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 |
| 3 | stress, anxiety | I would only take this for an acute panic attack. Not for regular use. I had some chest pains and felt a little too euphoric on this. | Probably the most addictive benzo, although obviously it helps some. | F | 31 | 2 days | 11/24/2007 | 3 | akathisia/ s.e. of abilify | Well it sure does take the edge off...all the way. All I do on Xanax is lie there and breathe. I can't function on it, but it sure does trank me out. I'm on the XR version now which is way better. I see how easily it could be abused for someone seeking a downer because this seems like the ultimate down. It did work, but in working it incapacitated me. Oh well. | The XR formulation is well worth considering instead. Taken once in the morning, you never get more than 0.25 mg in your blood at any given time, which will keep a lid on mild anxiety but not knock you out. | F | 34 | 7 days | 8/8/2008 | 3 | anxiety, insomnia | depression, felt dopey, pounding heart, memory problems, constipation | This helped me but became a terrible crutch. Please try behavior modification therapy- see the book "Panic to Power" if you feel you cannot live without tranquilizers. I take this now at 0.12 mg. just to help me sleep at night. But 0.75 to 1mg. per day for anxiety made me feel worse. I weaned myself off after doing the behav. mod. therapy and getting my hormones re-balanced. | F | 48 | 5 years | 6/12/2008 | 3 | Anxiety | Very addicting when taken even for a few days at .25 mg. I built tolerance right away and needed 2 x a day. Withdrawal was increased anxiety and panic attacks. Side effect is rebound anxiety, depression, and constipation. | I took this years ago as well for over a month. It's great for anxiety only short term but wears off in a few hours. After, your problems seem bigger and anxiety is 100x worse. The best way to take it is only for 1 day a week or so or as needed. It's not easy to get off this drug once you have been on it for even a few days straight. | F | 45 | 7 days | 7/11/2008 | 3 | to help me sleep | I became addicted to them, I checked myself into a hospital and was clean for a few months, now I'm back in the same boat as before, can't go without them, the withdrawls are awful (maybe not as bad as some other drugs, but I don't like the feeling). I recommed that if you have to take them don't abuse them. | F | 33 | 2 years | 12/10/2002 | 3 | anxiety, nervousness | The side effects that i had were crushing headaches when the medicine started to where off. Also i noticed when i took it at night, i didnt want to be bothered with anyone and was very agitated. | I recommend taking this drug only when needed, and not on a daily basis. | F | 35 | 3 weeks | 1/10/2002 | 3 | Panic attacks, anxiety | Extreme fatigue, pain in the right side of my head | I only use it as needed. For me, even 1/2 pill is too much. Makes me too sleepy. I take a 1/4 of a pil or even less. But I always notice the pain in the right side of my head when I take it. Makes me wonder. They say long term use causes brain shrinkage. Is this what I feel happening in my head each time? It makes me want to use it sparingly. I don't trust it entirely. | F | 43 | 8 months | 4/8/2005 | 3 | extreme social anxiety | just makes me really tired. helps me get a really good nights sleep! | i dont know if it really helps the social anxiety all that much. just makes me really relaxed but doesnt make me motivated to socialize or anything | F | 24 | 10 times | 4/9/2005 | 3 | Sleepiness | F | | 1/21/2005 | 3 | anxiety | nausea, sleepiness | I've taken it on and off for several years. I take it for anxiety attacks, usually when I wake up in the morning. It is hard to take sometimes because the anxiety causes me to feel sick to my stomach and taking a bitter pill on top of it doesn't help. Will smoke pot in combination for best relief. The pharmacist said not to drive while on it. How am I supposed to function in life without driving!? I try to take it only when really necessary. | F | 46 | 5 years | 6/15/2007 | 3 | sleeplessness/anxiety | none | worked ok at first. Now 3 years later not so much. I take .25 at night. It seems to wear off after 3-4 hours. | F | 35 | 3 years | 9/20/2007 | 3 | PTSD | Honestly I think xanax helps people through hard to deal with occurences in life but most people abuse it like me.Docs used 2 give this crap out like candy,and now they are so scared of the government that people who this drug really screwed up can't get it and end up having painful seizures. I went from eating a legal presciption maximum allowable for 10mg daily (150 a month)plus some to 5mg of xanax xr daily. Docs really don't know how people with extremely high tolerences 2 this drug will react and don't believe u when u tell them. I got lucky I found a doc who cared.This drug is dangerous in the wrong hands.i been taking massive doses 4 over 18yrs,believe me the seizures trying to get off are weird,u don't black out,ur awake & ur jaw clenches,teeth break,tongue and throat swell,and ur aware the whole time.The only cure,BENZOS!!I am on a maintance dose because the risks are 2 high 2 remove the drug.Hell,I don't feel any relief when I take it but in 27hrs of not I do.It is a wors | I feel the drug taken in massive quantities the way i abused them,over a long period of time actually ruins the brains chemicals that effect the nervous system.I honestly don't know how I am still alive but I shouldn't be.I have been able to eat up to 28 2mg xanax along with 180mg methadone together and noone would know it if they hadn't seen me take it.I honestly needed, and still do,xanax,but,iwish i never touched a 2mg one.They are different somehow.If u would take two 1mg,henceforth making 2mg,it's just not the same.The 2mg bars are extremely potent for some reason.The xanax xr's saved my life.Anyone that needs a long term regimen should be given these,trust me.If given these though Doc's need to raise the dosage when tolerence is known to weaken,don't be cowards & stick ur patients on a physically dependent drug unless u plan on putting them on a drug that will be obsolete 2 their systems and maintenance probably 4 the rest of their lives.This drug given long term is just like | F | 31 | 18 years | 3/1/2007 | 3 | anxiety | physically addicting | when i first started taking xanax i thought it was great(i was taking .25 2 or 3 times a day)..it took away my anxiety completly but after about two weeks of taking it i started to go thru withdrawl when i was coming down from it(irritable,anxious,uncaring,depression)..I definently recomend only taking xanax once in awhile or only when you absoulutly need it..because the dependency for it is really intense and makes you feel worse then what you felt like before you started taking it..i definentily only take it once or twice a week now...be careful | F | 28 | 3 months | 5/12/2007 | 3 | Anxiety | dry mouth, feeling of depression/sadness and irritability when coming off of a dose | Surprisingly, Xanaz does not make me tired when I first take it. A lot of people say that it makes them drowsy and tired. Xanax really makes me feel a lot better for the first few hours after I take, but I start to feel cranky and irritable when the does starts to wear off. I also sometimes feel depressed and worse than I did right before taking the medication. I think I am going to switch back to Lorazepam, which did make me somewhat tired but not at all depressed. I only take this medication as needed. | F | 25 | 2 years | 5/13/2007 | 3 | anxiety/ocd | loss of libido/inability to orgasm/edgy/thirsty | I prefer clonazepam over xanax for my anxiety. Xanax makes me feel speedy: a feeling I am not looking for. I never experienced withdrawl from it like I do with clonazepam, but like all anti-anxiety medicines I think it's best to weigh the pros and cons and decide what works for you. I see a lot of DON'T TAKE THIS MED postings here, and that bothers me, and has scared me many times. There's a lot of guilt associated with these meds and mental problems- and no one needs to read scare tactics. It's situational. I can't function without my anti-anxiety meds, and would rather just read about different experiences as opposed to blanket statements about what's bad for you. Take care! & best of luck! | F | 32 | 2 years | 9/6/2007 | 3 | anxiety, panic attacks | did not notice any side effects, but I don't use if very often | I did not notice the immediate response I was hoping for, nor the sustained effect. | F | 26 | 15 times | 9/16/2003 | 3 | High anxiety | Felt hungover in the mornings, until I decreased dosage | When I took my first Xanax, I was at a relative's house and she gave me a 1/2 of a 1 mg. I couldn't get up until noon the next day and I would normally get up at 8 a.m. every morning. About 10 years later when I went to see my doctor about anxiety, he offered Xanax and I refused, not only because of the hangover effect, but also because the relative above is highly addicted to them now. Since she can longer find doctors to give her the Xanax, she turned to street drugs. My doctor explained to me that some people just have an addictive personality and as long as I didn't feel I was the same way, I should reconsider. I asked for the mildest of the mild. I only take a "small piece" of a 0.25 mg when I start to get "that feeling of nervousness" or if I can't sleep. They do take the edge off, especially on car trips where I tend to have high anxiety the most. They also help you go to sleep, but only take a very small amount and take it a little earlier be | F | 35 | 1 years | 2/7/2007 | 3 | Anxiety | Tiredness and sometimes a headache. | F | 40 | 8 months | 11/12/2004 | 3 | F | | 11/1/2004 | 3 | anxiety attacks | Tiredness, and dizziness when coming down off the pill | Xanax saved my life when I needed it at the time. At 16 I had very severe anxiety attacks when my parents divorced and was put on .5 mgs. Now at 20 years old, I am on 2 mg a day. This medication is VERY ADDICTIVE and almost impossible to get off. I have highly considered going into detox. The withdrawl symptoms or symptoms you get from not taking your dose on time are HORRIBLE!!I was extremly dizzy, would be a complete zombie, have the shakes, everything. So although while I needed it I couldnt imagine getting through what I didn with out it, but now that I dont need it I cant get off of it and it is causing my health issues now I never feel like myself. So be VERY CAREFUL when taking this drug and only take it AS NEEDED not just because you like the effects in the long run it makes for a very difficult recovery. | F | 20 | 4 years | 7/21/2006 |