I would mention it to your doc. You may need to up your dose of the anti. I don't think xanax is habit forming. I could be wrong. But I do know how you feel about not leaving the house.

What you are doing is dangerous and I feel you should get into see your doc right away. Xanax is highly addictive!!!

Sounds like you are too used to it time for a change like I mentioned in your advice thread.

I agree that you should see your doctor about possibly upping the dose to decrease the amount of pills you take at a time. Xanax is extremely addictive. Are you taking them because you are having anxiety alot of the time or because you like the feeling the pill gives you?

I became addicted to it after about 6 months, I stopped cold turkey, it hurt, but I had too. My husband just brought me to the realization I have a pain pill addiction. I can't live without my pills. But he flushed them all. It came to when I got really upset I was out of percocet and relaxed when i saw I had another refill available on the bottle.

Meds are dangerous. Sadly, I hid a bottle of flexeril and darvocet in my bathroom, before he flushed them all. If that's not addiction, I don't know what is!

i TOO REAXH FOR XANAX TOO MUCH..WHAT MILLIGRAMS ARE YOU TAKING?? I AM ON A 3 MG CONTROL RELEASE..BUT I AM ALSO TAKING ATIVAN FRO THE HARD TIMES, AND VICADIN TO FLY AND FLEXRILL TO SLEPP, I AM A PILL HEAD... BUT MAYBE THE XANAX CONTROL RELEASE WILL HELP BECAUSE THE REGUALR XANANX ONLY LASTS ABOUT 4 HOURS, IT'S QUICK ACTING BUTT FAST TO LEAVE YOUR SYSYTEM..AND YES IT IS HIGHLY ADDICTIVE!! CALL YOU DOC!

Xanax did me the same way. I took more just like you. It finally got to where I had to come off of them. I had terrible withdraw. I would say go to docter and try to find something else that would work for you. Good luck!

xanax can be habit forming and yes it can be addictive, the more you take it the more you need. You should talk to your dr. probably time for something else. God Bless

I was on xanax for 12 years 3 times a day. It is highly addictive. I got to the point where I would get withdrawls 3 hours after taking it instead of it lasting me a good 6-8 hours. They switched me to klonopin and I now take that every 12 hours and it works nicely. No transition withdrawls normally when you switch from 1 benzo to another my doc told me.

I suffered through the withdrawls and anxiety because I knew if I took more I would not stop. I only took .5 3x a day which is a low dose.

Xanax is not a good choice for a preventative daily benzo it is great for as needed but it has to short of a half life to sustain the feeling you get from it. Xanax XR is supposed to be a 1 time daily pill for that or klonopin which has a long half life and is normally 12 hour doses.

I am supposed to take 1 to 2 a day as needed but I find I need them every day and more often than that. I am on .5mg but usually take at least 4 at a time instead of 1. I am afraid to stop taking them because I freak out just thinking about stopping them. It just makes me want to take more. I also have a suicide stash of .25mg tablets (about 200) that I keep as a back up. I am really starting to get scared.