I have generalized anxiety disorder with severe panic attacks, recurring acrophobia and suffer frkm PTSD. I take Xanax 1 mg three times a day and it is absolutely essential to my ability to live a normal, still anxious, but functional life.
Pflythewhiteguy | 35-44 | Male | On medication for 1 to 6 months | Patient 7/30/2024 Condition: Other Overall rating 5.0 Effectiveness Ease of Use Satisfaction I am a schizophrenic and benzodiazepines are the best medication for treatment for me. I couldn't recommend it more to anyone else that suffers from schizophrenia.
I overdosed and Xanax should be taken of the market. Everybody that says Xanax aka alprazolam Is GREAT, yall need to get off this medication. A prelim does kill. I am lucky to still be here if it wasn’t for the hospital.
best thing that has ever happend to me. LOVE IT??
I am a schizophrenic and benzodiazepines are the best medication for treatment for me. I couldn't recommend it more to anyone else that suffers from schizophrenia.
I have been taking Xanax for several years. It’s been very helpful with my anxiety, sleep and panic attacks. When one or more of these terrible problems start, I take half of a .05 mg tablet and it really helps me. I would highly recommend this medicine for anyone who wants some relief from the pain of these disorders. Addiction is a state of mind. If you are a person who over indulges, then choose it wisely.
Works well
The ups are fine but the downs are horrible took a month to get off it. Highly addictive
Ive have major anxiety all my life and the only time i ever used a benzo in the past was Klonopin. Dr. leaves and i can't find a psychiatrist to continually prescribing. Meanwhile my personal life was crumbling and i was isolating and the worst part was the constant feeling on dread, shakijng, feeling heavy in the chest, poundng heart, etc. Finally, my friend told me she takes Xanax and gave me 1mg and said , try this, cuz i was that bad. Well i took it and i found inside me a different person. Within minutes i was getting calmer, one symtom at a time. I did not get drowsy in the least. it was like the world stopped spinning. I then whent to another doctor, my pcp and told him everything. He saw truth in my story and immediately got me started on xanax. Since then, i have been more outgoing, less scared, less anxous and was building my life up and it's almost back together again. Thanks for this med. Thank u to the friend and the doctor. Believe me, u will not be disappointed.
I have been a firefighter for over twenty five years. I never experienced any anxiety in all the time. Once retired within six six months I been having trouble sleeping, I see the trauma that didn’t bother me when I was still responding, once I stopped all these sights have awakened and is hitting me pretty hard. In addition I had a a neck accident and crushed c5&c6. Not realizing at the time I came very close to being paralyzed. I am now 72 and I don’t want to live the rest of my life without the blue pill in it.
I don't have panic attacts, but I had a really bad day and took 1mg for sleep, I did have 2 glasses of wine at dinner. I slept fine, did not have bad dreams, but I am dizzy this morning and can not go to yoga or the gym. It ruined my day. I will not take it again. I have never taken it before, everyone at work raved about it. It is not for me BC I love having energy during my day.
Xanax is a life saver for me. It makes me a better person and improved my life quality. Without it my mind is like an analog TV white noise. I couldn’t accomplish anything in my life. Now I finished my masters and play a critical role in aerospace and defense. Nothing but a positive experience for me.
I have always had anxiety but developed GAD after having Covid and being hospitalized. I also developed horrific derealization since then as well, I haven’t taken Xanax in over a year, and klonopin was not doing anything for my anxiety (which I wasn’t aware it is not approved for GAD.) I took one last night and was surprised I could focus during the day at work, my mind wasn’t racing my body was fairly calm and my thought process wasn’t bouncing around with tasks. My focus was also not on my derealization all day.
I deal with very bad anxiety and have panic attacks on the regular this medicine helps calm me so much and helps me get throughout my day so good
I've been taking xanax since 2001, I am weening off of it now because I was taking it 4x a day and the doctor put me on buspiron (miss-spell) and now I'm down to 2mg a day. But I have had GERD since 2010 and do not get the burning but the pain from my sternum up the middle to my chest, neck, jaw, gums and ears. I would take 1mg and it took it away within 5-10 minutes. Nothing else helped with the GERD. But my doctor that I have now says that Xanax is not made for GERD. But everyones body is different. Other than that I have never had a problems with Xanax and it works for me with no side effects.
This drug has saved me on a thousand occasions, from generalized anxiety associated to major depressive disorder to panic attacks, obsessive compulsive disorder and even somatic tension, up to situations of severe insomnia where the next day I had to get up early in the morning. I have always considered Xanax a godsend, it is an excellent anxiolytic and it is very useful also for those suffering from sleep disorders, because it does not leave heaviness or numbness the next day, due to its short duration of action in the body. My average dosage is 20 drops (0.50 mg). What can I say, to me it is the best anxiolytic!
It helps me fall asleep but I keep having nightmares when I take it.
I was prescribed Xanax over 20 years ago for anxiety, racing heart, panic when faced with a troubling situation. I am a video producer and when a big event is coming up I tend to get very anxious and if things don't go smoothly the anxiety gets worse until sometimes I can't properly function. This is also related to the fact that I am a perfectionist, so if things don't go smoothly (at work) I often break out into heavy sweats. My doctor prescribed very low dose Xanax (.25 mg) and I usually cut the pills in half. One half of a pill calms me down quite well when necessary. I take another half only if things become very stressful. The med does exactly what it's supposed to do for my anxiety. I don't abuse Xanax at all - a 20 pill prescription will last me a year or more. My doctor also monitors and controls my usage carefully.
I was given this medication 6 1/2 yrs ago .025 dosage as needed while I was in treatment for breast cancer. Periodically I still get night terrors, that my disease has returned. And going for scans etc is scary. All I’m told, is very common for what I experienced. The meds help during the worst “episodes” or painful tests. & the idea of the meds help, just knowing that I have something to ease that fear. I’ve experienced no SE. or addiction. Not ever taken it on a daily basis.
I am now 68 years old and began having anxiety/panic attacks in my early 20's. After trying several different medications, my doctor recommended Xanax. I declined because of all the side effects from the other drugs and ended up hospitalized because of a severe panic disorder. While in the hospital, I finally agreed to try Xanax, and it was a miracle wonder drug for me. I take .5 three times a day as needed.