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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR XANAX | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | anxiety and panic attacks | in 15 min I felt lightheaded...Couldnt think straigh, felt disoriented...extremely tired for 2 hours...lost balance, then after that I got rebound anxiety twice as bad as before I took the pill | I had to take .25 whenever I needed it...It just didnt work for me. | M | 18 | 1 weeks | 6/21/2007 | 5 | anxiety disorder / panic attacks | none | excellent for quick relief when having a panic attack. i've also used it when i was having periods of constant anxiety, taking .5 mg 3x daily. this was effective except during one extremely difficult period when it took paxil to pull me out. unfortunately paxil had nasty sexual side effects and withdrawal symptoms. i've never experienced difficulty going off xanax when i was using it daily. so while i agree w/ those who say stay away if you have an addictive personality, if you don't, i don't think addiction is a problem, it least it wasn't for me. in fact i used .75 mg at night to help me sleep for years and tapered off over a couple weeks. no problem. so i think xanax is a great medicine. | M | 46 | | 6/18/2007 | 5 | panic attacks/anxiety | (oops, i just posted the last one, put in the wrong info on how long i have been taken it) i take 1-2MG for panic attacks and for anxiety. if i take 2, it usually makes me just a little drowsy. | I suffered from panic attacks for about a year and my doc put me 1-2MG per day as needed and it completly knocks out my panic attacks. For anxiety I typically take one and I'm good. The only problems i have experienced is taking more than 2MG for many days then my body going thru withdrawl, i learned, take only as directed! | F | 24 | 10 months | 6/15/2007 | 5 | panic attacks/anxiety | i take 1-2MG for a panic attack and for anxiety. if i take 2, it usually makes me just a little drowsy. | I suffered from panic attacks for about a year and my doc put me 1-2MG per day as needed and it completly knocks out my panic attacks. For anxiety I typically take one and I'm good. The only problems i have experienced is taking more than 2MG for many days then my body going thru withdrawl, i learned, take only as directed! | F | 24 | 9 days | 6/15/2007 | 3 | anxiety | nausea, sleepiness | I've taken it on and off for several years. I take it for anxiety attacks, usually when I wake up in the morning. It is hard to take sometimes because the anxiety causes me to feel sick to my stomach and taking a bitter pill on top of it doesn't help. Will smoke pot in combination for best relief. The pharmacist said not to drive while on it. How am I supposed to function in life without driving!? I try to take it only when really necessary. | F | 46 | 5 years | 6/15/2007 | 5 | Panic attacks | None so far, I have been taking .25 every day for 1 month | I was on Lexapro for one week, it was horrible. I had nightmares, dry mouth, sexual disfuction, laziness, just not feeling good. I have no negative side effects with xanex, I take .25 maybe two or tree times a week. I hope it is not addictive. I do not want to become addictive to any medication. I was taken to the ER recently, diagosed panic attack, I thought I was having a heart attack, please email me your experiences or call me @ 919.518.0911 | M | 43 | | 6/14/2007 | 5 | Panic attacks/ anxiety | Ocassional drowsiness but lessens after time. Also possibly some memory loss (or maybe it's my age?) | This has been THE wonder drug for me. Having suffered from anxiety and panic attacks since I was about 17, I was on and off of Valium until this came to market and I've been on it for probably 20 years. I have never seen the need to increase the dosage over time, have pretty much stayed at about 1mg a day total, split into 3 or 4 doses. I've heard withdrawal is tough, but at this low dose hopefully it won't be bad. Anyway why would I want to stop, it has given me my life back. Some doctors tend not to want patients to take this for long term and want you to try antidepressants instead, but some of those can have some nasty side effects and withdrawal symtoms. | M | 48 | 20 years | 6/9/2007 | 5 | Sleep | Relaxed enough to sleep. | I've been taking Xanax semi-regularly for several years now. It stops my brain from cycling around so I can fall asleep. It does tend to wear off after about five hours for me, so I will sometimes wake up too early. If I have enough time before I have to get up (a few hours) I might take part of a pill and go back to sleep. Generally I can go to sleep with half of a .25 pill, though there have been periods when I take a whole one. But I don't do this for too long, I've found that if I seem to be needing a higher dose, it's best to go off it for a little while even without sleep so that I can reset my body's tolerance back to a lower dose. Antihistamines enhance the effect of Xanax. | F | 43 | 5 years | 6/5/2007 | 5 | panic attacks | Get drowsy, sometimes feel disassciated | This drug is very helpful for managing panic attacks/anxiety. I typically have poor reactions to most drugs I take, but have none using xanax except feeling sleepy. The drowsiness is usually mild enough to continue working if I want to, or allows me to get some rest. it's a godsend! | F | 25 | 12 months | 6/5/2007 | 5 | Social anxiety/panic attacks | I rarley have any side effects from this drug. Sometimes drowsy/dizziness. | Helps a lot! | M | 19 | 6 months | 6/2/2007 | 5 | drowsiness, dizziness | Thank god for this stuff. Anyone who has experienced panic attacks knows how utterly horrifying they are; xanax usually begins to work within a few minutes, and soon after i'm back to normal (occasionally with a bit of drowsiness). | M | 1 years | 5/27/2007 | 5 | GAD, PD | none | I was recently diagnosed with GAD & PD. I wish I wouldn't have waited so long to seek help. I take .25mg on an as need basis. This drug is a God send and I definately recommend it to anyone! As long as you take it ONLY when you feel anxious or feel a panic attack coming on, you will not become addicted. 30 pills usually lasts me 60 days. God Bless and good luck! | F | 39 | 3 months | 5/25/2007 | 5 | Major sedative. Sometimes I find myself dosing in meetings. | Works great. Just beware of the sleepiness. | M | 44 | 4 years | 5/17/2007 | 5 | Panic Attacks | Sometimes sleepiness, but not always | Xanax has been a God send for me. I use to take anti-depressants every day and I still had them terribly....worst feeling I think anybody can ever imagine. I suffered with panic attacks most my adult life. I haven't taken anything for them for about 13 years....(Thanks to faith in God) except Xanax as needed. 30 pills will last me a year. Only take them in stressful situations such as seeing my ex. Anyway....I've taken them every day for a week or none at all for months. Never felt habit forming or losing effectiveness. (.25). Love the drug....why don't doctors want to prescribe....I had to talk my new doctor into it!!!! Finding someone you can talk to and who understands what you are going through.....helps wonders too :) | F | 39 | 21 years | 5/14/2007 | 3 | Anxiety | dry mouth, feeling of depression/sadness and irritability when coming off of a dose | Surprisingly, Xanaz does not make me tired when I first take it. A lot of people say that it makes them drowsy and tired. Xanax really makes me feel a lot better for the first few hours after I take, but I start to feel cranky and irritable when the does starts to wear off. I also sometimes feel depressed and worse than I did right before taking the medication. I think I am going to switch back to Lorazepam, which did make me somewhat tired but not at all depressed. I only take this medication as needed. | F | 25 | 2 years | 5/13/2007 | 3 | anxiety | physically addicting | when i first started taking xanax i thought it was great(i was taking .25 2 or 3 times a day)..it took away my anxiety completly but after about two weeks of taking it i started to go thru withdrawl when i was coming down from it(irritable,anxious,uncaring,depression)..I definently recomend only taking xanax once in awhile or only when you absoulutly need it..because the dependency for it is really intense and makes you feel worse then what you felt like before you started taking it..i definentily only take it once or twice a week now...be careful | F | 28 | 3 months | 5/12/2007 | 1 | panic attacks | anterograde amnesia, an intense return of anxiety after several hours. | Due to its short half-life, Xanax is more likely to lead to dependence than any other benzo. It is also the hardest to taper from. I have found clonazepam to be a more effective anxiolytic. Under no circumstances would I ever recommend drinking while using Xanax. | F | 31 | 90 days | 5/9/2007 | 3 | Anxiety/Panic attacks | I only take 1/2 of a .5mg pill occasionally when my symptoms get bad. It does make you very drowsy. Also for me, when it started to wear off in about 3-5 hours, I would have one hell of a crash where the anxiety and panic would get unbearable for a few hours. Even if I took it when I went to bed, as soon as it wore off, I'd be woken up with massive anxiety and panic. It also produced VERY vivid dreams, a lot of times nightmares, when I took it before bed. That combined with the panic/anxiety when I would wake (see above). | I find this drug a double edged sword. While it really does do a VERY good job at easing the anxiety while it's working, I'm really trying not to take this drug. The crashes when it would wear off were horrendous and made my anxiety worse. I'm sure if you don't abuse this drug, and you don't take it often enough to get addicted, it's definitely worth it because it definitely does work on calming anxiety as long as you don't get the wierd side effects that I get. | M | 37 | 4 days | 5/3/2007 | 5 | Sleep aid | Cotton mouth, munchies, having too much fun to want to go back to sleep | Xanax works best for me as a sleep aid if I smoke half a joint immediately before taking it. The Xanax must be real not generic, just as the weed must be good haze or chronic, not "dirt". My problem before I started the xanax with weed combo was waking up too early and not being able to fall back asleep. I would be useless at work; tired and cranky. Regular sleeping pills left me feeling groggy after I woke up -- for the whole day. Now, If I wake up too early I smoke a little weed and pop a xanax. I have a half hour window where I can enjoy myself, watching TV, snacking, listening to some tunes, and most significantly feeling confident I will get the extra couple hours of sleep needed to feel great when I wake up. If you wake up too early, try the weed and xanax method. It works for me. | M | 36 | 4 years | 5/1/2007 | 5 | Chronic Lower Back Pain | Tiredness, immediate relaxation of the spinal cord and surrounding muscles. immediate relaxation of the brain and other muscle groups. | This drug worked wonders, originally took it for inability to eat very much at one setting. Doctor called it anxiety only because I worked 7 days a week for 12 to 14 hrs per day. I was just used to eating once a day for dinner only 2 hamburgers from BK then just a snickers for lunch and 2 pop tarts for breakfast X 1 1/2 years. Not on on purpose, just did not place much importance on eating. I found that like alcohol it relaxed my back allowing me to rest from the constant pain and sleep comfortably. I never take more than 1 mg. usually .5 and only occaisionally. 1 30 day supply lasts 3-6 months. | M | 41 | 1 years | 4/25/2007 |