It helps me take the edge off. When the anxiety is bad my ears ring, I get tunnel vision like I can only focus on the fear and I can't concentrate. With xanex it stops it for the most part. I can think again. I can concentrate and remember. It's different for all. It makes my boyfriend numb and dopey so he stays away. To me it is a miracle I don't want to depend on to function. One day at a time.