Guest guest Posted December 22, 2003 Report Share Posted December 22, 2003 a, I've been off and on Xanax for about the last 8 months, .5 to 1 mg a day. I've been on antidepressants off and on for 12 years. My shrink (for lack of a better term) prescribed it when I started having anxiety attacks. She had just changed medications on me because she thought the drug I was on (Prozac)had stopped working for me. I was having a lupus flare and no doctor picked up on it until I finally got to a rheumatologist five months after it first started. They all thought I was severely depressed and had rosacea. Instead it was a lupus butterfly rash and I was on an antidepressant that made my lupie symptoms hard to diagnose, plus the drug (Effexor XR) made me psycho. Truthfully I have very little withdrawl from Xanax and I had been tapering down to stop it anyway. But thanks for being concerned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2003 Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 a, My p-doc put me on Buspar on top of the Xanax at one point to help me sleep. Effexor made me hyper and have killer nightmares. Actually the Buspar didn't do much for me. Is it less addictive than the Xanax? I still have my anxiety problems, but would rather not be so drugged out from the Xanax. Have a good holiday, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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