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 |
| 4 | Social Anixety | very mild sedation | I take .5mg on a as needed basis. Works ok, but I think I am going to try klonopin. The klonopin reports seem to show a better control of social anxiety symptoms over xanax. | M | 19 | 2 days | 12/8/2004 | 4 | Migraine | None | Only taking it occassionally... | M | 35 | | 1/11/2003 | 4 | nerves | feel tired | M | 58 | 30 days | 11/26/2003 | 4 | panic attacks | I only took 25mg but found it relaxing and helpful in terms of concentration. | M | 40 | 15 days | 3/3/2004 | 4 | panick attacks | nervousness, jittery | calms me down | M | 31 | 10 days | 3/30/2004 | 4 | panic disorder | Sleepy when took doses too close togeather. | Works great, but not perfect, does not get rid of all symptoms but 90% of them. Also, helped my sleep at night. Lots of positives, very few negatives. | M | 36 | 5 months | 4/2/2004 | 4 | To come down off stimulants | relaxing, sleepiness | If you are high on coke or speed drop 1mg or 2mg and goodnight Irene. I would recommend not taking with alcohol though for obvious reasons. It feels like I just drank a pint of Tequila so works great if you wanna come down quickly and sleep. I only used it when doing speedy drugs during my 15 years that I state I took it. Thats like 2 pills every month at most. Not a drug to abuse only for temporary use. | M | 36 | 15 years | 4/3/2004 | 4 | panic attacks | drowsy during the daytime | Very hard to taper | M | 34 | 7 years | 4/19/2004 | 4 | Generalized anxiety | Wears off after 4 hours, need another, although sometimes I miss a dose without thinking about it. | Very addictive. | M | 61 | 10 years | 9/30/2004 | 4 | anxiety and depression; BPD | Taking with Neurontin and Effexor, so not sure whether this or the Neurontin could be causing some memory loss; Sometimes induces drowsiness; and sometimes produces no effects, but mostly brings on the first real | Again -- feels like it could be addictive and I am worried about asking my medical psychologist to up the dosage. Has definitely helped me deal with extreme anxiety and to cope with some life | M | 40 | 1 years | 7/19/2004 | 4 | to get messed up | wiht alcohol you get so messed up | this shit is awesome | M | 12 | 5 times | 9/28/2004 | 4 | panic attack | I have had problems when hospitalized with withdrawal due to unavailiability of drug. It is addictive | M | 61 | 10 years | 10/17/2004 | 4 | to relieve insomnia due to stress | morning medicine head | M | 33 | 1 months | 10/31/2004 | 4 | GAD, SOCIAL ANXIETIES | Heartburn. | Works very well for intermittent control of anxiety. I am told that 1: tolerance can build rapidly. 2: dependance, physical and/or psychological, can occur rapidly depending upon the individual. Similar to a previous poster, I too get heartburn from the medication. I was advised that certain anti-heartburn meds such as Zantac and Pepsid can interfere with Xanax. I drink alot of water when I take a dose and this does seem to lessen the the degree of gastric upset. | M | 49 | 3 years | 10/24/2008 | 4 | Anxiety/Insomnia | none at first, but after a 12 days of nightly, low dosage use, the next day I had nervousness, palpitations, heart rate increase, weakness (flu-like), delayed breathing, shallow breathing. Once I felt like I was going to black-out, but I think I just over-reacted to the above symptoms and just got scared. I've never blacked-out before, so all the above was new feelings for me. All these symptoms would come and go, usually from 10am to 3pm. After that, everything was fine. This had to be the Xanax being metabolized from my system (i.e., a little withdrawal). | No side effects at first, except it would knock me out, which is what I wanted it to do. I was taking .5mg at night only (none during the day). After a few days on the stuff, my tolerance level increased and I found that I needed .75mg to make me sleep. It was after this increase that I began to experience side effects during the day. I would think this was due to withdrawal symptoms. As I read, withdrawals from this drug, even though you aren't addicted, can mimic the very symptoms the drug is supposed to fix. Thus the reason why some think they eventually need it 2-3 times a day or more. Xanax is good for it's intended purpose, anxiety, but once that is cured, don't continue to take it as a sleep-aid (insomnia). Don't get me wrong, some people need this drug on a daily basis just as diabetics need insulin. | M | 41 | 14 days | 6/13/2005 | 4 | Tolerance build very fast. Use it as prescribed. Using it everyday quiting is hard (but possible) | It does what is supposed to. Good for an escape of Panic Attack, just that. I don't recommend use it as a daily medication. | M | 30 | 1 years | 10/20/2008 | 4 | Social anxiety, anxiousness, focus | I just started taking Xanax about a week ago. I've noticed that if I decide not to take it for a day, I feel a mild | When I've taken Xanax before going into certain social situations, restaraunts, work, driving, especially in heavy traffic, it's helped, BIG TIME. I feel relaxed without being tired, and feel more focused on whatever I'm doing. I really feel that Xanax has helped me more than any other prescription I have tried. | M | 31 | 7 days | 7/26/2005 | 4 | anxiety and ocd | none when i was taking xanex but i am currently in a withdrawel process that is really strange. on a small dose .15 mg per day so you would think the side effects of withdrawel would be small. NOT... everything was fine until the first day i could feel tingling sensations then bloated stomach, twitching muscles Then I started feeling like i was in a daze unable to land my feet Layering of thoughts going very fast. The thoughts beging to slow down but you feel even more in the fog... l thoughts are whirling around you. I started noticing almost grandiose thinking but really it was very deep thoughts Very sensitive to everything. Sound, light, movement. Wow I hope this gets better it is driving me CRAZY. This is true for me but i really hope no one else has this kind of experience. I am still in the middle of it okay i THOUGHT about it some more. It is just like when you got drunk and you are thinking okay i'm drunk but i can drive and then you get pulled over because you are driving | STAY AWAY FROM XANEX IF POSSIBLE | M | 47 | 2 years | 1/26/2007 | 4 | panic and anxiety | drowsy if I didn't get enough sleep. Some rebound anxiety after successive doses | Xanax worked wonders for calming me down, but . . . Be careful using it!! I never got addicted becuase I used it really sparingly, but even after a few doses in sequence, as little as two or three 0.25mg doses in a two day period, I felt some rebound anxiety. It was different than the original anxiety, just an unpleasant, overstimulated feeling. Mine was minor enough because of the low dose and duration, I could usually mask it with physical activity, or something else that required concentration, but if it had been much more intense, it would have been hell. There are plenty of stories on the web about xanax withdrawal, and it sounds really bad. So use it if you need it, but only if you really need it. And if you really need it alot, there are probably more appropriate options | M | 36 | | 10/27/2007 | 4 | anxiety, panic attacks | I am trying to ween off of this and it's VERY difficult. Luckily, I am also taking Lexapro and it is helping me cope with the withdrawal. The side effects of withdrawal aren't too pleasant: night sweats, increased heart rate, panic attacks for no apparent reason, tensor tympani spasms of the inner ear (this is the worst by far), numbness in the arms/hands, extreme muscle tension of the neck and shoulders, jaw hurts. | M | 39 | 1 years | 7/3/2006 |