I took it for anxiety but then again I also have the tolerance of a horse. I would say if you are sleep deprived, then it helped your body take what it needed. But one of its side effects is drowsiness.

did you take it to sleep? or for anxiety? they are sooo small, it is almost impossible to cut them in 2 - you might ask your doc for a smaller dose - now I am nosey enough to ask how much it was - maybe you're a cheap date? LOL jk

Xanax is for anxiety...1 pill took my anxiety attacks away for several hours until I could "control" it myself. If I took them after having been sleep deprived (I also have periodic bouts of insomnia)I would sleep for several hours. Considering that after an anxiety attack I am exhausted anyway, the sleep was welcome.

The one drug that does make me sleep for 2 days is Flexeral. It is a muscle relaxant and after taking only 1 pill I was knocked out for 2 days.

Different drugs for different reasons affect people differently.

I was on .25 mg of Xanax for acute attacks, but just before a concert, my nerves are a wreck so I would cut my pill in half and that half a pill was enough to calm my nerves so I could continue. They are very small pills but very easy to break in half.

Doesn't Xanax come in different strengths and therefore different shapes? The ones I take for anxiety can also make me drowsy, but they don't make my husband tired at all. He's so anxious all the time, they just keep him on an even keel. Maybe I'm just tired anyway, but they're not a high dosage. It's just so hard to seperate the small mg.ones. Maybe the higher doses split better because of their different shape.

I only get 4hrs on .5 mg. I need more sleep

Never tried xanax,
I have a lot of trouble sleeping and tried tons of sleeping pills none ever worked.
I came across a drug Phenergan (promethazine Hydrochloride), it's an antihistamine for allergies, but has a very sedating effect. It's non-addictive and can be used long term.
Was only thing that worked for me,sometimes I sleep too much with it!
Annie