I take it when my nerves have been too much. I usually get about 6 hours of relief. I do get tired and I only take half the pill. When I want to sleep i take a full pill and then i rest for the night. I just calm down when I use it which is only when I'm too far stressed for anything else to help.

my response to xanax is just about exactly the same as kitten's. i only take half a pill when i am starting to feel anxious and having chest pain. it usually works within 10 minutes and lasts about 6 hours. it doesn't not make me too sleepy to work or drive. just nicely takes the edge off. i think if i took a whole pill i would be pretty sleepy.

When you say half a pill, do you mean half of a 1mg pill?

Believe so. It takes the edge off but it can be addictive that is why i only use it when i get stomach cramps, chest pains or constant shaking. i don't want to be addicted to it.

It will make you feel sleepy. I take mine before bed and one or two .5mg tabs during the day.
You get less sleepy with time. One thing my doctor told me is if I feel really sleepy, just to drink coffee and that neutralizes the effects. It does, but otherwise I shouldn't be drinking coffee.

takes the edge off definately, i only would take when needed, my feelings on it are "ok, who cares" since I tend to worry all the time, it really does take the worry off, but I don't take it much anylonger now that I have learned to breath properly whenI feel it coming on

Xanax and all other benzos will make you tired at first. They are tranquilizers basically. Xanax is a good med if you take something for anxiety already like an antidepressant and your anxiety is fairly under control and you need something quick for panic or high anxiety situations. Xanax normally lasts 4-6 hours per dose. I took Xanax for 12 years 3x a day. Needless to say it wasn't the best med for me because of the short effect. My body built up a tolerance to it. I only took .5 3x a day. I refused to take anything more then .5 per dose.

If you only take it as needed it is a good drug. If you have to take it daily I would ask about klonopin. I switched over to klonopin and for me it works much better since you get 10-12 hours per dose or more. I went 16 hours today on 1 dose then started to get withdrawl symptoms not anxiety. I am supposed to take .5 3x a day but I cut it down to .5 2x a day because it lasts a long time.

I can take mine on an empty stomach but I can normally take most pills like that each person is different.

If you take it regularly the tiredness passes in a few days. If you take it as needed and not often then you will get tired and sometimes half a pill is plenty depending on your anxiety level. 1mg is a high dose to start in my opinion, my doctors started me at .25mg to see how it worked because it is easier to increase from .25 then 1mg since it can be addictive.

I take xanax xr, 1/2 of .50 tablet. It does the trick. If for some reason I need it in the evening I take the other 1/2.

I take 2mg pills multiple times a day so I cant really help you. .5 and 1mg xanax never worked for me.

i take .5mg usually when i'm having an attack or i'm having trouble sleeping. otherwise if i know i'm going to a stressfull event i'll take a half a pill just to take the edge off. but i recomend not driving after taking it until you know how you'll react to it.

my advice would be NOT TO USE THIS DRUG. The main reason i say this, is bcoz it is addictive and very hard to come off once used for a long period of time. And most people do use it for a long period of time bcoz it works. Try other tabs first i say.

I no longer take xanax because I don't need it but I can tell you that I took 0.25mg as needed for severe anxiety and it was wonderful. I called it my little miracle pill. It took the anxiety away without making me feel sleepy. Sometimes I felt as if I had more energy after taking it! (anxiety drains your energy). Anyways it helped me through some rough patches. It's an addictive drug so try to use the smallest dose only as needed.

I also wanted to add that I'm usually very sensitive to medications. I had no problems taking the xanax.

It makes me feel sleepy and less coordinated. It takes about 30 minutes to kick in and I don't know how long it lasts because I only take it right before bed. I don't think it is good to take it on an empty stomach as with most meds but to be sure discuss this with a pharmacists. It is not to be taken with grapefruit juice I know that much.

My nerves are so shot that i have to take at least 1 milligram a day if i'm leaving anywhere or someone is coming over and it couldn't put me to sleep if i tried, when i'm having an attack nothing can put me to sleep. BUT when i get back home or people leave the house cause it's late or whatever i become knocked out by the Xanax, and i sleep really good! lol