Back to Xanax

Posted on July 8, 2009 in Medications

The no Xanax experiment is over. On the advice of my psychiatrist, I have resumed taking half a xanax each night and dropped taking melatonin. The trouble was that when I took the Xanax and the melatonin, I slept 13 to 14 hours a day. If I took the melatonin alone, I slept 11 to 13 hours each day. Yesterday, on Xanax alone, I slept 10 hours. I might sleep a little more today but only because it is hot. I am feeling only slightly unalert due to the heat and my body’s natural desire to take a siesta when it is hot.

I’m not really taking much Xanax. There are superstars who take far more than I do: I need .25 mg to get me to sleep. If that doesn’t feel effective, I skip a night. Potency returns.

Here’s a question: people are always telling me that Xanax is bad because it is addictive. OK, but what else? Nicotine makes the consumption of tar more likely and tar damages your lungs when you smoke. Alcohol changes your personality and damages your liver and your brain. So what about the benzos? What do they do beside addict you? Anything? And in what doses?

If the problem is addiction alone, I’m just not impressed by the “danger”.