Xanax is what got “W”’s niece in trouble.
k the basics on Xanax. Most doctors are clueless as to how to prescribe it and simply make matters worse. Many prescribe 1-2mG twice a day. Heres the problem it has a 6-8 hour active life. Meaning for the rest of the time you have nothing and will have a major crash in between. It's also a good risk for addiction. However a .25mg-.5 {depending on persons build} pill taken 3-4 times per day gives a consistent but small level in the blood stream and helps tone down sensory flooding a major cause of Anxiety Disorder. My wife has taken it for 22 years I have taken it for 14 years with no ill effects.
My wife got in trouble because a doctor to try and treat her for PTSD {over a doctors medication mistake with a pain killer that pout her in a Coma} was given Trazodone the Zoloft as well. As I posted persons with Motor or sensory damage are at higher risk. She is an incomplete quadriplegic. The amount of Xanax she was taking a very low dosage likely kept the serotonin syndrome from killing her. Benzos are the counter agent to it.
BTW she had to be tied down to a hospital bed because she was beating herself black and blue. She was also seeing Satan at one point. She as well thought she was Tess on Touched by an angel. My wife and I are white BTW LOL.
It was a week of pure hell for both of us. Even when I figured it out the doctors would not believe it calling it junk science. He had to back down when I pointed out it was his hospitals pharmacology professor who wrote the paper. Same university different city. Every medical indication including being in a partial COMA in the ER from it begged for a closer look. None was given. Accute pyschosis increase her Zoloft was the order.
You can check my posting history on antidepressants. I used to call those questioning their usage tinfoilers. I did till I saw it myself. I am not anti SSRI. But I do think there needs to be some education of medical professionals and patients as well as their families.