[Tangerine87]

Does xanax help immediately? My doctor gave me a prescription of xanax to help me with stress that I'm having. I have an interview next week and I'm very anxious and stressed. Will it help? Only thing is will it make me groggy in the morning? Will it also make me forget to say things?

[wushuduck]

Yes, it should have an immediate effect. It's a fantastic drug for anxiety but you need to make sure you don't get addicted.

[Tangerine87]

I'm nervous about taking it. I'm hoping it won't affect my performance or make
Me forget things during my interview.

[Lauliza]

Take a very low dose or it could affect your performance. Its an excellent drug but is strong.

[MoxieDoxie]

Takes 45mins to work for me and I could not work or hold an intelligent conversation on it.

[Sneezyyy]

Wgst dosage did he give you?

Sneezyyyy

[sewerrats]

take a dose now and do a test run , then you will see for yourself

[healingme4me]

Mine is within moments/minutes. How long ago, did you get this script?

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[Tangerine87]

I'm scared and I don't know what to do. I tried hydroxizine and it was awful . It made me sleepy the next day all day too . If I take it at night , would it calm my anxiety for the next day?

Originally Posted by MoxieDoxie

Takes 45mins to work for me and I could not work or hold an intelligent conversation on it.

[IndieVisible]

Your doc prolly gave you the lowest dose it comes in, 2.5mg, which you might not even notice does any thing. I don't feel relief until I reach .5mg and 1mg is perfect, but everyone is different. For me benzos are like aspirins, only instead of taking them for a headache, I take them for stress, and like aspirins I feel nothing except the relief of pain.

[Tangerine87]

I took it last night. I was prescribed 0.25mg and I took half of that last night. I slept like a baby last night but it's wearing off now. I'm too scared of taking it during the day.

[BlessedRhiannon]

I'm very sensitive to medications, and was very afraid to try xanax. My pdoc started me on just 0.125 mg (half of a .25 mg pill) and I noticed that it took a slight edge off of the anxiety within 20 minutes of taking it. As I got used to the med and more comfortable with it's effects, I've increased the dose to .25 mg. It does not make me sleepy or forgetful or anything else - it just takes the edge off the anxiety and lets me focus on things other than anxiety. I'm more relaxed and able to interact with others in a more natural way.

I've also found that if my anxiety is low, I can take a low dose. If my anxiety is higher, I can take a higher dose with no ill effects. For example - normally, 0.5 mg would knock me out, but prior to an appointment that I was super anxious about, 0.5 mg made me feel like 0.25 mg usually does.

Honestly, try it during the day and see how you feel. It's probably best to try it during the day once before your interview, so you won't be worried about how it may affect you.

[sewerrats]

Originally Posted by BlessedRhiannon

I'm very sensitive to medications, and was very afraid to try xanax. My pdoc started me on just 0.125 mg (half of a .25 mg pill) and I noticed that it took a slight edge off of the anxiety within 20 minutes of taking it. As I got used to the med and more comfortable with it's effects, I've increased the dose to .25 mg. It does not make me sleepy or forgetful or anything else - it just takes the edge off the anxiety and lets me focus on things other than anxiety. I'm more relaxed and able to interact with others in a more natural way.

I've also found that if my anxiety is low, I can take a low dose. If my anxiety is higher, I can take a higher dose with no ill effects. For example - normally, 0.5 mg would knock me out, but prior to an appointment that I was super anxious about, 0.5 mg made me feel like 0.25 mg usually does.

Honestly, try it during the day and see how you feel. It's probably best to try it during the day once before your interview, so you won't be worried about how it may affect you.

if you have high and low anxiety , why would you take a Benzo when its low

[healingme4me]

I took, one, the other night. Didn't do, what Ambien does, in sense, that Ambien gives me a few minutes before crash time.
Xanax,, when taken at night, means, when I'm ready for bed, I do get a good night sleep.
Took one, this morning, knew I would not make it through, even showering without that racy heart, thump thump feeling of palpitations and can't catch breathe of anxiety.
Now, it's time to get kids out the door, sit in a meeting, and get to work. Not feeling drowsy, groggy, and does this message, come across incoherent?

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[healingme4me]

update on my own use: Took, .25mg around 645am. It's 3:15pm now, already worked my shift, anxiety isn't there, attended a meeting discussing one of my son's emergency addendum to his IEP, alert and at full capacity, Yes, I've had two coffees earlier this morning, but still functioning, not sleepy or anything to that nature. Was calm and relaxed when the business manager gave a quasi-surprise visit. No further anxiety moments, either.

[sewerrats]

Originally Posted by healingme4me

update on my own use: Took, .25mg around 645am. It's 3:15pm now, already worked my shift, anxiety isn't there, attended a meeting discussing one of my son's emergency addendum to his IEP, alert and at full capacity, Yes, I've had two coffees earlier this morning, but still functioning, not sleepy or anything to that nature. Was calm and relaxed when the business manager gave a quasi-surprise visit. No further anxiety moments, either.

good thats a low dose and you did good, sometimes the feel good factor carries on after the med has left the system. just like someone feels an anxierty attack comming on , pops a benzo and it stops straight away , it isn't working yet ,but you instantly feel better just by popping it.

[healingme4me]

Originally Posted by sewerrats

good thats a low dose and you did good, sometimes the feel good factor carries on after the med has left the system. just like someone feels an anxierty attack comming on , pops a benzo and it stops straight away , it isn't working yet ,but you instantly feel better just by popping it.

Maybe, in my past, I've done too many other things, that when ya'll talk about the feel good carry over and high feeling, i'm wittily saying 'shut the hell up'....

If that's stoned, hun, then Ive got a bridge in Brooklyn to sell ya

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[sewerrats]

Originally Posted by healingme4me

Maybe, in my past, I've done too many other things, that when ya'll talk about the feel good carry over and high feeling, i'm wittily saying 'shut the hell up'....

If that's stoned, hun, then Ive got a bridge in Brooklyn to sell ya

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not a clue where your at

[BlessedRhiannon]

Originally Posted by sewerrats

if you have high and low anxiety , why would you take a Benzo when its low

To prevent it from getting higher. For me - low anxiety is about what most "normal" people would consider high anxiety. High anxiety for me is a full blown panic attack.

For me - anxiety builds upon itself. If I take meds when my anxiety is low, then it's less likely to build up and I don't experience the extreme high anxiety.

I'm attempting to learn how to not be anxious and part of that is to know what my body feels like when I'm relaxed...a state I rarely reach. With the guidance of my pdoc and therapist, I don't take benzo's as needed, I take it daily in a low dose to keep my anxiety low and prevent full blown panic.

[SeekerOfLife]

Xanax goes to work quickly. My mom was on it for anxiety while she was in the hospital several years ago. She became hooked on int within one month.

Myself, I have used Klonapin, Buspar, and Valium.

[healingme4me]

Originally Posted by sewerrats

not a clue where your at

Meh.

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[healingme4me]

Originally Posted by seekersinking

Xanax goes to work quickly. My mom was on it for anxiety while she was in the hospital several years ago. She became hooked on int within one month.

Myself, I have used Klonapin, Buspar, and Valium.

Really got to pay attention, to usage, when on it. For me, is the anxiety, physically manifested(mainly heart palpitations), or is it merely a stress moment, that I can just use coping skills to overcome? It's a conscious decision, to take one or not. Sure, I've got five refills between now and late July, at 45 pills a bottle, doesn't mean I have to take them all, nor refill five times between now and then, either. The only 'feel good',, I get, is alleviating the symptoms of anxiety, not to pop my worries/life stresses away, if that makes sense.
Sounds like there could have been negligence, on your moms prescribing dr., in my mind, because back in '07/'08,, when I landed in hospital with full blown panic attack, my script was 10 pills. Never had another xanax script, until this past July.

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[sewerrats]

Originally Posted by healingme4me

Really got to pay attention, to usage, when on it. For me, is the anxiety, physically manifested(mainly heart palpitations), or is it merely a stress moment, that I can just use coping skills to overcome? It's a conscious decision, to take one or not. Sure, I've got five refills between now and late July, at 45 pills a bottle, doesn't mean I have to take them all, nor refill five times between now and then, either. The only 'feel good',, I get, is alleviating the symptoms of anxiety, not to pop my worries/life stresses away, if that makes sense.
Sounds like there could have been negligence, on your moms prescribing dr., in my mind, because back in '07/'08,, when I landed in hospital with full blown panic attack, my script was 10 pills. Never had another xanax script, until this past July.

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Panick attacks are about 10minutes long and creep up fast , just sit down and breath deep it will pass without a Benzo. ANXIERTY attacks build up slow and can last for days ,this baby certainly needs a BENZO. How do you get 5 scripts for a benzo has strong has XANAX that is tempting fate, admitted I take 28 lorazpam a week that like 14 Xanax , BUT I have to pick up 1 script a week at a time so I cannot abuse the med. Giving people long scripts of addictive meds is something I have never seen happen without back up appointments ??if he has given you the scripts for 5 refills he aint wanting to see you any time soon

[healingme4me]

Originally Posted by sewerrats

Panick attacks are about 10minutes long and creep up fast , just sit down and breath deep it will pass without a Benzo. ANXIERTY attacks build up slow and can last for days ,this baby certainly needs a BENZO. How do you get 5 scripts for a benzo has strong has XANAX that is tempting fate, admitted I take 28 lorazpam a week that like 14 Xanax , BUT I have to pick up 1 script a week at a time so I cannot abuse the med. Giving people long scripts of addictive meds is something I have never seen happen without back up appointments ??if he has given you the scripts for 5 refills he aint wanting to see you any time soon

I go back, every 6-8 weeks How, does this baby, get this type of script?! Hmmm, I also, have MS. And I am not tempted. Rarely drink, a couple drinks a year, I hardly take this med. I hardly take my Ambien, script, as well. All my refill dates, are tracked through the pharmacy...

Add: tongue in cheek, some patients, physically ill patients, get the MJ script, I've got the Xanax one, and it helps. Think about it. Because of my illness, literally, there are times, that my central nervous system, gets a bit out of sync. Xanax is a CNS depressant, I have come to discover.. win-win, for my health, in it's own way...

[healingme4me]

^^To add further, PDoc, hasn't asked me, my counts, but I still have 23 pills in the bottle filled 8/28/13; That was a 60 count. I didn't open that one, until sometime in the fall. I refilled the Jan '14 one, because it was a brand new script that he'd had faxed over to the pharmacy, didn't want it floating back and a pain to fill, when I needed to. I had 2 this week, but none last week. The old expiration date of that last script was 12/23/13(exp on pills is 8/28/14--discard date). I see him, every other month, pretty much. Like I wrote, he can track, based upon my refills. On top, of the follow up appointments. It's been 5 years, that I've been in my PDocs office. My neurologist, referred me, to him.

My neurologist, at this point, feels my MS may be a benign case. I went almost two years without any MS meds(those meds are really scary, heavy duty, meds), and in two years between my MRI's, though I've a 'too many to count' amount of lesions on my brain and several more that were discovered in my spinal fluids, when I had a spinal tap, I've no new lesion growth. I fare well on my neuro exams. Subtle balance, very subtle balance issue, and my eyes when examed come up 20/25;20/20...
This perhaps, is no cure, but if it helps this patient, lead a productive life, even working in a rather hot kitchen(ha!ms!Ha! take that MS!---heat is bad for MS ) I do my part, and this med, is prescribed.