yeah i've read the seizure reports, it can be bad. personally i hate xanax, makes me feel like shit, personally i don't think it should even be prescribed except in rare cases for people with serious panic attack issues to be used only on a situational basis. the fact that they prescribe it for sleep is ridiculous. it's too strong and the half life is too short, spikes your tolerance and leads to addiction issues.
i think it's the pharm companies trying to line their pockets, personally.
This is a very old thread surprised somebody bumped this thread.I don;t think xanax or any other opiates should be used to sleep(there are other prescription drugs that will help you sleep) if you exhausted all options maybe a small dose of valium would work very well but xanax is overboard for just a sleeping issue.
I am still on 6mg daily nothing has changed in my life with my usage except my opiate usage is severely cutt down. I use subutex these days wich is a synthetic form of the checmial in oxycodone that gets you euphoric and works on the gaba receptors and works on the pain levels. Subutex is just like suboxone both come in 8mg strength tabs they also make a 2mg tab for guys and girls who are tapering off.
Subutex /suboxone does not have any effect at all as for as a "High" or any feeling of euphoria. all subutex does is cling to that same receptor that oxycodone and oxycontin (in fact mosy opiates cling to) and they help the user get past the withdrawal phase wich is crucial.
Subutex is a very magical drug, they have had drugs like methadone that do somewhat the same thing but methadone is still a full blown opiate and very addictive and overall is not healthy at all.The subutex was the best choice I have made. I feel totally normal the subutex will not get you high at all but it will take away your withdrawals and make you feel comfortable and give you the daily energy you need to work,workout, your libido goes way back up, you lose alot of water and fat due to the constipation any hardcore opiate causes.
You do have to go through a short 36 hour detox before you start taking the subutex or suboxone wich ever one you decide to use(the reason for doing the 36 hour detox is so you are clean of opiates that way the subutex works way better if you wait 24-36hours. The subutex taste better so I go with the subutex plus they seem to work a bit better then suboxone even though they are the exact same drug however suboxone dooes have 2mg of naloxone on top of the 8mg of buprenorphine in the tabs(the nalxone is a opiate blocker) The naloxone seems to give me a headache so I will stay on the subutex.
I wish I started taking subutex years ago instead of struggling for years. since I have been using the subutex life has been way better this last 7-8 months. The only other problem with subutex and suboxone is the doctors who prescribe it are usually drug addiction doctors and they only write you one tabs per day so you get 30 tabs for 30 days. This is why I would love to find somebody else that gets subutex or suboxone and no longer use it or have some old tabs stashed. I love to stockpile subutex or suboxone same with xanax.
Definately do not use big amounts of xanax just to sleep. I know I got started on xanax and oxycontin because i was shooting alot of strong Tren that made me a Insomniac and I always would be taking pills to sleep went from Benedryl and Ibuprofen to valium and oxycontin on occassion, then eventually it got to the point I was taking 2mg xanax bars and high doses of oxycontin. I thought I would never get addicted but I was damn wrong! even the strongest physically and mentally guys get hooked on these drugs.