Quote Originally Posted by Dan Druff View Post
Well, tomorrow I will be doing Xanax for the second time of my life.

Found out the test tomorrow is a bit more involved than I thought. Turns out I have to lie flat for the duration of it, which is very tough for someone with LPR (choking sensation comes on).

Plus having to do that will ramp up my anxiety big time, and make it even harder.

Plus I have to ingest no liquids or food (including water) beforehand, which makes the 11am time really suck.

It's 55 miles away. Gilrfriend going to drive me both ways. Will pop the Xanax about an hour beforehand. In my one experience with it, it took 45 minutes to achieve the desired effect with Xanax, which is typical. It lasted about another 2.5 hours after that before falling off a cliff and returning my anxiety.

Hopefully that will be enough to help me get through it. At least it should help, as I'm guessing the anxiety will be much less (or nonexistent).

Not looking forward to Tuesday's "next day lethargy" effect, but it might not be as bad, because I'm taking it at 10am on Monday. Last time, I woke up with extreme lethargy and fatigue, and it didn't go away until it had been almost 24 hours since I popped the pill the previous day.
I know you're a lightweight when it comes to any man made chemical but the Xanax works because your body has a system do deal with it. We produce the chemicals Xanax provides naturally everyday. The job of anxiety relief can come from many natural sources, exercise, meditation, etc. but the pill works quickly and is in no way going to fuck you up. Next day hangovers from a small dose of Xanax are unheard of.
You're dreaming if you think it harms your normal system.