sunwindandfire
Active member
My doctor recently put me on Xanax XR because he noticed how I was flipping out in the doctors office. I told him the doctors office made me have really bad panic attacks but he didnt believe it until he saw it.
So he gave me Xanax on a low dosage of 1mg. The first week was awesome. I used to wake up feeling like death or hungover but now that I take Xanax I dont have that crap anymore. I actually feel refreshed in the morning.
While the Xanax did help overall it didnt completely stop panic attacks as I still had one when I went to the doctor the next time so he bumped it up to 2mg.
Anyway, he wants to get me off Xanax because they say it's addiction. Which, who the F*#& cares if it's addicting. If it works I'll take it for the rest of my life, I dont care.
He wants to wean me off the Xanax and slowly start taking Zoloft (25mg) for a week then (50mg) from there on. By then I guess he'll stop prescribing Xanax and go straight with the Zoloft.
My question is do you guys prefer Xanax XR or Zoloft. It seems like every review I hear for Zoloft scares the crap out of me. People saying they wanted to kill themselves and crap. I personally am too scared to start taking it and just wanted to get your guys opinions.
BTW, for those who have really bad daily anxiety with panic attacks I'd recommend Xanax XR. I've only been on it for 2 weeks but these two weeks have been great. Instead of making up excuses for when my friends ask me to go out.......I'm asking them to go out and do stuff.
Thanks
So he gave me Xanax on a low dosage of 1mg. The first week was awesome. I used to wake up feeling like death or hungover but now that I take Xanax I dont have that crap anymore. I actually feel refreshed in the morning.
While the Xanax did help overall it didnt completely stop panic attacks as I still had one when I went to the doctor the next time so he bumped it up to 2mg.
Anyway, he wants to get me off Xanax because they say it's addiction. Which, who the F*#& cares if it's addicting. If it works I'll take it for the rest of my life, I dont care.
He wants to wean me off the Xanax and slowly start taking Zoloft (25mg) for a week then (50mg) from there on. By then I guess he'll stop prescribing Xanax and go straight with the Zoloft.
My question is do you guys prefer Xanax XR or Zoloft. It seems like every review I hear for Zoloft scares the crap out of me. People saying they wanted to kill themselves and crap. I personally am too scared to start taking it and just wanted to get your guys opinions.
BTW, for those who have really bad daily anxiety with panic attacks I'd recommend Xanax XR. I've only been on it for 2 weeks but these two weeks have been great. Instead of making up excuses for when my friends ask me to go out.......I'm asking them to go out and do stuff.
Thanks