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 |
| 5 | panic attacks/anxiety | short term memory loss about a hour after drug takes affect. | It's the best drug I've ever taken. Before starting .25 mg. once daily I was drinking to much trying to mask the anxiety and the churning feeling in my stomach. No longer crave alcohol after taking xanax for four years. It's changed my life and I can cope on all levels now. To me, it's a wonder drug. If you really need it it won't make you high but only calm and focused. I can't imagine going through life without it. | M | 53 | 4 years | 4/9/2005 | 5 | nerve pains from cord compression | none, drowsiness of course but not severe. | just a great and safe drug. have been taking for over a year at high and now very low dosages. i only take a mg a day now. it helps me with my pain and go to sleep. it helps with anxiety that comes along too. tried klonopin first and almost killed myself, i never had any of these problems with xanax. it works well for me and a lot of other people. | M | 22 | 1 years | 3/16/2007 | 5 | Chronic Lower Back Pain | Tiredness, immediate relaxation of the spinal cord and surrounding muscles. immediate relaxation of the brain and other muscle groups. | This drug worked wonders, originally took it for inability to eat very much at one setting. Doctor called it anxiety only because I worked 7 days a week for 12 to 14 hrs per day. I was just used to eating once a day for dinner only 2 hamburgers from BK then just a snickers for lunch and 2 pop tarts for breakfast X 1 1/2 years. Not on on purpose, just did not place much importance on eating. I found that like alcohol it relaxed my back allowing me to rest from the constant pain and sleep comfortably. I never take more than 1 mg. usually .5 and only occaisionally. 1 30 day supply lasts 3-6 months. | M | 41 | 1 years | 4/25/2007 | 5 | drowsiness, dizziness | Thank god for this stuff. Anyone who has experienced panic attacks knows how utterly horrifying they are; xanax usually begins to work within a few minutes, and soon after i'm back to normal (occasionally with a bit of drowsiness). | M | 1 years | 5/27/2007 | 5 | Anxiety | Sleepiness about 2 to 3 hours after initial dose. It also gives me an "I don't give a crap" attitude towards people trying to apply too much pressure to me at work. | I have a VERY stressful job and I lost my Mother, Grandmother, and Uncle over the past year. I let everything pile up and eventually started having chest pains that I thought were heart disease. I had an echocardiogram, thallium stress test, EKG monitoring, and even an angiogram to check my heart out. All of them cam back clear. I take Alprazolam (Xanax) whenever I feel the tightness in my chest and it goes away. I take it only when I feel overwhealmed with anxiety and only when I have chest pains. I take about .5mg to 1 mg per episode. Usually about 5 times a month. I think I am fortunate that I havent developed a dependancy on the drug. | M | 35 | 1 years | 7/24/2007 | 5 | anxiety disorder / panic attacks | none | excellent for quick relief when having a panic attack. i've also used it when i was having periods of constant anxiety, taking .5 mg 3x daily. this was effective except during one extremely difficult period when it took paxil to pull me out. unfortunately paxil had nasty sexual side effects and withdrawal symptoms. i've never experienced difficulty going off xanax when i was using it daily. so while i agree w/ those who say stay away if you have an addictive personality, if you don't, i don't think addiction is a problem, it least it wasn't for me. in fact i used .75 mg at night to help me sleep for years and tapered off over a couple weeks. no problem. so i think xanax is a great medicine. | M | 46 | | 6/18/2007 | 5 | anxiety | drowsiness at first...crazy dreams(not bad ones tho), increased sex drive | I've been on xanax for 2 months now .25mg 4 times a day and I haven't had a full blown panic attack in the last 2 weeks. i also can't remember the last time i didn't get a great nights sleep. this is a miracle drug i don't care what they say about it being addictive i'll take it forever it has given me a new life. | M | 25 | 2 months | 4/11/2007 | 5 | Panic attacks | None so far, I have been taking .25 every day for 1 month | I was on Lexapro for one week, it was horrible. I had nightmares, dry mouth, sexual disfuction, laziness, just not feeling good. I have no negative side effects with xanex, I take .25 maybe two or tree times a week. I hope it is not addictive. I do not want to become addictive to any medication. I was taken to the ER recently, diagosed panic attack, I thought I was having a heart attack, please email me your experiences or call me @ 919.518.0911 | M | 43 | | 6/14/2007 | 5 | Social anxiety/panic attacks | I rarley have any side effects from this drug. Sometimes drowsy/dizziness. | Helps a lot! | M | 19 | 6 months | 6/2/2007 | 5 | Panic Disorder, Generalized Anxiety | Some fading of memory at higher dose | Xanax gave me my life back. I'm very young and went down a long road before I was perscribed this medication. Though there are reports about the addictive nature of this medication, I have never found a desire to take more than needed. Xanax calms panic and surges of anxiety like no other. It is fast working and effective at low doses. The biggest benefit was that it DID NOT begin to lose its effectiveness over time like the other benzodiazepines. | M | 20 | 2 years | 8/8/2007 | 5 | Panic attacks/ anxiety | Ocassional drowsiness but lessens after time. Also possibly some memory loss (or maybe it's my age?) | This has been THE wonder drug for me. Having suffered from anxiety and panic attacks since I was about 17, I was on and off of Valium until this came to market and I've been on it for probably 20 years. I have never seen the need to increase the dosage over time, have pretty much stayed at about 1mg a day total, split into 3 or 4 doses. I've heard withdrawal is tough, but at this low dose hopefully it won't be bad. Anyway why would I want to stop, it has given me my life back. Some doctors tend not to want patients to take this for long term and want you to try antidepressants instead, but some of those can have some nasty side effects and withdrawal symtoms. | M | 48 | 20 years | 6/9/2007 | 5 | Waking up in the morning but feel fine after a shower | Most men my age (43) report similar results. Great drug. I had lost several family member in a short period of time. Like most guys we don't express or release our emotions. 6 months after losing family members I lost my temper over a serious but not so serious incident. I was lucky I didn't serioulsy hurt someone. One of the biggest wake calls in my life. Something ws up. Doctor said you need to manage the anxiety. Took 1 pill and never felt better. Doctors response on revisit was people don't have anxiety they are just "underxanaxed." If you worry about the stupid little things and let the big stuff build inside you need help. Xanax will all cure road rage. Be safe and take care of yourself for once. Best wishes to all. one side note to the youger posters, try a sport first. Xanax should compliment your plan to reach balance, not be the silver bullet. Best wishes | M | 43 | 1 years | 8/23/2007 | 5 | Major sedative. Sometimes I find myself dosing in meetings. | Works great. Just beware of the sleepiness. | M | 44 | 4 years | 5/17/2007 | 5 | Anxiety attacks | headache (could be from not using caffiene anymore) | I've suffered from Anxiety attacks for years now. I'd taken these years ago at 1mg 2x a day. It was entirely to much for me. I'm a large man too. at 6'5" and 200 lbs, more than 1 mg a day, and I'm a tard. I take .25 at bed time and .5 when I have an attack now. It wors wonders for sleep. Gentle sleep and shuts off the rat race in my head thats a royal pain to deal with. Great drug, but do not abuse it. Its very easy to become an addict. Xanax addicts are pretty hard to be around. | M | 28 | 6 months | 10/22/2007 | 5 | OCD/ Anxiety Attack | None yet. | This is a very helpful medication for Big Panic Attacks. Attacks in the way you think you are going to die, sweat, short of breathness, cauise of the desesperation of obsessive thoughts. 2mg of Xanax works inmediatly calming me down. I have 2 or 3 kind of situation a year where Xanax works very effective. .50 works fine to have a good day in job, full 2mg I will recomend stay at home. And as everything in life, there is a risk of addiction, but not something you can't handle. Very nice drug | M | 29 | 1 years | 11/6/2007 | 5 | Anxiety | None really little sleepy, but better sleepy than anxiety ridden. | The most effective bezo I have ever used. | M | 40 | 10 years | 12/24/2007 | 5 | Anxiety and high blood pressure | none | I do have a bad problem with high blood pressure where it may spikes without a warning. This makes me anxious and anxiety worsens my BP and so on. Xanax helps me to bring my blood pressure under control. I do use xanax sporadically only when I have a hypertensive crisis. | M | 50 | 10 years | 1/19/2008 | 5 | Panic Attacks | tiredness | I have been taking Xanax for 2 years. I started after having a panic attack which lasted for hours. I felt like I was loosing my mind (only those thatexpierence panic attacks can desribe the horror). I only use the drug when I feel myself becoming anxious or on the verge of a panic attack. There have been weeks between when I needed a dose and my usual dose is .25mg or .50 mg. I've tried many other medications but I do not like the fact of being on a daily maintenace medication and since Xanax is fast acting its perfect for me. I do have concerns of becoming addicted but my doctor assured me that is highly unlikly with the amount I take and the time in between dose. Xanax is a miracle drug. | M | 39 | 2 years | 1/11/2008 | 5 | Sleep aid | Sleepiness (which is why I take it) | Fantastic drug. Excellent sleep aid, but if something happens and I have to get up in the middle of the night, I can. It's also excellent at combating my fear of flying. Even with high turbulence, I am relaxed. I have tried other sleep aids such as Ambien and Lunesta, and prefer Xanax. | M | 40 | 6 years | 1/27/2008 | 5 | Anxiety, sleeping problems, deaths, | At first kind of sleepy, but it wore off. Memory loss, sometimes severe, depending on how much i took and how much i drank with it. | I started taking Xanax illegaly at the age of 18.I was diagnosed with anxiety at age 13.I would suffer from panic attacks and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).I also have ADD and ridalin caused me to have terets at age 9,so i discontinued to the use of ridalin.My doctors tried me out on Paxil,Lexapro,Zoloft(which made me feel suicidal).So I finally gave up on all the the meds at about age 16. I started using xanax at age 18. At first it was just for fun but i soon realized it made me feel normal and actually able to be myself in public around strangers.So i continued using it off and on until my cousin that I started taking it with over dosed from methadone and xanax when I was 20.Then I began to need it more and more every day.Then my grandmother passed away on my 21st birthday which was only 2 months later after my cousin had died.I finally decided I needed to be perscribed to xanax legally. Now, i take it every day like im supposed to and i feel great, i wake up feeling refresh | M | 23 | 6 years | 1/28/2008 |