XANAX XR Reviews (ALPRAZOLAM)Average Rating: 3.7 (76 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare XANAX XR with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR XANAX XR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Gad | Horrible . Would not recommend to my worst enemy | Yeah like I said it's horrible. | M | 27 | 0 days 3 | 11/7/2019 | 1 | G.A.D and Panic Attacks | Panic Attacks,anxiety attacks, Nausea,Constipation,Jitters, sleeplessness, even on sleeping meds! | F | 48 | 2 months 2 mg. | 11/24/2015 | 1 | GAD | This drug RUINED my life. I was prescribed this drug after having reported only one panic attack. Within 4 months of using this "medication" I became severely depressed. It took 7 months for me to realize that I was addicted. Ive been off now for 8 months, and completely disabled. I've lost my health, job, relationships, fitness and self-esteem. I'm basically bedbound. I have anxiety 24/7. My life has been destroyed by this medication. Please don't let this happen to you. If you doc prescribes this, do take it and then find another responsible physician. You've been warned. | F | 47 | 7 months 2mg | 3/26/2013 | 1 | anxiety/depression | extreme fatigue and in a "fog" all the time | DO NOT TAKE XR - WITHDRAWL AFTER ONLY 7 DAYS OF TAKING IT. | F | 37 | 7 days 1mg 1X day | 12/3/2011 | 1 | gernerized anxiety and panic attack | decreased sex drive, a little drowsy in the am since i take it at bedtime. | I was on the instant release xanax 1 mg 4 times a day and they worked great until they started wearing off, so they put me on the XR, i still get panic attacks and i like the fast attacking effect of the IR, i feel like i'm waiting for ever for the XR to kick in, most importantly if you dont have insurance your screwed IR xanax is less than 20 bucks a month where XR release is over $200 a month, That in itself will cause you a panic attack when you get that surprise bill from the pharmacy!! Besides that i have tried every benzo for my condition and have done so for years, dont switch to valium if youve been on xanax XR to save money because you'll be better off taking a benadryll! | F | 27 | 30 days 4 mg 1X day | 8/19/2011 | 1 | Anxiety | I first started taking regular Xanax for about 6 months to treat moderate depression and anxiety, most likely due to a high stress management job. Xanax had immediate positive effect -- I basically returned to normal. I shifted to Xanax XR, took for several months and then the problems began. I had a panic attack which sent me to a hospital and other symptoms, including muscle twitching and stiffening, difficulty sleeping, restlessness. The neurological symptoms worsened and I began to fear a serious illness. So what did my doctor do? He increased my dose. Fortunately, I went to a neurologist who demanded I get off Xanax. I weaned off over a 6 week period... no fun. But the neurological symptoms appeared to worsen as did my anxiety. I have been off for two years now and very close to normal. But that year from hell, in retrospect, was a combination of high stress exasperated by an increasing dependence on Xanax. To this day I am pretty convinced that Xanax had alot to do wit | Don't take it. It is a quick fix, but a potential trip to hell. Fortunately, and thanks to God, I returned from hell. | M | 52 | 1 years 1 to 1.5mg 1X day | 8/6/2010 | 1 | Anxiety | Feelings of detachment and unreality. Withdrawals are: Shaking, extreme anxiety, insomnia, hallucinations, vivid dreams, heart palpitations. | Addicted after just five day! Took me five weeks to ween off and had to go down to .125 a day. Withdrawals sent me to ER where the doctor gave me Vistaril, a non-addictive antihistimine, to counter the withdrawals and to help me sleep. It was a God send. The doctor there said that Xanax is not made to be taken on a regular basis. It's only for breakthrough panic attacks on an as needed basis...not daily. He said that if you are driving under the influence of Xanax, you are charged the same as if you are DUI. If somebody dies, you go to jail. Highly addictive drug and very dangerous. | F | 49 | 5 days .5 mg 2X day | 6/23/2010 | 1 | Anxiety | Extreme Highs and Lows, Sexual Dysfunction, Rapid Heart Rate in between doses, Dependance for sleep and confidence | Amazingly I have been off for 4 months and the side effects of Xanex are subsiding. The anxiety I had was a result of prednisone I had taken for a ulcer. Xanex made it OK for awhile but when I went off it made the anxiety I had to begin with seem like childs play. Going off of Xanex almost made me insane. I ended up in the emergency room twice.I had severe agoraphobia. Im so happy to know what caused these symptoms, I had several doctirs tell me it was not the Xanex. Miraculously once I stopped taking it for a few months all my symptoms went away. Very Dangerous drug that is often misprescribed. | M | 42 | 6 months | 10/1/2009 | 1 | Anxiety Attacks | Extreme fatigue. | The fatigue from the Xanax was so bad and felt like such a drug-induced haze that I quit after taking it the first time. I could cope with the anxiety, but I couldn't cope with the way Xanax made me feel. After quitting all caffeine my anxiety went away on its own. | F | 23 | 1 days | 8/27/2007 | 2 | Anxiety/ panic attacks | I was on regular Xanax and it helped, but did not last long, so was put on Valium that lasts longer and after tolerance had built up from being on benzos for years now, which apparently is my fault. I even tell my doctors that I want off my medication, but now have been given Xanax xr and it seemed to help at first and was on 1mg 2/day, but now I am on 2mg 2/day and it just takes longer to even start to help and does not even help much for my panic and anxiety I am having in the moment, with breathing and distracting myself too and if I take it too early in the day I do not sleep well even with Belsomra for sleep!! The Doctor that I really liked left the practice and am now seeing a new one and not happy at all and just put me on antidepressant and antipsychotic and upped the dose of them and does nothing for my anxiety and the antidepressant and antipsychotic really make me feel worse!! | When opiates were the great idea for pain and before it became an epidemic they would give you a long lasting pain med and something for immediate or break through pain. Feel like for some the XR and some IR would be the answer, but doctors are so scared of losing their license and the DEA and the pharmacy guidelines it is just a mess and not fair to the ones suffering out here. Such a messed up system and so wrong. | F | 43 | 2 months 2mg 2X day | 4/15/2023 | 2 | Panic Disorder/Anxiety | I was on 0.5 mg (1/2 milligram) 2x daily of regular Xanax for 15 years for panic attacks and anxiety disorder. It worked wonderfully and I had a very good quality of life with it. I had a job, got out of the house daily and lived my life much more normally. Suddenly last month, my psychiatrist of 20 years decided he no longer likes to prescribe regular xanax anymore. Well I had a very bad anxiety relapse when he prescribed me Xanax Extended Release 1 mg one time per day instead. It was horrible!! It felt like I didn't even take my xanax and I had waves of normalcy mixed with horrendous rolling anxiety and intermittent panic attacks daily, noon and nightly. What I didn't know was that it was only giving me .25 mg at a time 4 times per day. Well I was used to the 1/2 of a milligram 2 times per day which was much stronger. People with anxiety or panic disorder notice every subtle detail and bodily change, so I started panicking when I felt like they weren't working. My anticipatory anx | Not nearly as effective as the regular immediate release xanax. If you took that before taking xr, get ready for horrible panic attacks again unless they put you on double your old xanax dose. | M | 45 | 30 days 1 mg 1X day | 9/28/2019 | 2 | anxiety | No side effects | Not satisfied with the XR. Preferred just Xanax. It worked faster and I didn't need it as often. Prescribed three times daily as needed. In a panic attack I need the immediate relief Xanax offered. Taking this doesn't help. It doesn't even help me sleep at night. | F | 50 | 2 months .5mg | 1/24/2016 | 2 | Panic Disorder | Xanax XR has not given me any relief from my panic attacks so far. Klonopin worked better for me. I am experiencing severe dizziness, tiredness, and diarrhea, but still anxiety. It has made me have suicidal thoughts, hence my discontinuation. | M | 19 | 6 days 1 MG | 7/23/2012 | 2 | Stress, anxiety | Wanted to give Xanax XR a go as I have been using regular Xanax asit wears off pretty soon. Tried the generic Xanax XR and it had no effect at all. | F | 42 | 14 days | 3/6/2009 | 2 | Overwhelming Stress caused anxiety | none it's like taking a vitamin XR 1mg every morning | don't feel nothing stil take reg. 0.5mg 3x daily(3months) on top of 1mg xr daily am able to focus a lil better but not much but I am a woman HAHAHA | F | 27 | 1 months | 9/28/2007 | 3 | Headache | 0 days | 8/28/2018 | 3 | GAD | Sleep, confusion, too much of a good thing. | Avoid it if possible. Try to find other ways of reducing your anxiety. This drug is highly addictive and in the long run doesn't help. | M | 69 | 3 years 1 mg 2X day | 3/26/2016 | 3 | panic | Stopped panic cold. Sleepiness. After 3 years the extended release did not stay extended as long so I would get reboud. Lowering and quitting is nearly impossible. Need doctors constant help. | M | 50 | 3 years 1 2X day | 8/18/2010 | 3 | anxiety and panic attacks | some drowsiness,some memory issues the first couple days , sometimes the anxiety would slip through, some nausea, sometimes I feel like I'm in a fog. I am told it will go away after a few weeks. | I have had very bad vertigo for the last 6 months with no cure so far. The last month I started to have severe anxiety and panic attacks due to my health and all the worries that come along with it. The first time it happened I thought I was having a heart attack. Went to the hospital and they told me it was just a reaction to one of the new meds they were trying on me at the time. A few weeks and a few more hospital visits later I found out what it was. From the first day I started taking it I felt better. I am hoping that as the weeks go on it keeps getting better and the drowsiness goes away. It also has been helping a little with the vertigo. So far I would recommend it as the first start if you are having your attacks due to stress or medical issues. | F | 31 | 5 days 0.5 2X day | 8/13/2010 | 3 | Panic Disorder,Agoraphobia, GAD | dizziness, drowziness, blurred vision, ataxia,irritability, depression. | It worked great for awhile after clonazepam stopped helping. I built up a tolerance to it so that now at 10 months, I am at highest recommended dosage, and not getting much benefit. Do not discontinue on your own. Seek doctors and/or pharmacists suggestions regarding tapering, or see Dr. Ashtons manual online. Slow taper-you will have to switch from Xanax XR to regular Xanax as you taper since XR pills can not be split. Xanax can help where other anti-anxiety meds might not but short term use and at lowest helpful dose highly recommended. It can be addictive in some and if you find yourself needing more just to keep away withdrawal effects and/or it no longer seems to be working-contact your doctor ASAP. Ps. Make sure you get a CMP (complete metabolic panel) and/or other Dr. recommended blood tests every 2-3 months, to make sure liver,kidneys functions not adversely affected by use. Not for use as an anti-depressant or for those with Borderline Personality Disorder. | F | 40 | 10 months | 10/22/2009 |
XANAX XR (ALPRAZOLAM): This medication is used to treat the panic and anxiety symptoms associated with panic disorder. Alprazolam belongs to a class of medications called benzodiazepines which act on the brain and nerves (central nervous system) to produce a calming effect. It works by enhancing the effects of a certain natural chemical in the body (GABA). FDA Approval Date: 2003-01-17 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)