{"id":18262,"date":"2012-02-07T13:12:35","date_gmt":"2012-02-07T18:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=18262"},"modified":"2012-02-13T20:47:59","modified_gmt":"2012-02-14T01:47:59","slug":"25-xanax-alprazolam-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/25-xanax-alprazolam-update\/","title":{"rendered":".25 Xanax (Alprazolam) update"},"content":{"rendered":"

I wrote two weeks ago that\u00a0I got relief from my acute anxiety<\/a> with the .25 Xanax (Alprazolam)\u00a0I’d been prescribed. \u00a0 \u00a0I’m not used to meds so I’ve been doing one twice during the day and then 2-3 at night every other night or so while I’m in this stress period. \u00a0 I’m also taking calcium and B vitamins with it. \u00a0 It takes the anxiety away and lets \u00a0me stay asleep a solid 5 hours the nights I take it rather than the 3-4 hours I’m used to. \u00a0It also dumbs me down a little, but that may be overstimulation from the stress. \u00a0I can’t attribute it categorically to the Xanax. It makes me not care whether I eat healthy food or not, it makes me think of sugar and processed foods, things I don’t typically eat. \u00a0I don’t eat them but it makes me want them. \u00a0And while I don’t wake up with anxious or worrisome thoughts racing through my head, I also don’t wake up with creative thoughts and motivations for the day as I usually do. \u00a0<\/p>\n

I typically have many segments throughout each day where I feel inspired and happy and rather euphoric. \u00a0I’ve had few of those the past week. \u00a0Again it may be the stress of several situations I’m helping friends and family navigate their way through. \u00a0Maybe my euphoria was simply an expression of my ongoing anxiety the last bunch of years, and here I just thought I had a fun and ever awakening life. \u00a0 With natural and herbal meds and homeopathics, I’ve not felt a dumbing down of consciousness and motivation. \u00a0With the Xanax I do. \u00a0So I won’t worry about becoming dependent upon it, but I have to give it props for knocking out the anxiety.<\/p>\n

UNEXPECTED BONUS: \u00a0I have ongoing (very minimum) nerve pain in my hands due to a car accident in Sept 2000. \u00a0When I take the xanax, the nerve pain disappears.<\/p>\n

EXAMPLE OF DOWNSIDE:\u00a0\u00a0The moth at my front door this week is a brilliant iridescent glowing green and amber.\u00a0With the Xanax, it’s a brown moth.<\/p>\n

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