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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Only weak people take Xanax or mind-altering drugs.[/quote]

Thank you, Tom Cruise, for this PSA.

Xanax is NOT considered a mind-altering drug.  If its chemical make up allows me to function normally, I'd classify it as a miracle drug, not a mind-altering one.  This tiny, prescribed pill, can stop a roiling stomach, sweats that rival a menopausal hot flash, explosive diarrhea, a racing heart, shaking hands and panic so intense that I've prayed for death.  I wish I could say that this is all hyperbole.

To anyone who's ever suffered through even one panic attack, the initial feeling is akin to what happens to a heart-attack victim and/or a person going into anaphylactic shock.  Sometimes, a panic attack will just happen, without any perceptible trigger and that's a special piece of hell.  I wouldn't wish anxiety with panic attacks upon my worst enemy.

Also for the PP/naysayers; some of us have "broken" receptors, as was explained to me by a compassionate therapist.  My childhood was full of verbal and physical abuse at the hands of an alcoholic father.  As a very young child, I was scared and anxious, for good reason.  My body and brain were bathed in adrenaline and I was in a constant state of anticipation and worry.  That sets a pattern in motion; my brain doesn't seem to recognize serenity and so even normally happy events used to cause waves of angst and nervousness.  Rather than continuing the pattern of drinking my nerves away, I am a teetotaler who takes a daily SSRI that has truly saved my life.  Sometimes, I need a Xanax.  Big deal.

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