Hi alone in the world. Just wanted to tell you my experience with zanax, I took it for a while and then doc changed to me lorazapan. This is what she told me. That it is longer acting. While zanax is short acting. Maybe the lorazapan mignt be a option? I'm not a doctor, but want to help. The doctor told me the bad thing about zanax was that you felt worse when it wore off, then before. So, maybe this is what is happening with you. The lorazapan was a better choice for me. I started out taking it 3 times a day as percribed, then have gotten down to one. Well one day at a time for me. So let me say today I am down to one. Hope this helps.