Posted by jealibeanz on May 4, 2007, at 13:45:16
In reply to Re: Thanx P!, posted by Shortstop on May 4, 2007, at 13:29:15
> I don't know about doctors, but I've been using Xanax as needed for, oh, I think it's around three years now. If I haven't started using it habitually -- that is, taking the pills when I don't really need them -- by now, I doubt addiction will become a problem for me at any point. One of the things that keeps the impulse to reach for a benzo, for me anyway, is that they make me sleepy. I hate being sleepy! My pdoc's advice when he first wrote the scrip was: Always wait to see if your panic or acute anxiety passes within an hour. If it doesn't, go ahead and take a Xanax. That's what I've been doing and so far, so good.
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> Having said that, I will readily admit to taking a Xanax if I'm wide awake at bedtime and need to sleep in order to be well rested for work the next day. Those are the only times I take Xanax when acute anxiety or panic isn't bowling me over. I'd say this happens around 6 to 8 times a month. (I'm a bit of a night owl.) If a lot of people are addicted to Xanax, surely that's because people are reaching for it when they don't really need it.
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> I know that this is anecdotal evidence, the weakest form of evidence, but I offer it for what it's worth.The sleepiness always helped me patrol myself too. I said before that Xanax doesn't make me tired. It can, just not knocked out like Klonopin.
I always tried to live on the edge of having too much anxiety because I needed to be awake and alert more than I needed to be relaxed. I had far too many classes to complete and couldn't be sleeping through them.
I actually remember telling my doctor that once. That I was very very careful about deciding whether or not I needed Xanax and whether I was too tired to take a given amount.
I think some thought needs to go into who Xanax is being prescribed for and what their daily activities consist of. In my opinion, a person who is very active and working full-time, going to school, or parenting will not want to over use Xanax because they can't afford to be unproductive.
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