XANAX Reviews (ALPRAZOLAM)

Average Rating: 3.9 (928 Ratings)

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XANAX  (ALPRAZOLAM):  Alprazolam is used to treat anxiety and panic disorders. It 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: 1985-11-27 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 5  Generalized Anxiety Disorder So far I have only noticed slight drowsiness and I hope that it goes away with time. As a backround, at 15 my mother got sick and passed away, and since then I have been developing an ever worsing anxiety, centered around my health and the health of my loved ones. I always thought that I was sick with something, and would have terrible anxiety attacks. For years I have just lived with it and dealt with it to the best of my ability, including being a productive member of society and regulary holding down a job. About a month ago it got really bad, and was at the point that I was constantly worried about something. I was embarresed to go to the Dr.s and thought that I was going crazy, but as soon as I described my symptoms to the Dr he perscribed me Xanax..I have .5mg pills which I cut in half and take half in the morning and half before bed. This has made a tremendous difference, and my worries about irational situations has bacially disapperaed. After reading the comments however, I am a bit scared that I may become inadvertanly addicted to them and I really dont want F 23 7 days
3/11/2008
 1  Panic Disorder/GAD Hyperactive and Anti-depressant effects, only after I became addicted to it. Initially I was prescribed 2 mgs 3 times a day.My tolerance skyrocketed.I started buying 2mg bars off of the net because the doctor's script for 90 2mg pills a month weren't enough anymore.One day, after leaving the doctors with my script, I took 33 bars-my tolerance was that high.I had a 45 minute drive ahead of me.The last recollection I had was the pills starting to kick in & knowing I was about to feel relief.My next memory is waking up in bed.I had absolutely no memory of anything.According to my Mom,I must have blacked out,driven 45 miles,pulled into a parking lot,turned the car off,took the keys out,& passed out.A concerned citizen saw me & went inside the store & they called the police.The police traced my license plate to my parents house & called them.That was about 3pm the previous day.I woke up at 11am the next day from this.In the end,I switched doctor's-my new doc was slowly weaning me off of Xanax to switch me to something safer.She prescribed me Xana F 31 12 years
3/11/2008
 5  panic attacks The only drug that works for me. Havehad panic attacks for 20 years-and tried many other drugs with no luck. M 45 20 years
3/10/2008
 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  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 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
 1  panic disorder addiction! I was prescribed Xanax and at first it was great! Then 1 pill didn't do it anymore so I took 2 and so on and so on. Before I knew it, I was lying to my friends, family, and doctors just to attain this drug. I was taking about a bottle a day and climbing (not the weak ones either!). One day I realized what I as doing and told my friend and mother and gave them the bottle. Withdrawal was HELL!! For over a week I felt like I was going to die! I will NEVER go through something like that again and I highly recommend for you NOT to take this medication!!! I missed about a month of my life because I took so much of this med and don't remember much. Guilt for lying to those I love was horrible too. M 23 2.5 months
2/28/2008
 5  Panic Attacks / Anxiety None A wonder drug. Gently calms me; Not harsh like Valium and Ativan but I can tell it's working unlike Klonopin. M 31 4 months
2/23/2008
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 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  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
 3  anxiety Possibly withdrawls from taking it for 13 months. Head pressure when xanax wears off. Plus feelings of anxiety when medicine wears off and shakyness. It works to help with anxiety. Does anyone else get head pressure when their xanax wears off? F 13 months
2/18/2008
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 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
 5  Severe pannic attacks none This medicine really gets a bad rap. ut if you take it the way it is prescibed it can really help. Do not just take what you think you need. Follow the doctors way. And you can get great results. F 40 1 weeks
2/16/2008
 5   drowziness at first, but gets better with time I take xanax for GAD,it has really helped me be able to cope, stopped panic attacks, stopped my mind from racing constantly, just overwhelming fear all the time, this med even though t know it is addictive, it has really changed my life, I am actually normal somewhat :) F 35 6 months
2/15/2008
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 1  anxiety my boyfriend took xanax. it made him a demon he was rude hed black out repeat himself constantly .if he drank with it hed end up in jail .he would eat all night long.he didnt care about anything when he was on it after awhile he became extremly addicted and when he stopped he had seizures this is a horrible drug if u do not take it correctly i suggest trying sumthin else first. i know 7 other people who have the same side effects. it has mad there life worse not better and 3 of them also had seizures when they tried to quite F 22 2 days
2/13/2008
 5  ANXIETY/PANIC ATTACK None really just a warm calm sensation after takin it. It allows me to function all day without any side effects. I started takin Xanax after my mom died in 1999. I take .05 in the am and .05 in the pm.It has been a godsend. M 40 9 years
2/11/2008
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 3  bi polar/ anxiety all this medicine did was made me want to sleep and laugh at everything klonopin is better and lasts longer F 28 3 months
2/11/2008
 5  Anxiety and Depression I used to take Ativan but that just made me sleepy. Xanax does not make me sleepy and I feel refreshed with it. I take it with Cymbalta and the two combined just work perfect for me. Xanax also makes me feel better when I wake up from sleep. I don't worry about things like I used to. M 33 2 years
2/9/2008
 5  anxiety None The one prescription medication that delivers what it promises. It eases me off my anxiety whirlwind, gently - with no ill effects. M 49 3 years
1/30/2008
 5  Anxiety, sleeping problems, deaths, At first kind of sleepy, but it wore off. Memory loss, sometimes severe, depending on how much i took and how much i drank with it. I started taking Xanax illegaly at the age of 18.I was diagnosed with anxiety at age 13.I would suffer from panic attacks and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).I also have ADD and ridalin caused me to have terets at age 9,so i discontinued to the use of ridalin.My doctors tried me out on Paxil,Lexapro,Zoloft(which made me feel suicidal).So I finally gave up on all the the meds at about age 16. I started using xanax at age 18. At first it was just for fun but i soon realized it made me feel normal and actually able to be myself in public around strangers.So i continued using it off and on until my cousin that I started taking it with over dosed from methadone and xanax when I was 20.Then I began to need it more and more every day.Then my grandmother passed away on my 21st birthday which was only 2 months later after my cousin had died.I finally decided I needed to be perscribed to xanax legally. Now, i take it every day like im supposed to and i feel great, i wake up feeling refresh M 23 6 years
1/28/2008

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