XANAX Reviews (ALPRAZOLAM)Average Rating: 3.9 (928 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare XANAX with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR XANAX | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | insomnia, anxiety | Very few side effects. It was a tiny bit harder to get up in the morning, but frankly, no harder to get up than it was after many sleepless nights without it. I just worry that it is habit forming - I don't know what that will mean for me in the long term. | I take 25mg each night before bed to help me sleep. I no longer wake up 4 or 5 times in the night with panic attacks; I no longer wake up at 3 AM and never get back to sleep. It has vastly reduced the TMJ problems and tension headaches too. | F | 33 | 1 days | 5/22/2006 | 4 | Panic , social anxiety, fear. | none. | I would like to explain, when you abuse a drug that has the potential to be more addictive than heroin, then you're asking for trouble. If you take this medication as prescribed one pill 3 times a day "AS" needed. which means you don't have to take it at all, you're less likely to abuse this drug and find yourself having tolerance problems and withdrawls, and having to find a way to cut down on it. take it once a month. this drug is a miracle worker. I tell you what should be removed from the shelves SSRI's like lexapro and other meds like it. they are evil. Xanax is a good drug when used properly. | M | 24 | 8 times | 5/22/2006 | 5 | Panic attacks | None so far | F | 42 | 3 weeks | 5/20/2006 | 4 | anxiety | No side effects | worked well to lower anxiety but feel tired all the time | M | 55 | 6 months | 5/16/2006 | 1 | recreation | This drug is simply horrible. I took it for four days and that lead to hallucinations and a lot of seizures while trying to sleep. I wish some one had warned me about this, hallucination and seizures isn't some thing anyone needs and i think you can all agree with me. | F | 25 | 4 days | 4/23/2006 | 5 | anxiety/panic dosorder | sleepiness, headaches the next morning | F | 27 | 1 months | 4/20/2006 | 5 | Anxiety/Panic Disorder | Actually I have not had any side effects to this medication. | Taking Xanax has actually given my life back to me. I had become homebound from anxiety and panic disorder. At first, I was afraid to take the xanax because I had tried to many anti-depressants with horrible side effects. Finally after decding to listen to my psychiatristand take the proper dose she thought I needed, 3mg daily (I had been only taking 1.50mg daily) I am a totally different person. I go out, drive, socialize, etc. and I am so happy I finally listened instead of trying to keep doing things my way.I know fully well that this drug has a bad reputation for been addictive, but I am not an addict. Yes, I may be physically dependent on xanax at this time, but if and when it is decided that I can start weaning off, it will be done at a very slow pace. If that time never comes, so be it. At least now I can live a happier life that I deserve to have. | F | 53 | 5 years | 4/15/2006 | 3 | | 4/14/2006 | 1 | anxiety | Addiction and subsequent tolerance withdrawal. Dose was 1.5 mg per day for 6 years. Dose was increased to 4 mg per day for two weeks during recovery from surgery and I developed tolerance withdrawals. | Withdrawal from Xanax is extremely difficult and requires hospitalization. I required six days in-patient detox and 3 months of intensive out-patient recovery. Please refer to www.benzo.org.uk for more information. THIS IS A VERY ADDICTIVE DRUG WHEN USED ON A LONG TERM BASIS. If you require anxiety management, go see a psychiatrist to receive proper long term care. General practitioners should not be allowed to prescribe this medication. | F | 47 | 6 years | 4/8/2006 | 5 | Panic Attacks Anxiety from MSG | Sometimes makes me tired, water weight gain always. | I started taking Xanax over 20 years ago for anxiety and stress and later for panic attacks. Total, I probably have only been on it for 8 months over 20 years. The doctor first gave it to me in the .75mg dose in 1986 when I was going through a tough time (remember what Tom Hanks' character said in the movie BIG "Xanax, that's what you take when you break up with your girlfriend."). I still remember that day taking the little purple pill, I was very stressed but after taking it, I wouldn’t care if someone wanted to hit me in the head with a baseball bat! I never remember going back to the drug store for a 2nd refill of anti-biotics but I was there the day before the prescription ran out waiting for my refill! I ended up just taking a half of a pill or quarter pill and the doctor put me on .50 (yellow) for the second prescription and I think .25 for the third prescription. After about a month or so, I just used a half of the .25 mg dose as needed (weaned myself off) and t | M | 39 | 8 months | 4/7/2006 | 5 | anxiety panic attacks from MSG | CONTINUED FROM BELOW Sorry this post is really 4 parts long and this website won't allow a long post so it is broken in 4 sections. READ THIS POST! You may have an allergy to MSM!!! | I have gotten myself off of all MSG (its hard – no more restaurants, canned food, frozen dinners, etc. – they may say that they don’t use MSG but 9 times out of 10 they are full of it and don’t know). A dose of Accent flavor enhancer (which is pure MSG) will sent my heart racing to 120 beats per minute and send my blood pressure to 160/120. How many people are allergic to MSG with bad hearts and have died from eating foods with it!? If you suffer from anxiety and panic attacks within 10 minutes - 1 ˝ hours after eating, I’ll bet you are allergic to MSG. Throw in a little stress and a blood thinner such as alcohol and you are in for a hospital emergency visit. | M | 38 | 8 months | 4/7/2006 | 5 | panic attack anxiety from MSG | CONTINUED FROM BELOW | (CONTINUED FROM BELOW) and then didn’t take any until going through a divorce 8 years later in 1995. I kept them hand (the 30 or so left over for the next 5 years, only taking them if I felt a panic attack coming on (dissolved under the tounge for fast results a couple of minutes - BEST WAY)– – yes they did last 7 years or so I wasn’t addicted. After, being in a stressful job in 2002, I again got a prescription for Xanax (.25mg) and two refills (60 tablets) lasted me until March 2006 when again the wonderful world of business stressed me out again. After years of trying to identify where exactly my anxiety was coming from I found out. I am highly allergic to MSG or Monosodium Glutamate. It is hidden in almost ALL foods under many other names like Yeast Protein, Maltodextrin, etc. I have gotten myself off of all MSG (its hard – no more restaurants, canned food, frozen dinners, etc. – they may say that they don’t use MSG but 9 times out of 10 th | M | 39 | 8 months | 4/7/2006 | 5 | panic attacks anxiety from MSG | CONTINUED FROM BELOW - 3 PARTS | Most doctors know nothing about MSG allergies – look it up on the internet. MSG is a poison that affects the neurons in the brain to fool you that the food you are eating tastes better than it really does. Xanax is the only thing that really works for me for panic attacks although I have tried natural medicines like: St. Johns Wort (I don’t like it - NEVER take with Xanax), Thianine (works OK except that many brands are derived from green tea and contain caffeine), Skull Cap (works very well), L-Phenylalanine – (works great for a few months then fizzles out) not DL- Phenylalanine which works mainly for pain. Check out the MSG and Aspartame as well, you may have stress from other issues but these poisons could be the sources that throw you into a rage, panic attack, or just ruin your day with anxiety. | M | 39 | 8 months | 4/7/2006 | 1 | to counteract agitation from Effexo | Side effects: memory loss (at times severe) | I was prescribed Xanax to counteract agitation from an antidepressant, Effexor. I asked my doctor if it was safe, as I didn't want to get addicted. He told me it was non-addictive and safe. I took it right before going to bed for 9 years. The dose slowly escalated from 1 mg per night to 3 mg per night. After 9 years, I went into what I found out later is called "tolerance withdrawal" and my life essentially fell apart. Severe anxiety, depression, insomnia, fatigue, lethargy, mental confusion. Going online to find out what was wrong with me, I learned it was the Xanax. I learned that Xanax is the same basic chemical as Valium (benzodiazepine) only 20 time stronger! Had my doctor told me that, I would never have taken it. I found The Ashton Method online, and used it to wean myself off. I switched to Valium, then tapered the Valium over two-and-three-quarters years. It was VERY difficult. I could barely function for much of that time. I've been off it for 9 months, but I still | M | 57 | 9 years | 4/5/2006 | 1 | PANIC ATTACKS/MANIC DEPRESSION | BAD WITHDRAWL BETWEEN DOSES. | IT MADE ME VIOLENT WHEN I WAS EXPERIENCING WITHDRAWL FROM IT, AND WAS UNABLE TO GET MORE.. MY DOCTOR HAD TO KEEP INCREASING MY DOSEAGE OFTEN. I HAVE AN UNUSUALLY HIGH TOLERANCE FOR DRUGS SINCE I HAVE BEEN TAKING PRESCRIPTIONS SINCE I WAS 4, STARTING WITH RITALIN. XANAX CONTROLLED ME, I HAD NO CONTROL OVER IT OR MY LIFE. I DONT RECOMMEND THIS MEDICINE FOR LONG-TERM TREATMENT, OR TO BE TAKEN FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN AN EMERGENCY. I HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE WITH VALIUM. MY EMERGENCY DRUG OF CHOICE IS NOW ATIVAN, AND I TAKE THAT ONLY WHEN I AM SUPER PANICKY/DESPERATE. BENZO'S ARE HIGHLY ADDICTIVE. | F | 37 | 4 months | 3/28/2006 | 5 | anxiety | very tired | I take .5 mill. xanax twice a day xanax along with elavil..is the best combination I have found so far, but reading other people's addictions with this drug scares me! I don't ever want to have to take a higher dosage as I think withdrawl would be terrible. I used to take Remeron for depression and getting off that was HORRIBLE, not to mention the weight gain. | F | 44 | 6 months | 3/22/2006 | 4 | social phobia, acute anxiety | none | Helps me through the tough spots but is ADDICTIVE. I take 1.5 mg a day now -- was up to almost 3 mg a day but am weaning myself off - i can feel when it is "time" for next dose - trying to go without it is not fun. It DOES help with panic and nevousness though. | M | 48 | 10 years | 3/22/2006 | 4 | Anxiety | I was prescribed celexia to control anxiety and was also given xanax to control the peaks of anxiety. When I take the xanax, I get very tired and feel lethargic. I can still speak pretty clearly, I just feel like I'm in a fog. | Overall, it is very effective. | F | 31 | 1 weeks | 3/19/2006 | 1 | anxiety disorder | increased severity of panic attacks, socially inappropriate behavior/outbursts of crying, etc. made the panic disorder 1000%worse. Ended up going to a rehab at over 20,000 dollars to kick it. DON"T DO IT! | should be illegal. | F | 51 | 5 years | 3/16/2006 | 4 | Anxiety, OCD...Other... | Total sedation, lethargy, apathy, drowsiness, extended periods of sleep, and intense dreams. | I have an enormous, totally irrational fear of medications, so I had to practically force this down. But I found that within four minutes I became relaxed to the point of idiocy. Ten minutes again, and I was either asleep or in desperate need of a comfortable resting place::: My. Dreams. Were. Amazing. I could actually recount for you exactly what happened in each scene. What's more, it appeared as though I were in control of the actions of my "character" (lack of a better word.). But...it's still dangerous (In my anxious, absurd mind.). I still have to make myself take just a small sliver every one or two night. If anyone would like to converse with me about this drug, please feel free to email me at any time. | M | 16 | 3 times | 2/25/2006 |