amount. | F | 22 | 10 months | 2/23/2008 | 4 | anxiety and menopause | Starting to notice it is hard to stay focused and concentrate during the day. I am going to go back to .5mg at night. | My hot flashes were horrible. Woke me up every hour on the hour. Had them throughout the day too. The less sleep I got the worse it got. My anxiety was getting out of control also. Started taking .5mg to sleep at night. Then upped it to 1 mg at night. Still sleep good, but am going to back off to .5mg It has done wonders for hot flashes. I was going out of my mind with menopause symptoms. I feel mostly normal now and am enjoying life again. | F | 53 | 8 months | 3/1/2008 | 4 | irritablity,anxiety,insomnia | groggy in morning. WET BED and then CUT MY FOOT OPEN by stepping on something while sleep walking. never woke up or realized what had happened till the morning. i've NEVER wet the bed or had ANY bladder control issues/never slept walked before either. i also think this medicine has led to me overeating. i've gained 6 lbs since i started taking it a week ago. i've had MAJOR cravings for sugars and chocolates. | Even after all the side effects i still give it a 4 b/c it has helped me sleep and it has helped me tremendously with my anger/irritabilty/racing thoughts/anxiety. i'll avoid future bed wetting by avoiding liquids two hours before bed and after. The sleep walking incident, well, i believe that was probably brought on by me trying to clean up the mess from the bed wetting, except i was still unconcious. The foot cut happened somewhere between my bedroom and the bathroom where i must've been going to get new linens and towels to clean the mess. the sugar cravings.. well, i REALLY hope that stops. perhaps if i go on south beach diet again that will eliminate those cravings. it's almost like i crave them to resolve a mild depression within.. the kind of feeling you have when you hear something VERY bad has happened to someone else. you're affected. sad. but not as if it happened to you. i WILL say DO NOT under ANY circumstances take this drug recreationally. i like the one girl | F | 30 | 7 days | 4/1/2008 | 4 | anxiety | Tolerance build up. | Works well for about the 1st year to stave off panic. After the year, it still calms, but not nearly as much as it used to. I am hoping my dr. will try me on something new next time I go. | F | 28 | 5 years | 8/10/2009 | 4 | Panic Attacks | Tiredness, loss of concentration, unmotivated | Xanax helps immediatley at the onset of a panic attack. Calms me down. Unfortunatley I'll be tired and unfocused for the next couple of hours on it. I only take it once or twice a week when needed. | F | 23 | 4 years | 8/2/2009 | 4 | sexual dysfunction/anxiety | made me sleepy, made me much less irritable, helped with anxiety attacks. When took to close together made me sort of manic. Did not increase sex drive, but did help with the stress hindering from being able to have sex | Took as needed, not daily | F | 29 | 2 years | 6/9/2009 | 4 | agoraphobia, insomnia | lightheaded, tired, slow | i was originally prescribed xanax 0.25mg for insomnia due to a bipolar manic phase. i had also been given Ativan and Ambien neither of which i liked at all. The xanax didnt really help me fall asleep, so it didnt work for the insomnia. however, i also have social anxiety and agoraphobia which leads to severe panic attacks. i was prescribed Ativan for those, which did all right. I decided to try 0.5mg of Xanax instead of teh Ativan and it works likea charm! no anxiety at all. I still have the same thoughts of panic and anxiety but i do not have the same physical reactions to stress as i did and it is easier for me to go into situations that would normally cause me panic attacks (for example, airports). i am asking my psychiatrist to change me over to Xanax as needed. | F | 31 | 2 months | 6/15/2009 | 4 | anxiety | extreme tiredness, black outs | It does the job... relaxes me completey... i only take these AS NEEDED because they make me tired and I won't remember doing things...which is super scary. Also can become addictive. | F | 21 | 1 years | 6/19/2009 | 4 | "Excessive Worrying" | Xanax is a side effect in itself!!! The more you take the more you'll NEED to take! It's a creeping vicious cycle! The withdraw is hell! Save yourself the agony, and don't start taking them in the first place! | Although I'm on the lowest dose 0.5, my body adapted to it very quickly. It's highly addictive! I am weaning myself off! I've decided it's worse to become a slave to xanax than it is to worry to much. I've cut my dosing down to 1/2 pill at dinner time, then the other 1/2 before bedtime. I thought weaning from 150mg Effexor to 37.5mg was going to be tough. My humble advise - don't take this medication unless you truly NEED too. The MORE you take the xanax the MORE you'll need to take it! I'm sitting here typing this and feel the withdraw symptoms rearing their ugly head. I refuse to take it! If I give in I'll only feel better for a short time. It will just make it harder the next time. I'll have to sit here and ride through the chills, sweats, and desire to take another dose. The withdraws will settle down eventually. They come in waves. Their like a roller coaster! You feel them coming, you close your eyes and go with them, then they pass. I don't know how long this coaster will go up and down, but I refuse to let this beat me. I'll tell you one thing, I'll NEVER take these again. It's unbelievable how quickly my body got adjusted to them. I can feel my body craving them. Addiction? I would have never believed it possible on such a small milligram, and for such a short time. Never again will I take anything remotely similar to this class of medications!!! ~Bright Blessings to all~ | F | 58 | 6 months | 4/16/2009 | 4 | Anxiety,Panic Attacks | Sleepy out of it, some short term memory loss,feeling close to addiction. | TO ANYONE PLANNING ON TAKING XANAX I TRULY ADVISE U NOT TO IT IS VERY ADDICTIVE ALTHOUGH I WAS TAKING A SMALL DOSE A DAY THE FIRST THREE WEEKS I FELT DEPENDENT ON THEM OR ELSE I COULD NOT FALL ASLEEP ITS A PROBLEM OVER A PRBLEM U MIGHT BE FIXING THE ANXIETY BUT WHO OR WHAT WILL FIX YOUR ADDICTION. I SEE SOME PEOPLE WROTE THEY HAVE BEEN ON XANAX FOR 6 OR 8 YEARS OMG I WOULD KILL MYSELF IF I HAD TO TAKE THAT EVERYDAY . I ADVISE YOU TOO UNDERSTAND ANXIETY AND PANIC DISORDER BE STRONG AND DEPEND ON YOURSELF TO FIX YOUR ANXIETY I WAS ABLE TO PUT A STOP AFTER A MONTH OF TAKING THEM I JUST DIDNT FEEL LIKE BEING ADDICTED TO ANYTHING SO I STOP TAKING THEM AND I WAS FINE.DOCTORS WILL SAY U NEED THEM LIKE THEY TOLD ME BUT USE THE XANAX AS A BRIDGE TO REALITY AND BE IN CONTROL OF YOUR SELF GOOD LUCK! GOD BLESS | F | 23 | 1 months | 5/19/2009 | 4 | anxiety, insomnia | I have odd memory lapses. I can't remember things I've done or said weeks or months ago that relatives remember. Diarrhea if none taken for 24 hrs; diarrhea if too much taken. | Taken for 20+ yrs after divorce; now no sleep without .5mg and melatonin. Am switching to valium and will taper off xanax that wears off too fast and wakes me up. I think it causes lack of emotion or "flat affect" which reduces enjoyment of life. | F | 65 | 22 years | 9/14/2009 |