I went through classes<\/a>, books and countless therapy sessions to just be able to understand why I had it and not that I ever beat anxiety, but I can at least manage it now.
\nHow many of the people that have a bottle of xanax have had to go through all that I have to be able to take it? \u00a0They are not tit tac candy, people!<\/p>\nDo I understand why people would want to be on xanax? Yes, I do. \u00a0Having a rough time of it today? take a xanax and it will ‘take the edge off’.
\nTAKE THE EDGE OFF. \u00a0No, it’s not a ‘take the edge off’ pill. \u00a0This pill was designed for people with an anxiety disorder. \u00a0People who have the flight or fight switch broken. It’s a chemical imbalance.
\nIt is not a pill to give to people who can’t fucking cope with the stress of a rough day.<\/p>\n
It’s been several years that I have openly admitted to having an anxiety disorder and when my world flipped over and I got a whole new set of friends I had to decide which route I was going to take. \u00a0Do I admit to what I have and risk being laughed at or do I shut up and deal with it alone?
\nI decided to take the middle road. \u00a0It’s simply because the battle of coping with anxiety is over. \u00a0I’ve learned what I need to do to be able to get through the small and medium sized anxiety attacks. \u00a0 Telling Lester about the big ones scared the shit out of me because I wasn’t sure how he would handle the information. \u00a0 He seemed to take it okay and I told him that they are rare when they hit, but when they do, I would tell him and coached him on what he can do to help me.
\nThat is really all I can do.<\/p>\n
I take xanax. \u00a0Not everyday anymore.<\/p>\n
Thank god.<\/p>\n
I’ve found that when I feel them starting to coming on, I take a half a \u00a0pill and I do this for a couple of days to get the xanax in my system and I’m okay for a week or two. \u00a0 It’s like pain management, don’t let the pain get so bad that you take a bunch to get rid of it.<\/p>\n
Xanax is a serious drug that should only be prescribed after having to go through all that I had to go through to get it. \u00a0I took a six week class. I took months of therapy talking about it. I read 2 books on the disorder an how to manage it. \u00a0Was this enough? \u00a0I’m still alive.
\nHave I fucked up and taken it with other stuff? Yes. I have. \u00a0I was reading the list of pills in Heath Ledger’s system and how they speculate due to the autopsy when he took the list of pills. \u00a0Nothing he took wasn’t anything I didn’t have in my medicine cabinet and battling insomnia I know that train he climbed on… take a prescription pill, didn’t work so take a over the counter. didn’t work yet, take another over the counter…nothing…okay time to call in the big boy. \u00a0nothing yet. one more over the counter. \u00a0It’s INSANE what I would do just to get some sleep. \u00a0NEVER did I think I was going to overdose and I could have. \u00a0It would have been a tragic mistake of taking one more over the counter or just one more prescription.<\/p>\n
Moral of the story…xanax isn’t shit that you need to be joking about. \u00a0It’s not a fix all drug. It’s not a sleeping pill.
\nYes, it helps you sleep. It’s not designed for that.
\nYes, it will take the edge off a stressful day. It was not designed for that though.
\nYes, it will help you through a panic attack…but truly the ACTUAL amount of people that have an anxiety attack don’t need to take xanax. \u00a0They can get through it without it, I did for YEARS and I had them up to 4 times a day…full blown freak out, should be hospitalized, scare people kind of anxiety attacks.
\nIt wasn’t designed to be given out like candy for the people who have had one or ‘short of breath’ scared feeling sometimes.
\nOh fuck it, what hell do I know?<\/p>\n
I feel horrible for the Houston family, just like I felt bad for the Ledgers and the Smith families.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
For all of you that has read Random and Odd and held my hand while I battled through my Anxiety disorder, you’ll understand this. \u00a0Those of you that just got on the Random and Odd train, you’ll have to just play along. The first thing I hear on the news is Whitney Houston had xanax in her hotel room. OH SHOCKING, like I didn’t see that coming. \u00a0The bigger question today is what celebrity doesn’t have a bottle of xanax? It pisses me off how easy it is for people to get it. \u00a0Just say they have anxiety and poof they get a prescription. I went through classes, books and countless therapy sessions to just be able to understand why I had it and not that I ever beat anxiety, but I can at least manage it now. How many of the people that have a bottle of xanax have had to go through all that I have to be able to take it? \u00a0They are not tit tac candy, people! Do I understand why people would want to be on xanax? Yes, I do. \u00a0Having a rough time of it today? take a xanax and it will ‘take the edge off’. TAKE THE EDGE OFF. \u00a0No, it’s not a ‘take the edge off’ pill. \u00a0This pill was designed for people with an anxiety disorder. \u00a0People who have the flight or fight switch broken. It’s a chemical imbalance. It is not a pill to give to people who can’t fucking cope with the stress of a rough day. It’s been several years that I have openly admitted to having an anxiety disorder and when my world flipped over and I got a whole new set of friends I had to decide which route I was going to take. \u00a0Do I admit to what I have and risk being laughed at or do I shut up and deal with it alone? I decided to take the middle road. \u00a0It’s simply because the battle of coping with anxiety is over. \u00a0I’ve learned what I need to do to be able to get through the small and medium sized anxiety attacks. \u00a0 Telling Lester about the big ones scared the shit out of me because I wasn’t sure how he would handle the information. \u00a0 He seemed to take it okay and I told him that they are rare when they hit, but when they do, I would tell him and coached him on what he can do to help me. That is really all I can do. I take xanax. \u00a0Not everyday anymore. Thank god. I’ve found that when I feel them starting to coming on, I take a half a \u00a0pill and I do this for a couple of days to get the xanax in my system and I’m okay for a week or two. \u00a0 It’s like pain management, don’t let the pain get so bad that you take a bunch to get rid of it. Xanax is a serious drug that should only be prescribed after having to go through all that I had to go through to get it. \u00a0I took a six week class. I took months of therapy talking about it. I read 2 books on the disorder an how to manage it. \u00a0Was this enough? \u00a0I’m still alive. Have I fucked up and taken it with other stuff? Yes. I have. \u00a0I was reading the list of pills in Heath Ledger’s system and how they speculate due to the autopsy when he took the list of pills. \u00a0Nothing he took wasn’t anything I didn’t have in my medicine cabinet and battling insomnia I know that train he climbed on… take a prescription pill, didn’t work so take a over the counter. didn’t work yet, take another over the counter…nothing…okay time to call in the big boy. \u00a0nothing yet. one more over the counter. \u00a0It’s INSANE what I would do just to get some sleep. \u00a0NEVER did I think I was going to overdose and I could have. \u00a0It would have been a tragic mistake of taking one more over the counter or just one more prescription. Moral of the story…xanax isn’t shit that you need to be joking about. \u00a0It’s not a fix all drug. It’s not a sleeping pill. Yes, it helps you sleep. It’s not designed for that. Yes, it will take the edge off a stressful day. It was not designed for that though. Yes, it will help you through a panic attack…but truly the ACTUAL amount of people that have an anxiety attack don’t need to take xanax. \u00a0They can get through it without it, I did for YEARS and I had them up to 4 times a day…full blown freak out, should be hospitalized, scare people kind of anxiety attacks. It wasn’t designed to be given out like candy for the people who have had one or ‘short of breath’ scared feeling sometimes. Oh fuck it, what hell do I know? 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