xanax

My gastro put me on xanex for anxiety. The med is working fine. The problem is I'm eating like a pig. I'm 6'2" and weigh 235,  so I'm not terribly overweight,but if I keep going I'm gonna hit 300. And the funny thing is, I'm craving sweets,little debbies cakes,eskimo pies ect. and I hardly ate anything sweet before. Anybody had this happen to them?

[orphanedhawk]

Not on xanex but as a side reaction to other meds.
You have to have self control. Remind yourself that you aren't really hungry and drink a big glass of water. Eat as you did before. Your body will adapt to the routine in time.

[rockin516]

im on xanex also 5mg, but i break it into never got cravings on this,but also im on celxea use that on daily bases never get cravings on that either the xanex is just a prn thing been on that over a year. so i just dont know what really say,but good luck maybe cut back (like half the dose,and maybe check on the celxea)---rockin516

[mpace6983]

I would agree with you, except I'm on week 40 of tx. i've been on all the other meds the entire time and I didn't eat like this. He put me on the xanex a couple of weeks ago and thats when I started piggin out. I tell myself that I'm not hungry,I dont need anything else to eat and then grab a glass of miilk and a honey bun. I'm gonna ask doc about this.

[cb867]

xanax did me the same way. I am on ativan now. It does't make me want to eat. For me it seems to work alot better

[puppiepaws]

xanax doest make me hungry... just relazes me when u get anxiety,,i only take 0.5 mg

[franke566]

this may sound off the wall but 5 mg of Xanax makes one very forgetful.  I take 1 mg twice a day.  When U eat that Ho Ho or moon pie, ice cream etc. drop everything else you are doing and focus on every sugary morsel-stay focused! Chew slowly.  Let the moment last and in short order your brain will get the message .  Like I said I'm only taking 1 mg 2 x a day.  Put me in front of a t.v. with a large bag of twizzlers and it's gone and I'll think what the?  But if I sit at the boring dining room table-just me and a lil debbie  I think-boring....and don't want her-lol  try it

[orphanedhawk]

I didn't realize you're on tx. That changes everything. Personally, I  didn't gain an ounce on tx and went through a month of eating one cheesecake a week. It was my best experience on tx.

Ask yourself this~ was the anxiety worse than eating a lot?

Try to drink a big glass of water instead of the milk and honeybun or just forget the honeybun. Get some carrots, the prepeeled ready to eat ones. How about rice crackers?? Lowfat yogurt? If your going to pig out, do it with salads. At least you won't gain as much.

I had anxiety during tx too. I used medicinal cannabis, deep breathing and yoga to get me through it. The best thing, is it never lasts.

Good luck,
OH