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Xanax and fatigue?

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julian33896
julian33896

So yesterday I took a .5mg xanax (along with my prozac) at around 1:00 and within 30 minutes I felt like myself! Today I had bad morning anxiety so I decided to try a xanax again at 10:45 and all day i have had zero energy! I am completely fatigued sad Any suggestions?

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  • jay3287
    jay3287 julian33896

    Posted

    That's an side effect of the Xanax it makes you tired....
    • julian33896
      julian33896 jay3287

      Posted

      Does this go away with time or is it always like that?
    • lee12629
      lee12629 julian33896

      Posted

      It goes away,at least it did for me,your body should adjust
    • rene80906
      rene80906 lee12629

      Posted

      Hi Lee. Will zanax calm me down enough to pass my driver's license test?
    • lee12629
      lee12629 rene80906

      Posted

      I wouldnt sudgest driving until your body gets used to the med,ive ben taking it a number of years,im on low dose,so i have no problems . but..if your not used to it,i wouldnt sudgest it.
    • lee12629
      lee12629 rene80906

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      There are many books that help..Lucinda Basset even has a set of dvds and a book that goes along with them. Just keep telling yourself the feelings you are experianceing are normal for anxiety and in general are nothing to be afraid of.Keep doing things that caus anxiety..exposure to what you are afraid of gives you confidance as you experiance them more and more.For awhile I couldnt even go to a grocery store..no problem now,i enjoy it.If necessary see a counselor,i did for awhile after my dad died,it can help.Excercise can help a person relax,and cut out cafine.Hope you feel better.I still have anxiety,but I cope with it pretty well most of the time.
  • Soanxious
    Soanxious julian33896

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    Could you maybe try taking half of the xanax during the day? Also the prozac is sedating so if you took that at night as well it might help. I was prescribed ativan and have been taking .5 mg everynight and sometimes in the morning when I wake up with severe anxiety which had been a lot lately sad Also I just started taking prozac it's the 4th antidepressant I've tried in the last month because the side effects are so terrible I can't continue. The last 2 nights I took the prozac I wake up with a burning feeling in my arms. This has happened with every antidepressant I've tried and it scares me. I'm starting to feel like I'm never going to feel better and can't take anything. Did you get the burning feeling?
    • julian33896
      julian33896 Soanxious

      Posted

      No, the only side effects I've had from prozac were random bouts of crying and little brain zaps for the first few days. It's really helped me with my intrusive thoughts and depression, but the anxiety in the morning until around 3 is the problem. Do you get a painful burning? If it's not painful I think you should try to stick with it for alittle longer.
    • Soanxious
      Soanxious julian33896

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      It's not really painful, but it scares me bc I have bad health anxiety. All of the physical symptoms of the anxiety and panic attacks and then to have more from the meds along with nausea and vomiting every morning is too much for me to handlesad I don't know what else to do. I have always had depression and some anxiety that I manged to cope with for years but I had a breakdown 6 weeks ago I guess I couldn't take anymore and now I started to have panic attacks that scare me so bad and I didn't know what they were. I thought inwas going to die. They are the worst more scariest thing i have ever experienced
    • julian33896
      julian33896 Soanxious

      Posted

      I know, the attacks are so scary. I wanted to run out of my own body and keep running! Have all of the medications caused bad side effects?

    • Soanxious
      Soanxious julian33896

      Posted

      Yes they have. I dobt know if it's that they are 8n creasing my anxiety until they get in my system and then the side effects will go away or what it is, but they aren't bearable. 8 can't handle them. I have lost 15Ibs have no appetite whatsoever I am nauseous from the anxiety already and the pills all made it worse. I wake up every morning with a burst of anxiety I hate going to bed at night bc I know what the morning will bringsad The panic attacks scare me so bad I almost called 911 a few times. I get lightheaded sweaty clammy hands feel like im going to faint and feel weak. It feels like I'm going crazy and makes me feel like something serious is wrong which makes it even worse. I feel like it's never going to end :'(
    • julian33896
      julian33896 Soanxious

      Posted

      It will end! I remember having anxiety attacks everyday with the symptoms never going away sad it gets better for sure!
    • Soanxious
      Soanxious julian33896

      Posted

      What physical symptoms did you get? I het alot and it's so hard bc I don't know how anxiety can do all thissad
    • jay3287
      jay3287 Soanxious

      Posted

      It does get better. I have been dealing with anxiety for 7 yrs off and on. It came back in July very bad. It's not fully gone away but I'm learning to cope with it. I use to call 911 or go the the ER at least three or four times a month no lie... I was so afraid. Drs visits twice a week. It was very bad. I thought my dr and the hospital where missing something. But I thought to my self all these hospitals and my dr can't all be missing something. I changed Drs and everything. I didn't believe that the breathing techniques didn't work but they actually do. It takes the edge off.. Also it's nothing wrong with taking it. It helps a lot. If you need anybody to talk to I'm always on here. I'm all ears.
    • Soanxious
      Soanxious jay3287

      Posted

      Thanks. I have been in the house unable to work for the last 6 weeks and it feels like I'm never going to get bettersad I can't eat sleep or anything and I feel so weak. I literally just had a panic attack an hour ago. Its to the point I don't want to leave the house. I have been dealing wih anxiety and depression for years but was coping until recently. I had alot of things going on in my life that I was having a hard time with but hough I was still just coping, until one day 6 weeks ago I had a panic attack which I never had before . I started googling symptoms and it got worse from there. Convinced I had a brain tumor, ms, heart problems, aneurysm, stroke and everything else. I can't get past it. My mind is constantly going that something else is seriously wrong. I have gone to a duty dr 3 days in a row plus my own dr a few times and they all say it's sevwre anxiwty bt it's really hard to believe sad
    • julian33896
      julian33896 Soanxious

      Posted

      My list of symptoms that I had is ridiculously long! I still can't believe your mind can do this! I had stomach pain, diarrhea, hit and cold flashes, tingling, dry mouth, intrusive thoughts, FATIGUE, and more
    • Soanxious
      Soanxious jay3287

      Posted

      I have tinglying numbness pins and needles feelings, muscle twitches everywhere, burning feeling mostly in my arms, muscle tension everywhere, muscle weakness feeling bit they arent actually weak nausea Heart palpitations I know subconsciously I am constantly squeezing my shoulders up to my neck and tensing my shoulders and arms bc when I actually pay attention I notice it and try to relax but automatically go right back to tensing sweaty/ clammy hands I get lightheaded when I'm having panic and feel like I'm dying I have to keep taking deep breaths bc I feel like I can't breathe. The other night I had a panic attack and it was the first time I felt like I couldn't swallow. It's like more symptoms come all the time. Theres more I probably forgot
    • Soanxious
      Soanxious julian33896

      Posted

      I know!!! It's so hard to believe anxiety can cause physical symptoms so intense. My list is really long too. Did you get the weak feeling like heavy arms/legs
    • julian33896
      julian33896 Soanxious

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      Yes at the very beginning, I could feel the heavy arms when I was driving. I could barely drive the first week!
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