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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR XANAX | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Anxiety, Depression, OCD | Fatigue | Tried a variety of dosage levels, none of which impacted my anxiety, depression, or OCD. For instance, I took 2 MG prior to going out, and I felt as uncomfortable as I would have without taking anything. | M | 22 | 1 months | 4/24/2007 | 1 | Anxiety | Dont give a Sh*t attitude, groggy, cursing | Went in to work and called my boss a Fu**ing A**hole. Got fired. HATED THAT JOB! | F | 25 | 12 days | 4/18/2007 | 2 | insomina | Next day grogginess, feeling numb. | I'll take the regular kind, if I have to take it at all. Be warned..this stuff is HIGHLY addicting. If you have ever had any kind of dependency issues, avoid this drug class like a plague. It can cause more problems than it can cure, and you won't even know it until you are long gone. (I worked in the substance abuse field. We saw a lot of problems with this.) | F | 42 | 4 days | 4/15/2007 | 5 | anxiety | drowsiness at first...crazy dreams(not bad ones tho), increased sex drive | I've been on xanax for 2 months now .25mg 4 times a day and I haven't had a full blown panic attack in the last 2 weeks. i also can't remember the last time i didn't get a great nights sleep. this is a miracle drug i don't care what they say about it being addictive i'll take it forever it has given me a new life. | M | 25 | 2 months | 4/11/2007 | 4 | anxiety | great sleep, quick reduction of anxiety, bad depression after taking the pill more than three days in a row . . .withdrawal | Xanax is a wonder pill that is exceptionally easy to get addicted to. I was prescribed xanax while my Grandmother was in hospice - watching her die was difficult. Doctor prescribed me .50. She told me take them as needed. After i started taking them and realizing how much they helped I didn't want to go a day without one. Then I didn't want to go more than 12 hours without one. After my Grandmother passed I stopped taking the pills and went into a very severe depression. Some may say it was due to the death of my Grandma...the withdrawal symptoms included an extreme irritation/aggitation, lack of focus, not caring about the thoughts and feelings of those around me. drinking while on xanax is a HUGE no no - unless your purpose is to forget everything you are about to do.If you have an addictive personality AT ALL xanax is not advisable as a good treatment for anxiety or any other reason | F | 30 | 18 months | 4/11/2007 | 4 | M | 1 months | 4/10/2007 | 5 | Panic attacks | Slight drowsiness | Even though this medication is addictive, I cannot say enough about how much it helped me when I needed it so badly 15 years ago. 15 years ago, during the same month, I found out I could not have children and my mother was diagnosed with colon cancer. 6 months from her date of diagnosis, my mother passed away. It was more than I could bear at the time. That's when I started having panic attacks. Unless you have experienced one, you cannot imagine how terrible they are. My family dr. prescribed Xanax for me at that time and I have taken it off and on since then. It did wonders for me. The feeling I was having that I was losing my mind went away and it was wonderful! I could function normally again. I take one every once in a while when I feel an attack coming on, but I don't have to take them on a regular basis any more. On the average, I take 1 per week. You have to weigh the benefits vs. the addiction; for me the benefits far outweighed the addiction. If you have panic att | F | 52 | 15 years | 4/9/2007 | 4 | Anxiety & disorientation driving | Sleepiness for hour or two. | I get very anxious and stressed when drive on interstate over 50 especially. Xanax has really taken the edge off and gives me a feeling of contentment when sleeping. 1/2 mg twice a day seems to work. 1mg at once seems to knock me out. On it for 2 weeks. Also on Prozac for depression and mood swings. It also works. | M | 54 | 2 weeks | 4/6/2007 | 5 | anxiety | none | This has long been a life saving drug for me. I have suffered with severe anxiety and panic attacks since I was 12 this has been the drug that has carried me through most of my life and helped me be a functional part of society. I only take it "as needed" and have never had to increse my .25 dose - unfortunately, due to its bad rap for addiction, I have often had doctors who refuse to perscribe it I tried to get along without having it as a back up which resulted in MANY emergency room visits for panic attacks. I changed doctors till I found one who acknowledged my need for it, saw that from my perscription history that 30 pills could take me up to 6-9 months to finish, thus he didn't fear addiction and he never treated me like junkie pill seeker, which has happened to myself as well as others I know who have found Xanax to be a life saver. | F | 37 | 17 years | 3/29/2007 | 5 | anxiety, panic, social anxiety | Anti-D effects (Bonus)! | xanax (alprazolam) has been the only medication for the past 8 years that actually works for my horrible anxiety issues. It is very addictive but for me there is nothing else that gives me the relief alprazolam does. My dose has gone from 3mg/day to 12+mg a/day over the past 7 years. However, IT WORKS! | M | 32 | 7 years | 3/26/2007 | 5 | stress after work+to relax & sleep | Coming from classical Benziadozepine (Lexomil)which used to relax me little bit but which was making me fell down while starting getting up during the night (I was taking more than a full tablet 1/2 h before going to bed (N.B : a full Lexomil tablet is usually splitted in 4 doses)Then a friend made me discover the Xenax -and I have to recognize it myself- has changed completely my life, everything is going well and the morning when I get up I feel even that I am different, better mood + more energy at work etc.. | no other comment that's all. | M | 45 | 7 days | 3/22/2007 | 5 | nerve pains from cord compression | none, drowsiness of course but not severe. | just a great and safe drug. have been taking for over a year at high and now very low dosages. i only take a mg a day now. it helps me with my pain and go to sleep. it helps with anxiety that comes along too. tried klonopin first and almost killed myself, i never had any of these problems with xanax. it works well for me and a lot of other people. | M | 22 | 1 years | 3/16/2007 | 5 | Depression/Anxiety | None | If you suffer from anxiety or panic attacks, Xanax "takes the edge off". It basically calms you down so you can deal with whatever is happening. It is an absolute life saver to people like me. I do not take it every day, so I can not speak to dependency concerns. On a side note, my dog is severely phobic of thunderstorms. To the point that I can see her heart beating through her chest. My vet perscribed Xanax for her and it helps her tremendously if I can get it in her prior to the thunder getting loud. Please talk to you vet before administering to your animal though! | F | 36 | 3 years | 3/14/2007 | 1 | anxiety/sporatic pranic attacks | I am a psychologist myself who currently feels that people really need to be educated about the chronic use of xanax. I do belive that it is o.k. for people to use on an "as needed basis" so they don't get physically addicted. I have had occasional panic attacks since college. I also have some anxiety and decided to try Paxil in 2000 when it was advertised as a great drug. It didn't work but I had no problem getting off it. In 2003 I had a unpredictable panic attack and decided to see if any other med. would help. My general doctor gave me Lexapro -which made my anxiety worse so I called him and he called in xanax. I picked it up and the bottle said take 1mg ever 6-8 hours. I had immediate relief and so my starting dose was 3mg. I asked my doctor if it was good to keep taking it and he said if it works take it. It was great for a year..then stopped working..I was upped to 4 which stopped working and so began a constant withdrawl between doses. I am currently wean | Use of xanax changed my personality to the point that it was apparent to people close to me and nobody liked what it did. I was more moody and just not myself. Doctors need to tell patients about the physical addition and the horrible withdrawal. I am just floored that I was given a starting does of 3 mg (didn't even know much about the drug at the time). My story may be rare because I think it was likely a mistake that it was called in for everyday use and not "as needed". Be careful!! | F | 34 | 3 years | 3/14/2007 | 5 | Generalized Anxiety Disorder | some sleepiness goes away with a can of coke...then comes back when you want it to at bed time. | Xanax has saved my life...i have suffered from GAD since i was a teenager and i finally got the guts to go to the doctor and get some xanax. He ended up putting me on 20 mg celexa and .25 mg xanax. The celexa made my anxiety worse and i had the longest lasting worst panic attack of my life. I stopped taking the celexa after 5 days and have taken xanax since then as needed. my panic attacks have all but disappeared and just knowing that i have the xanax stops me from having them most of the time. SSRI's might work for some but i need something that is made just for anxiety and xanax works wonders. Maybe i will try xanax xr in the future but the regular stuff is working fine for now. | M | 24 | 2 weeks | 3/13/2007 | 5 | | 3/12/2007 | 5 | Panic Disorder | Feeling like I'm in a drunk stupor everytime I take it. Lethargy the next day if I take it at night. | I only take Xanax as a last resort anti-anxiety agent when my others fail to provide relief so I only take it as needed. And it works great. It lulls me into a relaxed state... I won't say i'm exactly functional when I'm on it but then again, being pegged by panic attacks every 30 seconds isn't functional either. No dependency has yet formed with "as needed" usage. | F | 25 | 3 months | 3/12/2007 | 5 | Anxiety | NONE! | I would be lost without this drug. Been on and off of it for many years. Have no problems starting and stopping this medication. My Dr said it is only dangerous to people with an addictive personality. I can't say enough about this drug. It's a life saver! | F | 40 | | 3/10/2007 | 5 | To party | Memory loss, hunger, drunk feeling | Xanax saves me money because I don't have to drink as much to get piss-drunk! Thanks, zanax! | M | 26 | 4 years | 3/9/2007 | 5 | insomnia | far 2 addictive. 3mgs puts me 2sleep beautifully. | M | 26 | 6 months | 3/8/2007 |