Help! Xanax!!

[amzy22]

I've always had anxiety problems. I have trouble being around large groups of people. I have panic attacks occasionally, my muscles in my hands and feet lock up sometimes, and my heart races. Large amounts of traffic make me freak out. I could keep going.... Clearly, i need xanax, right? (and i dont know....im ASKING!?) Well, I've been to the doc twice. As I'm explaining to them what's wrong with me, they stop me while im talking, and put me on add medication because i mentioned that when I was 14 I was diagnosed add and put on meds. I know that I'm a little add....who isnt?! But I dont want to walk in the doctors office and be like "no no, you're supposed to put me on xanax! ha! Plus, for two years, ive been playing doc and taking them anyways. So what to do? I feel like I should stop taking the xanax because it seems like it might be causing MORE anxiety when I dont have it! And I get the chills really really bad if i dont have them!! Plus, im taking too much now and lately been using it to get a little high on. So what to do? Any advice would be nice!

[AmbBam]

I put myself in rehab for xanax and had a severe siezure cuz they took me off cold turkey... do not quit cold turkey...deff.taper.

[flmagi]

Like Eagle said...DO NOT to stop the xanax cold turkey, it must be tapered off of slowly. You would risk seizures if you went cold turkey.

[morganave]

I have only taken xanax once, I must have missed something, cuz I feel asleep for about 8 hrs.  My daughter takes one every couple of months for panic attacks. She also falls asleep as soon as she takes her pill.  IF that is getting high, then I am missing the boat.  How can people take them and function?  If I were to drive a car, I would fall asleep at the wheel.

[amzy22]

Thank you for you help! I am going to wein off of them since I do have access to quite a few right now. This really ***** because of the timing, the holidays! I have so much to do that I cant start doing this until Cmas is over. I dont want to feel like **** the next few days.

I've been suffering from panic/attacks and anxiety since I was about 16. And depression, bi-polar, anxiety problems, and pill addiction all runs in my family. I'm cursed!!

After the holidays are over I am going to start getting off xanax. I can do it.

Thank you for your advice! I'm going to take it!

[122 Tactical Fighter Group]

If you have been using the zanax for a buzz you are probably correct. The lack of zanax is most likely causing more problems than it is solving.  Do you have enough zanax to taper off of them gradually and properly? Thats one question. And, no - you dont need zanax. Thats one answer. Its hard to determine whether you are having panic/anxiety attacks or withdrawls......One might require the drug - but the other definitely requires no drug.  You may wish to talk to your Doc a little more. Other benzo's besides zanax are used to treat panic/anxiety attacks. Some are less prone to abuse than others. Zanax seems to be high abuse potential - stuff like librium is less likely to be abused - yet still effective for attacks. Advice is not to quit the zanax cold turkey....thats both dangerous and uncomfortable. You need to gradually taper the zanax to quit. Good luck to you and keep using this forum for advice and support - - lots of both available - - - good luck - be safe...............