Re: Re: Where is everyone??

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Pam,

Hi, I took xanax for years on and off and the same thing happened to me, I was taking it and it wasnt working anymore. The Dr. told me that you keep needing more of it to work . I have been off it for about 8 months now and only take it if absolutely necessary. At one point I was taking 1mg 3x a day and I was like a zombie they just kept increasing my dose and I had problems getting off it because it is so addicting and you have to wein off of it because you can have serious reactions. I was first given it when I was 18 for panic attacks. I think it can also cause personality changes too. I take magnesium at night now and it seems to really help and also relaxtion tapes. Hope everything else is well.

Barby

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Xanax is a benzodiazapine, related to valium. Ativan is also addictive,

and should be taken for only short periods of time.

It is so hard to have this disorder and be forced to either not sleep and

go downhill or take something that you know is not good for you. What a

dilemma! It is so hard to go without sleep. I certainly got worse when I

could not sleep.

Lynda

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>I just wanted to tell you that I took ativan for years which is

>closely related to xanax. It was the only thing that relaxed me and

>helped me sleep and I loved it. I never took more than 25-50mg a

>day. At any rate, I finally started seeing symptoms from it and had

>to get off of it. It was making me kinda of weird and my mom

>saidthat she could tell the difference when I quit. I have wanted

>at times to go back on it very badly, but I refuse to get hooked

>again. There is a website about the benzophiadine family--which

>both of these are---and you wouldn't belive the number of symptoms

>they can cause. Many are the same we suffer from as implant

>victims. Before I found out about implant symptoms, I thought maybe

>the ativan was causing all my problems. It wasn't, but I did clear

>up some symptoms when I stopped. Just a thought.

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>Hugs,kathy

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>-- In , " Pam " <nannapam3103@y...> wrote:

> > Hi Terry, I just got home from Lowe's. I'm pricing stuff for our

> > basement. We're finally finishing it for my daughter and

>grandson.

> > The bathroom is finally framed in and I'm waiting for the plumber

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> > put the rough-in stuff in hopefully this week. I'm so excited! I

> > feel like I can actually take on a project!!

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> > I haven't been sleeping well the last few nights though. Was I

> > reading that you take Xanax? I take .25 at night and up until

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> > few days ago it seemed to work great. I'm wondering if I should

> > increase. I hate to take anything, but I've tried all the other

> > sleep aids and none of them work except Xanax. I'm wondering if

>it

> > is what is causing me to feel really edgy during the day. I feel

> > like I could just about kill everyone in my path! Not a good

> > feeling - and I don't know where it's coming from.

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> > Talk to you later.

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> > Pam

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> > > Hello there. Just wondering where is, and how is everyone

>doing? I

> > > hope you are all ok????? peace and hugs. TERRY

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