Pfizer Xanax Review

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Buggheart
Detroit Rock City, MI

Xanax - Keeps me from worrying and freaking out.

depressed, anxiety sufferer, a worrier, not able to turn my brain off

Pros

helps keep my mind clear, helps me to sleep, calms me, prevents panic attacks

Cons

can be addictive, can cause drowsiness

MAY

2007

Pfizer Xanax —

I've always been a bit high strung. I take the weight of the world on my shoulders. I worry about everything and anything even if it is unlikely to happen. I take on your worry and grief. I feel too much. I'm overly responsible. I am always 15 minutes early and become aggravated if you are 5 minutes late. I have really high expectations for myself and others. Impossibly high expectations. I also have mild depression.

On top of all of these personality traits, I have been helping to care for my dad over the last year as he has been very ill and almost died several times. The weight of everything became so stressful that I barged into my doctor's office without an appointment one day and waited until he could see me. That's so out of character for me. I'm far too polite to barge into anywhere, but I was so stressed out and feeling like I was on a ledge that I needed to do something. Anything.

I sat in his office crying my eyes out and explained to him how I was feeling. Doctor, I'm working 50 hours a week, my dad is dying, my mom is freaking out, my brother is being a jerk, I can't calm down. One minute I'm OK but out of nowhere I can feel my heart pounding in my chest and I feel like the world is about to end. I lay in bed at night unable to sleep; the sound of my heart pounding franctically in my ears. It hurts. I can't do this.....

He frantically wrote on his little prescription pad and sent me on my way with sleeping pills and Xanax. I had heard a lot about Xanax over the years as a few of my friends had taken it for various reasons. I was told that I could take up to four per day when I felt an anxiety attack coming on. They can be highly addictive so I only take them when I absolutely need to as I am afraid to become addicted. Within minutes I can feel it starting to take the edge off. It helps to turn off my mind a little so that I'm not thinking of all the awful "what ifs" and worries that are normally muddling my brain.

My mom also takes Xanax now after I suggested it to her. Not surprising, but we are exactly the same in our thinking so I was able to recognize her freaking out the same way I did and asked her to ask her doc for Xanax. We have the same strength but she is unable to take more than half a pill. I take the whole thing and I'm fine but if she takes more than half of a 25 mg pill she becomes very tired and has to sleep. But for me, it totally takes the edge off and allows me to think clearly and not worry so much.

I have been taking Xanax on and off for about a year and have not become addicted. I only take it when I absolutely need to; when I cannot seem to talk myself down. It was a real lifesaver for me during a year of constant stress and illness.

Last edited on Jan 17, 2010

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Comments about Buggheart’s Review

I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THIS REVIEW. SUPER INFORMATIVE. BUT XANAX WORKS FOR ME. SO FAR ITS THE ONLY ANXIETY PILLS THAT WORKS FOR ME. I BOUGHT MINE IN MEDSHEAVEN.COM AND NEVER REGRET BUYING AND TAKING IT.

In response to Cat's comment from May 20, 2007 at 10:52AM:

I too was prescribed Xanax and found that it made me angry....so inturn I tried Ativan...like much better....my isuues are unresolved at this point...one doctor says it's panic attacks...one says it's generalized anxiety...one says it may be auto immune related....so until I can't benefit anylonger I will stay on the Ativan....

As an anxiety sufferer, I could relate to some of the feelings in your review. I don't take Xanax, but I know sometimes you need medicine when relaxation techniques don't work.

Dearest Love Bugg,

I have suffered from anxiety ALL of my life. When I was younger, my body reacted by breaking out in hives. As I've gotten older, I've internalized a lot of my anxiety and the result is lack of sleep and then - a ton of other things. Xanax is my occasional friend - but never during the day. Thank you bugg - love you bunches...

Thanks for sharing this review. I have major anxiety as well. I tried Xanax once, but I swear it made me *angry*... I don't know why. I have never experienced anything like it, the mood swing was intense. I'm glad it works for you. I think it works very well for most people, I've never heard of anyone else having the reaction I did, and I haven't had the courage to try it for a second time. Great review.

Thank you for sharing such a personal review. These types of reviews are soooo helpful to people. We really value your honestly, bugg. :)

Thank you so much for sharing this with all of us. I am also taking Xanax. I started shortly after my mother died. I couldn't sleep and my heart pounded so hard it felt like fish flopping out of water. I used to worry constantly and would jump everytime the phone rang. The Xanax helped a ton. As you see, you are not alone. {hugs}

This is such a familiar review. It's like someone in my family wrote it. I think everyone in my family was on Xanax at one point or another. Anxiety runs very deeply in our family. Panic attacks are something I fought for YEARS. I could write a book but won't. Life has been tough for me, like it has for you, and I was a worrier. Now, I guess I just expect bad stuff to happen and don't worry about it as much. I just know it will happen any moment and deal when it does. Thanks for writing this. I thought about writing a review of my own but my situation is so complicated.