You are on a low dose so you will probobly do fine with it just be careful and do your homework on this medication it is highly addictive and the withdrawels are horrifing. I am thinking of you and it will make you drowsy if you are adjusting to this med and the eye twitch will probobly fade away not a severe side effect. I hope you feel better. I am on xanax to and am coming off so take it only as prescribed..hugs

try not to take it on an empty stomach, it destroyed my tummy... what helps me sleep better than xanax is magnesium powder called natural calm, its not addictive too. good luck and be sure to fully research drugs you take.

I initially took xanax for sleep like you and it worked very well. I was on a low dosage .25. I only take it now on an as needed basis when I feel that my anxiety is out of control. Thankfully, it's not too often nowadays.

I haven't taken it before bed, if I need it during the day, I take one 1mg. and I sleep well that night.

But I also just take one when I need it. Not everyday.

Hello. You are on a very small dosage of this medicine. I don't see where this amount would help you. You should feel the medication the first time you take it. Xanax is not one of those drugs that has to get into your system. I've been on them for many years, and I will tell you that they are very addictive. That is probably why the doctor put you on such a small dosage. If you don't start to feel the effects soon, I would call the doctor back. You could have an adverse reaction and it wire you up instead of making you sleepy. I hope I was a little helpful to you.. Good luck.

Be careful with benzos, if your prone to depression they will make your depression much worse almost unbearable. I took Ativan then librium got addicted,took five months to taper off the drug. The withdrawels were horrible. And the depression the drug cause nearly killed me.

I took benzos which HELPED my depression tremendoulsy because my anxiety was so bad, it caused my depression.
They most often go hand in hand and NO anti-depressant worked and the benzos did.
Yes, they're addictive but better be addicted than without any life at all!
IMO!

I am on .25 of xanax but only take half when needed when I am feeling really anxious. I dont use them often as looking at my current bottle that was filled 9/17/07. LOL As you can see, I dont use this often. But when I need to relax because of my anxiety, it certainly helps. The Dr. said I can take it once a day as needed but honestly, I use it as my last resort. I can tell you this, once I take it, I feel calm within 20 mins. It really does help to calm you down. Good luck :)

you realy should be very carefull. take it from me, i have been addicted to them for many years. i will be on them for the rest of my life. i hate that i am so addicted to them but i started out on .5 mg about 10 years ago took 4 times a day but realy allways had to take moore, so they put me on 3 one millagrams per day and that just gets me threw the day. i wish i would have never got on them. if i stop them cold turkey, i coud actually die and i have no job or insurance so i cant even go to a hospital. i just have to live whith it. so just be very carefull. i have a addictive personality, maybe you dont. good luck.

I have anxiety and I tried xanax. It made my somatic illness much worse.. I thought my neck vertebre were bending and I had a dream where I was looking in the mirror and I was a hunchback. I felt the back of my neck and was convinced that my neck had rounded out that day. The next morning I felt practically suicidal. When I took the 2nd one I nearly had a seizure an hour afterwards. I guess my nervous system isn't wanting GABA...

Thanks so much everyone for responding. Wow, there sure are a lot of different responses to xanax. I do suffer from depression and i'm also on 50mg of celexa which helps a bit with that. I have never taken any medication for my anxiety, i see a councelor almost weekly, but no one has ever suggested any meds for my anxiety. I didn't fall asleep last night until 5am, then my son was awake at 5:50am. It was not a good night and i didn't feel that the xanax helped at all. On the other hand i'm just quit taking zopilcone for helping me sleep (im not sure what the closest drug to this is in the states, i live in Canada) I built up a dependance to it and i imagine my body is adjusting to not having it at night. I really hope this helps but i will not give it more than a couple weeks before i talk to my dr. if its not working, then i don't have to deal with addiction problems. I have to admit, i was sad to not be taking the zopilcone anymore, it knocked me out at night and i think i was more addicted to the sleep then the drug itself. I just had to take so much it was pointless. My body seems to need 10-12hrs of sleep at night and it has for as long as i can remember, i don't funcion well on less sleep without suffering from exhaustion, depression and anxiety. It is very frustrating, i have 2 little boys to take care of (2.5 years and 9 months) and all my body wants to do is sleep. i think i will look into the magnesium powder and see if it would be a good alternative. anyways thanks again everyone and wish me luck with sleeping tonight.