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Consumer Review: Xanax Gave Me My Life Back. The Side Effects Are Worth It In My Opinion.
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Xanax gave me my life back. I was suffering for years with generalized anxiety disorder. Xanax, coupled with Paxil, literally gave me the ability to do things I was never able to do before. The 2 worst side effects I have personally are exhaustion and lack of saliva production. I have found that working out regularly (plus drinking 2 cups of coffee!) has solved the tiredness problem. My saliva reduction problem is causing very gradual decay along my gum lines. My dentist simply "patches" the areas of decay and gives me a prescription fluoride rinse, so I'm managing that. I work out and see a dentist regularly, so the side effects are a small price to pay for being able to live again!
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I am curious about how long the person above has suffered GAD and what Paxil is. Without too much life history, I have been on Xanax for about 4 years (off for about 6 months). The GAD was my own diagnosis since my psychiatrist has not given any, and it seems to match the symptoms I read about on the net. My psychiatrist has tried me on lots of anti-depressants. Prozac did nothing and Zoloft made me buzzy in the head or made me really sick and spaced out. He says that prolonged trauma can not cause me to be this way and insists it is about current issues. He keeps asking me what is causing the anxiety/panicky feelings. I believe it was caused from acute and prolonged stress over many years of an abusive marriage (drug induced). I think I fell apart after my 17 year marriage fell apart and my ADD (inattentive type) teenager became para-suicidal (overdosing often on 30 or more benzodiazapine she obtained while doctor shopping).
Sorry to have raved on, but believe me that is only a summary of the background. I had the tablets under control (taking about 2 to 3 half mg dose daily for the first 3 years). I tapered off when my new partner found out that I was taking them. I got down to 1 tablet per day over a week, then half, then quarter, then none within 2 weeks. I suffered for about 2 to 3 days of hell. With being unable to cope at work, I started taking them again. Now I am taking sometimes 5 tablets a day if under any pressure at all. I feel it's spiraling out of control...I am agitated easily and often depressed. I like to withdraw if there is any confrontation because my anxiety is so elevated and I am unable or can't be bothered to argue. I have a real fear of being left and feel very threatened by other women. I'm not sure what to do. Not sure if this is appropriate, but can anyone advise me?
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I have a very close friend that went though a lot of what you have. Her doctor put her on everything from paxil to zoloft to xanax, you name it and she was on it. Later, she quit taking everything because she was becoming addicted. I don't know if it would work for anyone else, but she started smoking pot and is doing much better now. She still has some anxiety problems, but she isn't a pill popper now, and we both agree, that it's better to smoke than to pop pills that become addictive.
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