Nia,

I am with you on this topic. I am having the same thing. Finally I will see a new doctor next week due to insurance. Why is it so difficult to get Xanex. I have not tired Effexor. Can you tell me about it. Thanks. Good luck getting the Xanex.

the meds we do or dont get depend entirely on the docs prejudices, if your sleeping pill is valium type it will be good, disolve it under tongue to get it working faster
self help books on overecoming panic attacks have thge advice you need

Effexor has been my antidepressant for about six years. I started out at 37.5 mg. I was moved up to 75 mg, and now I am on 150 mg. this had been the only medication that didn't give me hot flashes or make me feel like I was walking around in a haze. It does make a little nauseated if I take it without eating first or with something sweet to drink. It doesn't really have a taste. It's a time release capsule so it works best if you take it at the same time everyday. I think that I am becoming immune to it, but the doctors won't take me off of it. They just keep increasing my dosage.

BTW... Xanex is being sold as street drug in some areas. People will pay good money for a couple of pills because for those who don't actually need the medication, it has some euphoric effects. This is why doctors are making it so hard to get the medication. It's not fair to those of us who actually need it. Junkies make it harder for people with medical issues to get the help they need.

I'm on Xanax and trying to get off and it is so hard! I can't believe they made you quit cold turkey! That is Sooooooooo Dangerous with Xanax. It can cause you to have serious seizures and even die!
I am on 2 mg a day spread out and I am trying to cut down just .25 a time and am having a hard time. I did so much reading about this drug and I don't want to have anything to do with it anymore. I have been on it years and years... I feel so bad for you for what they did to you. One time I lost the last part of my script and I ended up in the ER on the 2nd day with such withdrawals that is when I found out what could of happened. My heart goes out to you!

Luckily for me, I have some weird gene that blocks addition- at least that's what the doctor said. I don't have the problems with withdraw. Even when I go without a cigarette for a while. the only time I even miss smoking is when I go through a bout of nausea, and even then if I have some nausea medicine around, I'm okay. For the past three days, I've been sick with nothing for nausea, no money, no gas in my car... just suffering. All I want now is a cigarette. The nicotine eases my nausea.

Wow.. That is hard just to cut you off like that i had to go to a new dr maybe that something you need t do how often do you have the attacks? Oh and have you try vistrail?

Right now I have been attack free for about three weeks. When they start I usually have them almost every other day for about a month. Then I may last a month or six months without having another. The less I let stuff get to me, the fewer attacks I have.