Posted by rvanson on May 9, 2009, at 7:24:15
In reply to Why is xanax the only drug that raises my mood ?, posted by odon on May 2, 2009, at 8:52:09
> To make a long story short.I originally took the SSRI Paxil and Klonopin for over 7 years.That combination worked perfectly for my "then" mild depression, moderate anxiety and slight ocd.Then they slowly stopped working.----When the medications originally "slowly" stopped working the first symptoms were restlessness/anxiety, mood was fine.About a year later got clinical depression.----I tried alot of other medications with my psychiatrist,and they either did not work,worked a little etc.--The ONLY medication I take now is xanax 1 mg. 3 times daily.It raises my mood slightly and relaxes me.-My main symptoms are depression and anxiety which are both worse than before I started medications.Physically(as far as I know) I am healthy and I'm a 42 year old male.Any suggestions,views etc.?
Yeah, I have to share a thought. After 26 years of more or less using Xanax, it has become near impossible to be precribed it by the new breed of MD who think they know it all. BTW, I was origanally presecribed Xanax back in the day by the same kind of know-it-alls Pdocs who handed out Xanax like candy.
Dont get me wrong.
Xanax does work and it works for more people more often then most Psych meds I have witnessed with fewer SE's, but now that the UK benzophobia has crossed the "Pond" to the US, you need to use the word "panic attacks" when speaking to your doctor about your illness or you may well not be on Alprazolam (Xanax) much longer.
We are all "addicted" or "dependant", now that Xanax is sold on the streets to "get high", or at least according to some doctors.
Oh, and the fact that it's dirt cheap with an Rx has NOTHING to do with this, while the new breed of Pdocs write you out a new Rx for something nice and expensive, like Zyprexa or Seroquel which are high dollar items and put a few more vactions and nice-to-have items in their pockets.
Funny about that "addicted" thing too.
I *never* get high on X-X; I just get some decent sleep and can function at my work without all the nervousness that limited my behavior _BEFORE_ Xanax ever hit the market in 1982.
Oh well, we can't let a few people who work for a living be less anxious, when we have junkies on the streets "getting high on Xanax". Supposedly.
According to _who_, exactly?
They must be taking lots and lots of the stuff too, because if I really wanted to "get down with it", it would not be with the medication, Xanax.
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