Use the search function. We've hashed Xanax over and over again.
Use it if you need it. Benefit to Risk ratio. If you can't handle your daily life or are constantly having panic attacks from G.A.D, then this drug will allow you a life.
You have to be very diligent in finding a doctor who can tell the difference between Depression and Anxiety.
There is a fine line that actually crosses over, one into the other.
It's easy to build up a tolerance to Xanax rather quickly. You have to back down the doses and deal with it so that you don't need more and more. There is also a backlash involving fake panic attacks. This happens when you stop taking the Xanax.
If you believe you are hooked or are going to be hooked, you will.
It's the same with any prescription medication that produces some kind of high/escape from reality.
Xanax can keep you working and on the job with normal function. Going without can make working on a daily basis really rough, especially these days when stress-levels are high and multiple job description and limited employees are prevalent.
Function vs. Dysfunction. Let your doctor decide and visit him/her often.
