Posted by Waterlily on June 29, 2001, at 15:27:29
In reply to xanax - ++for panic, but makes me TIRED??, posted by MissyMissy on June 28, 2001, at 0:24:38
> Any similar experiences? Any alternative suggestions? I don't have to take one very often, but they really come in handy for anxiety attacks. .25mg did nothing, and .5mg worked well, BUT made me almost too tired to function...
I used to take Xanax on occasion for acute anxiety (like when flying on an airplane) and had a similar experience. I was able to tweak the dose so that I was riding the line between it not working and it causing me to zonk out. Last year I experienced panic attacks for the first time and Xanax was the obvious short term solution, but I explained the dosing problem to my psychiatrist and he prescribed Ativan instead. It works much better for me and the .5 mg dose decreases the anxiety without causing sleepiness. Fortunately, I haven't needed any for several months :-)
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