Posted by rskontos on March 18, 2008, at 15:32:26
In reply to Crushing Anxiety!, posted by Bud on March 17, 2008, at 21:54:05
Bud, I was given xanax to take as needed for anxiety . I began to have panic attacks at the grocery store, at the mall, basically any time I went out in public. Why, we tried to explore it in therapy but still haven't figured out why. I too have .25 mg. to start and my p-doc says take up to 3 if needed. Well as needed you should just say be an ornamental device on my nightstand. So my p-doc amended it too every 4 hours or as needed. So I now take one during the day and one at night unless I get really stressed or mad. And the other night when I awoke in the middle of the night, I am now having nightmares I can't remember what they are when I wake myself screaming. (repressed memories.) Anyway, I actually finally thought to myself these thoughts are due to anxiety over the nightmare. Eureka for me, because I have not been able in all these years to recognize my anxiety. So I relate. My p-doc kept telling me take it before it gets so bad you have a panic attack. He did not know I did not recognize anxiety for what it is. I finally after this long saw or rather heard the thoughts. Due to this nightmare and the voices I heard in it. They were the only thing I remembered of it. Funny how we can deny so much to ourselves isn't it. I have found I am slowly being able to work with the flashbacks and hopefully the nightmares through the xanax. It is not so far for me addicting like I obsessed over in the beginning. I have needed the .75 at times to calm down so I related to your needing the .50 to calm down.
My p-doc kept telling me it was only temporary I would need this. Here's hoping he is right!
rsk
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