Is it the Xanax doing this?

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I stated here before that I always thought Xanax worked like a sedative. I was angry that I had been prescribed this, because I didn't need to be sedated.

For the past week and a half I took a break from my Adderall, and began taking Xanax. During this time I have noticed a huge difference in myself. I feel more mentally stable and balanced. I'm not nearly as irritable and angry as I was before. I'm not constantly dwelling on the negative. At first I thought this was happening because I went off my Adderall for a while. But then I remerabered that I've had mood problems my entire life.....and I was actually taking Adderall to help my mooRAB to begin with.

So then I was thinking maybe it is the Xanax. But how can this be? To me it feels as if I'm on an antidepressant. I don't feel anything kicking in, and leaving my system. I just feel more evened out and less negative. I also feel much less depressed. I started my Adderall today again, to see if this will continue when I take Xanax and Adderall together.

As I've said, people always told me they FELT Xanax working. Then again it is possible that they took it at a time when they were panicking so they felt an obvious effect. Where as I'm taking it several times a day. Do you guys think Xanax is behind my better mood? If so, how can it ease my severe depression? When I took a valium before it never did that. It just made me tired and relaxed. This feels different. Mentally the my head isn't as constant and crazy. I really hope this lasts!
 
It definitely can be! It can really vary by the person how you feel from it. Some people only feel tired and relaxed, and some are lucky to feel the MIND relax, as you do. Perhaps it's a good match for what you need! Prozac is like this for me. Prozac makes me stop overthinking so much and makes me happier and lets things bother me less. I feel calmer overall. I still get tired, but it's way different than other meRAB I tried, which simply made me ONLY want to sleep and made me too drowsy to even think. I feel happy on Prozac! I have Xanax to take as needed and hardly even need it. I have generics of both meRAB, so I know that can make slight differences. I notice that Xanax tenRAB to make me feel a little "hungover" the next day, so I just take half a pill. I usually take it before bed since I'm not sure how it affects me while driving or anything.

I'm glad to hear Xanax is working so well for you! That's great! The way you describe how you feel is how you SHOULD feel from a medicine. If a med only makes me drowsy, I don't think it's worth it because that's just masking the anxiety and/or depression.
 
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