i have been on 4 of the 2mg of Xanax bars daily for more than 10 years. So i take between 6-8 mgs at night for sleep. I do have anxiety and insomnia, always have. I am a retired Police Officer and after 25 years working the night shift, mainly because I have insomnia, it was easier for me to be awake all night running call to call than a lot of the other officers i worked with. I think now the constant 5 nights a week working 10pm-8am takes it's toll. and even worse if you were being deposed by the suspects counsel he knew you worked nights so invariably he would have you meet him at around noon just to see if you would show up, so no sleep that day. There were many, many times i would find myself going through a court cycle, traffic court and testifying with absolutely no sleep at all for 72 hours and more that was no excuse to not show up for briefing at 10pm. Gotta tell you that was hard. And I don't even think it is safe for a uniformed officer is safe that sleep deprived. Never took Xanax when i was a Police Officer. It was after retirement I was a hot mess. My body wondered why I wasn't going to work and would lay awake until the sun came up. Now after being on this for more than 10 years with 300 mgs of Doxepin at night for sleep it is the only way i can sleep. I have enough sense to know yes i am addicted but the thought of the not sleeping for days on end I can't face that again, not taking it. I do not drink alcohol, never have, grew up with an alcoholic father so i believe in that genetic predisposition and being in law enforcement you dealt with inebriated people every shift. But on the other hand I don't drink but i guess that familial trait manifests itself in the use of Xanax for me, not alcohol. I have been on more meds for sleep that i can recall and the combo of the 2 drugs I take i can finally sleep. And if anyone, especially night shift workers, I know they can relate to the horrors of going days without sleep. The human body and it's circadian rhythm are supposed to sleep at night, not during the day. Great video, glad I found you. Sorry for the ramble. Take care.

Hi from Chicago, Illinois! I love your videos and learning about mental health.

Really a good video. Great job going through everything. You didn’t give your credentials that I recall. But you presented facts in an unbiased way. Cheers.

1:46 YES That's what I told my doc, even if I'm not having panic attacks now, makes me relaxed to know that if I do there is something that I can take to help.

I stayed to the end of the video. I listened. And the one thing I don’t think but KNOW, is that you have never had a full fledged panic attack much less numerous ones. You’re way too glib and off hand about the absolute truth that as water quenches fire, benzos quench an unimaginable, unearthly, unspeakable, beast called panic. The fact that Alprazolam and others in its class are abused has absolutely ZERO to do with the allopathic and therapeutic effect given to those who suffer. Rather than blaming the substance, blame the mindset which holds that “if one is good, two must be better.”

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🎧 I was on Xanax for years. I am bipolar and have complex PTSD. When it worked, I would fall asleep. When I became dependant on it, I don't think that it worked very well anymore. I was still in regular contact with the person who sexually assaulted me regularly when I was a child and he still had the means to control my life as I was occasionally financially dependant on him and knew that I would rely on his help when I had financial emergencies. I was desperate to subdue my anxiety. I ended up with a psychiatrist who was unwilling to prescribe Xanax long-term and she weaned me off of it. I couldn't tell anyone about the sexual assault or the involvement of that person in my life. I have a theory, that psychiatric medications cannot overcome the anxiety or fear of a situation where the cause of PTSD is still happening.

Headphones? I don’t understand but i stayed til the end. I have been taking lorazepam PRN for years and clonazepam daily for about 1 year. I don’t want to stop them but I’m scared of what would happen if my doctor said i needed to. My diagnosis is schizoaffective bipolar type, and the lorazepam helps me with paranoia and I take the clonazepam for sleep. I see all kinds of horrible withdrawal stories online and it’s scary.

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🎧 Interesting... I have been on and off (mostly on) benzos for about 20 years, because of crippling anxiety. Mostly it has been klonazepam, but also alprazolam. I never have had Really Big problems with withdrawals, and honestly its REALLY no cure for anxiety, it just cuts off the highest peaks, and I have Never gotten high from benzos. Recently I instead of my usual klonazepam, got diazepam...and there are barely any likeness at all; diazepam just makes me sleepy, but unable to sleep, and it almost doesn't effect my anxiety at all. It feels like people should know that "benzos are benzos" Really isn't true, but apparently not even the doctors get this... It sure feels hopeless at times. Edit: I referred to My doctors not understanding...not you -:)

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I no longer ever need them (it has been 8 years since I've taken one), but the Clonazapine 1mg pill was life saving. The relief from the very severe panic attacks is hard to explain.

I take 2mg daily of Klonopin for my Generalized Anxiety Disorder w/ Panic Attacks, and Bipolar 1. It helps me but I also take Celexa off box for anxiety, which we had to increase because my anxiety is so bad all the time. I don't get any big side effects. I really need it. 🎧

I take clonazepam for GAD. It has helped me to such a huge extent. I used Ativan to get past my panic disorder, and now klonazepam for anxiety and sleep as needed. They didn’t allow them at all in the hospital (on the ward), and I ended up taking seroquel and ganapentin all day and vistaril at night, which did nothing. It was pretty awful, when a low dose would have made a huge difference. People say how bad they are, but living without something would be so much harder.

What do you do when a person is in need of these meds, but has an addiction to them.

I began taking last year (2022) primarily when I got hospitalized for UTI (now I have chronic/recorent UTI yay) And I have panic syndrome, and high anxiety, also I hate having the catheter in my vein 24/7 it makes me very nervous. So my doc precibed me 2mg 3x a day everyday, so 6mg everyday for a week (the time I was in the hospital) one time they missed a dose and I just panicked and took that thing out of my arm and had a mental breakdown and harmed myself a lot, I was screaming for help but no one came, so I walked down the corridors and they immediately came to help (huh) After I was "cured" (I never was coz I was hospitalized 5 times in a span of 12 months for the same thing and no apparent cause, now I have a urologist that treats me so I don't get hospitalized every fucking month almost) And when I left the hospital I didn't felt abstinence, I went cold turkey, but after a while I had to take again for my anxiety, my dose is 2mg a day, I'm not being treated coz every medicine I've ever tried doesn't work (keep in mind I do therapy since 6yo and have the same psychiatrists since I was 12 and now I'm 21, so we tested a lot of meds already for all of my diagnosis and none work) So now I am pretty much addicted to it, tolerance goes up so sometimes I have to take 4mg or 6mg, I have BPD so sometimes I feel like putting myself at risk so I take a large dose to just get high or maybe die, max I've taken is 18mg (still alive yay?) But this is hell, it really helps my severe anxiety but it is addictive, I am a very rude person when I'm overstimulated by anxiety so I take it daily to I don't hurt ppl around be by being an asshole lol :^/

Take for my epilepsy😉 been on it for 6 years. Helps very much, it's like the whipped cream on my Sunday. With all my other AEDs I mean. They work wonders together.

I take Xanax to travel and fly.

Wow I never heard of them not meaning to be used as a everyday med. Here in the U.S, it's commonly used as an everyday thing.

This drug is your worst enemy and best friend in one. It's a nightmare... this is the only medicine I truly regret taking. The withdrawals are EVIL

*insert headphone emoji here* Some more negatives: using benzodiazepines is also associated with muscle weakness and falls (especially in the elderly), and there is an association with traffic incidents and the use of benzodiazepines.

Bro look like Dan Hooker, but real shit I wish this guy was my doctor man.

🎧 I really don’t want to disclose my medication regime for PD, GAD & Epilepsy. But please, all Doctors, therapists and mostly Psychiatrists who do give out the scripts educate yourselves on micro tapering. You cannot drop a mg or even .5mg a week, you need to go slowly so the side affects of withdrawal don’t leave you in a psych unit.

Hands down the gateway to other drugs I became obsessed of Xanax and went on to snort fentenyl and smoke meth with benzos

If it’s only meant to be taken short term, why isn’t illegal to prescribe it long term?

I’m not talking about addicts with the following question. Are there some people with certain medical conditions who should never take Xanax at all? And can Xanax cause nasty interactions if taken with certain other medications? I’m not taking it but just am interested…. ⚛️☮️ 🎧 🌏

🎧I kept waiting for the audio to get dodgy 🙈😅

30 years on alprazolam… finally getting off!

Again this video is bought to you by someone who has never experienced a panic attack, does not have PTSD, or an anxiety disorder of any kind. Antidepressants do not help with panic attacks or anxiety.

Is alprazolam and Xanax the same thing?

Hii doc..

👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻I think we all agreed to take a bunch of Xanax at some point.

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I take a very low dose of Xanax every day to deal with the fact that Im cucu pants bananas but I keep in close contact with my dr and let him know any side effects, new symptoms or spontaneous acts of lesbianism that arise from taking the medication.

Flying from LA to Melbourne, i took a bar, had dinner, asked for another dinner, had a gin and tonic, and slept until a few hudred miles from Tuvalu. Best flight I've ever had.

Xans wll be the first drug they give you in the clubs at heaven

There is no such thing as a low dose benzodiazepines. Even the ‘lower dose’ is too much and people can experience horrifying withdrawals and interdose withdrawals. Benzo are hell.

Poison!!!

I have a disorder which makes me hear things and I have very high anxiety and PTSD. Xanax has kept me from having panic attacks and has helped me function on a daily basis for many years. I have noticed lately that people like you who have a financial interest in the multi-billion dollar substance abuse industry are trying to make Xanax out to be some kind of horrible medication that ruins people's lives. Xanax is not anything like: heroin, crystal meth, crack, and other street drugs which are dangerous street drugs that often eventually cause death from overdose. It is prescribed by my doctor and it works. It is not a street or "party" drug, which people like you are now trying to make it out to be. These types of videos are very destructive to people who need these medications like Clonazepam and Xanax for medical reasons. Thank-you for trying to make the world worse than it already is. Xanax works for me and destructive and greedy people like you will have to get over it.

Lets just thank God for Xanax!

I've abused Xanax for almost a decade. At first I wasn't really taking it often when I was 18, then around 19 I started abusing the fuck out them, as well opoids, booze, coke, and pretty much any drug I could get my hands on. When I was 20 I went to a psychiatrist seeking Xanax. Within the first meet I was given 90mg of Xanax. All while buying more Xanax on the streets, and getting a second doctor to prescribe me 30 more mgs under the table. I'd say I'd take 8 to 10mgs a day, while mixing them other drugs. One time I took 22mg a single day. I wanted to die, I did a lot of research on drugs as a teen, so long before I even took Xanax I knew how bad these drugs were. I abused them because I wanted to be dead, and now ten years later I'm still fucking here. I figured mixing xans, booze, coke, and heroin would kill me but nope, I can't fucking die.

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