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 |
| 1 | Anxiety | Interdose Withdrawls | This stuff is a nightmare. The rebound anxiety from interdose withdrawals tricks you into thinking your anxiety is getting worse. Finally during withdrawals- Heard voices, 24/7 panic attacks, muscle zaps, spasms. Couldn't bathe myself or walk for several days. Watch out- if your muscles are sore the day after, you're psychically addicted. | F | 30 | 2 years .5 | 1/2/2016 | 1 | stresses due to finances, allergies | I just got a script for Xanax, I was already afraid to take it after the Dr. Told me about some possible side effects. Then I went to a pharmacist, then ask my sister who is a director of nursing and she has tried it and didn't like how it made her feel, then I read the reviews!!! I may not feel at my best and not getting proper sleep in the last 2 days, but I'm good"! I have to find another way to deal with what I'm going through. Prayer, group theraphy, individual theraphy, a new job, school something, because the horror stories about this drug out ways the the potential good effects for me, and I don't even know how it will effect me and I don't want to know!!! Anytime it takes a man-made pill to truly psychologically help one function, to me it can take away your natural will to learn how to function or live life at peace if this pill among others is the quick fix! I may suffer from anxiety due to my life's situations, but I feel more anxiety wondering if I took this turn, and wondering how this would really change my life into depending on it even for the first 20-30 mins of my life for instant relief and not mind some of the side effects! It's scary in itself and to think I may become addictive or end up worst!!!! I'm afraid and it has to be some other type of relief or intervention or something..... any suggestions because I have 7 .25mg pills prescribed to me from the ER and I have made a decision not to take it! # ms trying not to be stressed about it! S | The key about Xanax is that it is a DRUG, and it going to do what a DRUG does along with all its side effects, Withdrawals. To each it's own! My life seems a little difficult enough to add to it with something that would be controlling my very existence and train my mind to say it's ok, while not preparing me for the outcome. Then in the end result my mind tells, you did this to yourself now your worse or can't shake it "it's all your fault" now that I can't live with on top of everything else! | F | 48 | 1 days .25mg | 8/8/2015 | 1 | I had side effects from bp meds | Had extreme anxiety, pain attacks, could not leave home, had weird thoughts, weird suicidal thoughts, fear, could not fly or travel. Had to keep upping the dose due to not working as well as before the first time you took it. Left you addicted to it. Bad drug. Should be taken off the market. Took me about a year or more to start to feel the effects fading. | Bad drug. Should be taken off the market. | F | 36 | 3 weeks 5mg 4X AN | 2/9/2015 | 1 | stress | Rash everywhere | F | 27 | 1 days 1 | 1/3/2015 | 1 | Heart palpitations | Terrible anxiety, irrational fears, iatrogenic illness that lasted for over a decade. | This drug worked beautifully. At first, then it became a nightmare. Don't take it. Don't let anyone you care about take it. Please. This is a mind-altering, highly addictive drug that changes the way your body calms itself down. So much so, that you may never be the same, even if you stop taking it. NEVER stop this drug 'cold turkey'. It is dangerous and can lead to a very painful withdrawal syndrome that can last years. More information at www.benzo.org.uk | F | 53 | 1 years .25 mg 2X day | 11/15/2014 | 1 | Circumstances in my life | HORRIFIC WITHDRAWAL THAT LAST FOR YEARS< Functional BRAIN DAMAGE! ALL BENZODIAPINES SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF THE MARKET< IT IS TOTALLY DISABLING PEOPLE! | WE HAVE 1.5 MILLION IN SUPPORT GROUP WORLDWIDE WHO ARE SUFFERING FOR YEARS BECAUSE OF BENZODIAPINES! GO TO BENZOBUDDIES. ORG TO GET REAL HELP COMING OFF> LONG TERM BRAIN DAMAGE CAUSED> WE ARE PREPARING FOR A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT> DANGEROUS UNSTABLE DRUG!!!!!!!!!!! | F | 52 | 1.5 years .25 1X day | 11/15/2014 | 1 | F | 10 months | 11/16/2014 | 1 | anxiety. | I went to bed around midnight and woke up at 5:30 convinced it was am but surely enough it was pm. Don't waste your time or life all for an alternative | F | 19 | 2 days 2 | 11/3/2014 | 1 | to calm me during upsetting events | Instead of calming me when I was upset, it made me more upset, even threw me into a fit publicly. | I took only 2 pills, on 2 separate occasions a few days apart. The first time, I was coming home from the hospital after surgery and took the pill in the car on the way home. When I got out of the car I had a sort of weird fit/seizure in the driveway in front of everyone. The second time, I took it to calm myself because I was in a fight with my mom. Instead of calming me, it made me even more upset and I ended up crying all night long. But I haven't seen on this board anyone else with my experience so maybe it's really rare. Maybe I should try it again one day when I'm not upset, just to see if it really was the drug causing these problems. What's for sure is, it didn't calm me, unless I would have been even worse if I hadn't taken it, which is doubtful. | F | 41 | 2 times | 6/26/2009 | 1 | anxiety attacks | after just a few days of .5mg use, I fainted, hit my head during the fall had a concussion and spent a day in the hospital. I have NEVER fainted before. | Be careful | F | 37 | 3 days | 6/26/2009 | 1 | anxiety | Drowsiness, clumsy, food cravings, more anxiety, slight urinary retention, stomach pain, bloating. | I rated this dissatisfied because although it took away my anxiety at first. After only about a week on it, if I didn't take the next dose I felt the withdrawal symptoms. I experienced worse anxiety between doses and eventually stomach pains/bloating. It's highly addictive. I've used this drug in the past just to help me with my fear of flying. One dose and that was it. But a longer duration just didn't work for me. Be very careful not to rely on this unless there are no other avenues to turn to. I stopped it completely 3 days ago and I'm starting to feel like myself again with much less stomach distress. | F | 46 | 30 days | 11/13/2009 | 1 | Anxiety panic attacks | It doesn't matter why a person would be prescribed this medication. Never allow your dr to fool you because with long time use it caused me depression lack of sexual sensation or want also it caused me to not have my period for a whole year and half . I would not ask my worse enemy to take this . I'm now working with my dr to taper me off and even when you tamper off it is so hard even with medical help. But I'm trust in God to help me regain my life and my health back. I am praying to be off Xanax it's ruined my life. Please use a different medication don't fall victim to Xanax | F | 31 | 7 years 1.5 mg | 8/4/2013 | 1 | my husband does for anxiety | When not taking Xanax on a very regular basis, the side effects are unbelievable at least from an observer of so much bizarre behavior. This is a short lived drug and apparently some people cannot take it as a PRN. My husband when home often just skips the dose for reasons I do not understand and turns from a person with a flat affect into a man that is filled with rage and anger. So far no physical abuse but tremendous psychological abuse is tossed my way. Wondered if I was a trigger but 3 shrinks have said no. He has been on that medication for over 20 years and obviously is addicted but not respectful of that fact. | His thinking can get very warped. He had blackouts and memory loss and after he finally explodes verbally, seems to need 24 hours sleep. He seems to a great extent unaware of what happens and while he has a therapist he sees once every six weeks to get an Rx, after 3 or 4 years I have never been allowed to even speak with her. I doubt sincerely if she has any idea of what is going on. My husband also adds liquor to the Xanax at times and I suspect that isn't helpful. Based on reading things here it is apparent that this drug operates differently on different people but given that, I do believe psychiatrists have an obligation to check with relatives and to do any testing that might indicate other problems. My husband is in my mind mentally ill and because I wouldn't leave him if he had a physical disease I have tried very hard to learn about this benzo and to try to find coping skills to help me. We may be close to reaching the end of the line and while I know he loves me and it would break his heart (different though it is), it is finally taking a physical toll on me that is serious. This drug has altered his personality and while he is somewhat aware of it, he won't deal with it because the obvious losses of memory and a sense of shame have him hooked to the point where he can't admit the truth. Psychiatry can be very dangerous. My husband is just really paying to get a prescription: no therapy is involved at all. It's a business. | F | 68 | 20 years | 1/17/2010 | 1 | Panic Disorder/GAD | Hyperactive and Anti-depressant effects, only after I became addicted to it. | Initially I was prescribed 2 mgs 3 times a day.My tolerance skyrocketed.I started buying 2mg bars off of the net because the doctor's script for 90 2mg pills a month weren't enough anymore.One day, after leaving the doctors with my script, I took 33 bars-my tolerance was that high.I had a 45 minute drive ahead of me.The last recollection I had was the pills starting to kick in & knowing I was about to feel relief.My next memory is waking up in bed.I had absolutely no memory of anything.According to my Mom,I must have blacked out,driven 45 miles,pulled into a parking lot,turned the car off,took the keys out,& passed out.A concerned citizen saw me & went inside the store & they called the police.The police traced my license plate to my parents house & called them.That was about 3pm the previous day.I woke up at 11am the next day from this.In the end,I switched doctor's-my new doc was slowly weaning me off of Xanax to switch me to something safer.She prescribed me Xana | F | 31 | 12 years | 3/11/2008 | 1 | anxiety | my boyfriend took xanax. it made him a demon he was rude hed black out repeat himself constantly .if he drank with it hed end up in jail .he would eat all night long.he didnt care about anything when he was on it after awhile he became extremly addicted and when he stopped he had seizures | this is a horrible drug if u do not take it correctly i suggest trying sumthin else first. i know 7 other people who have the same side effects. it has mad there life worse not better and 3 of them also had seizures when they tried to quite | F | 22 | 2 days | 2/13/2008 | 1 | relaxant before laser eye surgery | could not stop crying for about 5 hours | F | 32 | 1 days | 3/6/2009 | 1 | for panic attacks | either euphoria or numbness of emotions. Became addicted.. | Ended up in jail!!!!!!!!!!!!!! would not recommend it = it is too powerful! | F | 26 | 2 months | 12/10/2008 | 1 | anxiety | SEVERE MEMORY LOSS, freakishly abnormal behavior (like compulsion to steal), anger and depression coming off a dose. | This med should be taken OFF our pharmacy shelves and out of circulation. It is BAD NEWS. | F | 36 | 14 days | 1/22/2009 | 1 | I minor anxiety problem | I was ok while I was on the drug for the first few months then tolerance set in. My dose became increased & increased & then I started having withdrawal while still taking the drug(in between doses)! The dr. then basically cold turkeyed me off. I have not been the same since. | NEVER take this drug more than 2-4 weeks! This and ALL benzos cause withdrawal and may cause a withdrawal syndrome. I have been in withdrawal for over a year now with no healing in site. Take it from me, these drugs are NOT worth it to lose your life over. | F | 28 | 2 years | 2/4/2009 | 1 | severe panic disorder + depression | NONE!!!! Imagine that....it is the most amazing drug for panic attacks that you will wish had never been developed, let alone prescribed to u. SEVERE DISINHIBITION as a result of long-term use (more than a few weeks is long-term on xanax!) | Switched to paxil cr after 4 years on xanax (& alcohol) for my panic attacks (did not leave the house for over a year panic was so bad). Switched to paxil cr after seizure trying to come off xanax (xanax stopped working at 4-5mg a day). Xanax gave me disinhibition and basically ruined my life. Wish my first doc started me on paxil cr instead of xanax -- which you can't stay on!! ..unless you want to become a zombie. STAY AWAY FROM DAILY USE OF XANAX! OK, ONLY as an occasional PRN. If u let your body develop a physical dependence on xanax, u are basically screwed -- seek help from a GOOD doc or HOSPITAL ER to get off of it. I was in the hospital to withdraw and they still messed up my detox!!!!! Had to do 28 day in-patient to get off it safely.... | F | 27 | 4 years | 7/5/2008 |