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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR XANAX | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Panic Attacks | I have no side effect, It make me feel good. My baby daddy like it too. We be not fighten and all of that. He not hit me and me is not hit him. I rippin it more often but that otaky I still have my baby daddy who is support me and buy my shoe. | F | 43 | 2 years 1 mg 1X day | 5/1/2013 | 5 | Insomnia, occasional anxiety | Some sluggish feeling in the morning, goes away after an hour or so after showering or a cup of coffee. A little memory recall issues the first month or so taking it, that went away though, now I notice no issues. | I did a ton of research out of fear of addiction, where I believe a lot of people go wrong is thinking they need a higher dose when really their body has simply adjusted to the medication but is still getting a proper effect. After a month or so I wouldn't "zonk" right out from my 0.5MG pill, but instead of freaking out and insisting upon a higher dosage, I just rolled with the flow and soon realized that while it took me 15-20 minutes longer to fall asleep, I was still falling into a nice deep sleep and staying that way all night. It's when you increase your dose, start to build that higher and higher tolerance that you run into addiction issues. I also skip it on nights when I feel really tired, for example if I've worked outside a lot on the yard, etc. I don't feel tied to taking it "or else". When I take it for anxiety I always wait until I really fee like there is no other option. It's a personal choice - no one holds a gun to your head to to pop that pill. | F | 40 | 1 years 0.5 mg 2X day | 4/26/2013 | 5 | PTSD | Drowsiness, short-term memory problems, minor loss of balance | This drug has been a godsend. I started having severe anxiety after returning from the Gulf War. I was diagnosed with PTSD and placed on every SSRI and SSRI-like drug. None of them worked. For 15 years I lived with flashbacks, intense anxiety, and killer side effects from the SSRIs (they are poison. Avoid them). In 2006, I finally said "ENOUGH!" I did my homework and I knew I was risking a terrible addiction, but life was so horrible that I was willing to take the risk to get some relief. Though I suffer from the side effects mentioned, Xanax has given me back at least some of my life. I am addicted, but I went into it with my eyes open knowing that could happen. I can do at least some of the things I enjoy again, and can function on my job (which was in jeopardy before Xanax). I have not needed a dosage increase since I started the drug, so I'm not developing a tolerance. My advice to you is this: try everything else before you try Xanax. But if nothing has worked, I mean absolutely nothing including non-medicinal things like psychotherapy, and if you cannot function any more due to your anxiety, and you have no life left, then go on Xanax. But do so knowing you may be on it for a long, long time and may go through hell getting off. In other words, Xanax is a LAST RESORT only. | M | 55 | 7 years 1mg 3X day | 4/15/2013 | 1 | Anxiety | I was prescribed Xanax for situational anxiety, or one or two times a year moderate anxiety. Something I now know I could have handled myself.. I wish I had! It started off GREAT, worked wonderful for so many years.. I didn't know the Devil was at my back! I started not feeling well, getting some depression, worsening of anxiety, I Ended up in the Psych ward..I unknowlingly became an ACCIDENTAL ADDICT . I was in tolerance for 1-1/2 years, Dr's. increasing my dose, which only helped a few months at a time. I'm a 59 female, had to w/d from the evil little bastard pill. OMG!! I cannot or nor would ever in a million years contemplate or believe anyone telling me what they had or have gone thru in benzo w/d, if i had not experienced it myself.. I have had heroin addicts on the psych floor tell me they would never put another Xanax in their mouths because of how horrendous and LONNNGGGG the w/d and recovery was!These are people that have gone on and off Heroin and coke MANY times, becau | The class of drug SHOULD NOT BE GIVEN BY DOCTOR"S AT ALL. | F | 59 | 10 years 3-4 mg.a d 1X day | 4/9/2013 | 1 | Anxiety | Increased anxiety, fear, terror, development of phobias, muscle problems, dizziness, caused me to become completely disabled...the list of side effects is too long to list. | This drug is pure POISON!!! It destroyed my life so fast I didn't even know what was happening to me. Of course the doctors never told me how bad this drug was, how insidious. I lost my life to Xanax and am now off of it but the damage has been done..literally, the damage has been done to my nervous system and my body is trying to heal. It takes so long. Do not even be tempted with this drug unless you are into playing Russian Roulette. Believe me when I say, the pre-existing anxiety I had was a cakewalk compared to the terrors of the Xanax experience. | F | 35 | 2.5 years 1mg 1X day | 4/8/2013 | 1 | anxiety | Tolerance withdrawal soon developed. Very very sick for 5 years before anyone identified the cause of xanax tolerance withdrawal. Took me almost 2 years to get off this awful chemical. Major GABA receptor damage. | Symptoms were tachycardia, chest pain/pressure, major GI pain, nausea, cramps, diarrhea, skin rash, itching, insomnia, rebound anxiety, burning eyes, tingling in hands and feet, headaches, joint/muscle aches, fatigue. Had to keep increasing the dose to not get these withdrawal symptoms. | M | 67 | 5 years .25 1X day | 4/8/2013 | 5 | Depression, Anxiety | A little tired (sluggish) in the morning after taking Xanax to help me sleep at night. Other than that my experience has been very good taking Xanax. | I was prescribed Xanax after losing both my parents within a 18 month period. I found that as I got older I was less able to cope with stress at work and stressful situations. I was becoming depressed and had bouts with anxiety.Xanax has been a life saver for me. I am able to take it when needed and have had little if any side affects. | M | 59 | 3 years .5mg 3X day | 3/20/2013 | 5 | Panic disorder with agoraphobia | Sedation | I was prescribed Xanax to help calm me down whenever I would have severe panic attacks in public and needing something to work quickly. I used to go to the ER afraid I was having a heart attack and that got expensive real quick. I kept the Xanax on my person as an emergency backup in case an attack hit, and sometimes just knowing it was there in my pocket if I needed it helped and I didn't have to actually use it. When I did use it, it helped stop the panic attack quickly and enabled me to regain my composure. On the rare occasions I took it at night, it made me very sedated and complacent and I slept heavily. This could easily become addictive. Now I still have a script for it but I rarely ever take it. Great for panic attacks, but be careful. | M | 28 | 2 years 0.5 2X AN | 3/16/2013 | 5 | MS and meniere's | nothing other than sleepiness. | With the dizzy feeling that I get with both the MS attacks and the menierie's, this is the only medicine I use to get through the attacks. I take either one or a half if I'm not at home. At home I take one, just relax and close my eyes and try to drift off for awhile. It certainly helps stop the nausea and spinning. A lifesaver! | F | 67 | 25mg 1X day | 2/3/2013 | 5 | Anxiety | Ive struggled to control anxiety over the years. During the really bad times I turned to Zoloft and Celexa. These days my life is more in order so I don't need a daily medication. I have been using this drug for 10 years for various anxiety issues as needed. I can honestly say that I can still take half of a .25 and feel normal 80 percent of the time without needing more. I never allowed myself to take it more than 3 days in a row without a break fearing an addiction or building up a tolerance like many of the people I know. If used correctly it can certainly change your life for the better. I recommend it to anyone that doesn't have addiction issues that suffers from anxiety. | F | 34 | 10 years .25 | 1/28/2013 | 5 | Anxiety | Sleepiness | I was prescribed Xanax for anxiety and though was allowed 1-2 daily as needed, I have chosen to only take half to one pill as needed when I start to feel overly anxious. I have also tried to resolve my anxiety by participating in a cognitive behavioral therapy clinical trial, as well as personal research on that method of treatment. When I start to feel anxious, I first try to calm myself with CBT and that usually works. However, there are times when no amount of mind-over-matter will calm my racing heart and half a Xanax does the trick. I'll take a full pill if I'm flying anywhere. I understand the medicine can be addictive, however, anxiety can be treated in so many ways that I highly recommend trying a non-medicinal approach to try for lasting results and using the Xanax on an as-needed basis. Doing so eliminates the risk of dependency as you learn ways to calm your anxiety without medicine. Using Xanax (or any other drug) as a supplement to behavioral therapy or even talk therapy, rather than as a substitute, is, in my opinion, an effective way to address anxiety. I hope to some day be skilled enough at CBT and at being able to recognize and avoid my triggers (when reasonable) that I can eliminate the need to medicate. Until then, half a Xanax every other week or so hasn't given me a single side effect and I haven't had a single thought or action that hints at addiction. | F | 41 | 2 years 25 mg 1X day | 1/1/2013 | 5 | Bipolar panic and anxiety disorder | Xanax has been a blessing to me. I struggled with severe panic and anxiety attacks. The take your breath, feel like you're having a heart attack kind. After taking a Xanax I would feel much calmer within 20 minutes. Some days are worse than others so I may not have to take my entire prescribed dose every day, but I always make sure I take a couple to prevent anxiety from coming and prevent withdrawal from happening. My life has been livable, I am able to go to a grocery store and shop without feeling like I am going to die! | F | 35 | 10 years 2mg 6x day | 12/26/2012 | 1 | Situation stress | Do NOT under ANY circumstance take this poinson. I detoxed off Xanax 4 months ago and remaincompleyely incapacitated. O have had to resign my job and am being passed around from family member to family member so no one burns out caring for me. I am completely dependent now on others. I suffer debilitating insomnia, anxiety, depression, burning skin,tachycardia, dry mouth, pins and needles sensations and many more painful crippling symptoms. Nothing is so bad that you need to take Xanax. Stay away from this drug!!!!!! | F | 47 | 7 months 2.5 | 12/17/2012 | 5 | Anxiety | Memory loss. | F | 27 | 3 years 2mg | 11/30/2012 | 5 | Panic Disorder & Agoraphobia | Mild short-term memory problems. | This medication has been very effective in controlling my panic attacks. | F | 37 | 21 years .75 mg 1X day | 11/28/2012 | 5 | Panick attack | No side effects | F | 36 | 6 months 10 MG 3X day | 11/18/2012 | 1 | Anxiety | Depression, serious addiction, worsened anxiety over time. AVOID THIS DRUG! | yes, xanax will calm you down but it will also make you completely numb, dependent and over time even MORE anxious as you work to manage the new anxiety of addiction. My life literally became me waiting for my next dose, and panicking that I would lose my pills or somehow not be able to take them, because the withdrawal from this drug is so immediate and so harsh that it is not worth taking to begin with. The only country in the world that prescribes benzos for more than a 2 weeks period is in the USA. There is a reason for that, and it is Big Pharma. If you want to be a drug-addicted shell of a person then by all means take this drug. But I promise you over time it will destroy your life and your brain. PLEASE AVOID! There are other options for anxiety that aren't slowly poisoning you. | 31 | 2 years 1 mg 2X day | 11/16/2012 | 1 | Panic Attacks/Anxiety | This drug is a monster. | This drug still whispers to me. I have been off of Xanax for 3 months now, but I still find myself thinking of them, EVEN DREAMING of them. I was numb the whole time I was taking them and didn't realize truly how numb and insensitive I was until I got off them. Unfortunately, I didn't realize that stopping them cold turkey was so horrible. I truly just wanted to die for the first 3 days I came off them and didn't feel normal until 2 weeks after. Yet, they are so addicting I don't know if I'd turn one down today; I've just stopped myself from seeing a doctor to get them. Learn to cope through life with God. | F | 20 | 6 months 1mg 4X day | 11/3/2012 | 4 | Clinical anxiety. | I love this drug for fast acting oral medicine. Tried Ativan but it didn't do the job, mid. anxiety attack! Only thing I do not like us feeling very groggy. | F | 26 | 8 months 2mg | 10/25/2012 | 5 | Anxiety/Sleep problems | Drowsiness & sedation (which were welcomed) | Great drug for anxiety problems, best there is as far as I'm concerned. It works quickly and it works best when you are very anxious/agitated. | F | 25 | 3 months 1 MG 1X day | 10/15/2012 |