Tell me about Xanax...

[disfan07]

I hate xanax. Ive been on it a couple of times in the hospital to help with asthma attacks (my heart rate can reach over 200 and stay there during an asthma attack and it gets it down quickly) and i feel absolutely horrendous when im on it.

I have taken xanax a couple of times when flying. I cannot fly without taking something but we change what i take every few flights or it stops working.

I have also taken ativan as well as atarax.

Atarax is not necessarily prescribed for anxiety, it is usually prescribed for allergies adn severe eczema to help with itching so you can sleep, but it does have an anti-anxiety component.

I usually take atarax to help me with my anxiety over flying now because it doesnt make me feel as weird as xanax.

 

[LoraJ]

So looks like the merger, or takeover or whatever, is definitely going through at work. I will need something to get me through this. Aaack!

 

[dcentity2000]

]To any/all SUFFERING with ANXIETY, PANIC ATTACKS...PLEASE reach out as there IS HELP. There ARE meds and people that can help.....you CAN feel better and MOVE on with your life......


Good Luck to you OP!!

Hear, hear!



Rich::

 

[Melrosgirl]

take 2 mgs. of valium (the lowest dose there is) only at night to go to sleep and it works great! No side effects and after almost 4 years on it there has been no need to "up" the dose..

When you eventually quit it though, you may have serious side effects from withdrawal. No one understands until/if it happens. That's a long time to be on a drug.

 

[locolala]

When I started weaning off my psych meds (ptsd due to some seriously nasty stuff I saw in Iraq, and anxiety from the same, plus just plain old depression) I actually had worse withdrawl symptoms from my mood stabilizer (trileptal) than from my anxiety meds (klonopin). I LOVED klonopin and when not pregnant I still use it for breakthrough anxiety and when I have my ptsd attacks. Now that I am, we have to find something I can take.

 

[dcentity2000]

Psychiatric treatments are still rather blunt.

Things are getting better though. It was not so long ago that lobotomies were routine and even performed in doctor's surgeries!



Rich::

 

[missypie]

RE seeing a psychiatrist: The two county area in which I live and work has a population of around 4.2 million people. And on our health plan there is exactly one psychiatrist for the two counties, who is quite far away. That is why lots of folks try to get meds from the GP or OBGYN....lack of access...

 

[Murdah777]

I love Xanax.

Is that wrong? I hope not. Because I have no plans to give it up. And don't you try to make me, either.

I would hardly say my usage is yet at the criminal level; when it's high stress around here (deadlines mounting; two year old channeling the devil), I tend to wake up in the night and can't get back to sleep due to the relentless, throbbing vision of my rather robust to-do list. The remedy, then: I pad into the bathroom, break a pill in half, break one of the halves in half, then use my teeth to break one of the half-halves in half because at that point hands are too big and hammy to do the job and I'm not about to go get a razor blade and a cutting board.

Then I down that tiny shaving, that dusting, that 1/8th of a low-dose pill. And within 20 minutes I'm asleep for the rest of the night. Oh sure, in the morning I have a distant, dull ache in my head as if someone had my skull in a vice grip for the night (which essentially they did), but so what? It's a small price to pay. I'm busy; I can't afford to not sleep through the night.

Of course, my inner priss-priss culls through popular culture from the 60s, 70s and 80s and hurls images at me to make me feel bad. Needless to say, scenes from the movie Valley of the Dolls ricochet around in my head. Those talented ladies and their "dolls" (translation: old-time-y sedatives like Demerol, Seconol, Nembutol), flinging their heads about and screaming as they run their lives into the ground. Next: The scene from Trainspotting where a baby dies in the crib because its basic needs are not being met by its heroin-shooting mom. Then, the line from David Sedaris's piece "Seasons Greetings," about a neighbor: "She's on pills, everyone knows that."

 

[marlena21]

When I take Xanax, my mind is not fogged up. It's just the opposite, My body is more relaxed, but my mind is clear and focused on the task at hand. My mind is not thinking about the next word I might have a block on.
Also, get the generic of Xanax XR which is Alprazolam ER. Much cheaper and same effectiveness.

 

[Frye7127]

I have taken it three of times in the past year secondary to anxiety that I cannot shake...it takes the edge off and makes me feel very clear-headed, but then after about an hour or so, knocks me stone cold out, enough to where I cannot lift my head. I never take it when my husband is not around to watch over me. I am realizing that this is probably not the best option for me.

 

[Frye7127]

When I started weaning off my psych meds (ptsd due to some seriously nasty stuff I saw in Iraq, and anxiety from the same, plus just plain old depression) I actually had worse withdrawl symptoms from my mood stabilizer (trileptal) than from my anxiety meds (klonopin). I LOVED klonopin and when not pregnant I still use it for breakthrough anxiety and when I have my ptsd attacks. Now that I am, we have to find something I can take.

and congratulations on your pregnancy.

 

[njmom47]

I take it once in a while, when I'm extremely upset about something. It helps me to relax and to stop freak out. Also, for example when I had serious problems with someone at work, it made sure I wouldn't yell at her or do something like that.
I don't take it every day, which is good, because it makes me somewhat feel like a zombie. I take the lightest dose, higher makes me unable to "operate" normal.

This...and I too have issues at work with my boss, just the same as this poster.

 

[lovetoscrap]

Me thinks we need a graphic for when a spammer bumps an old thread .

 

[JessicaR]

 

[JessicaR]

I like this one better.

 

[bellebud]

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