Hai preso le pillole? Xanax

They did try to show a motley group of people with different experiences with the drug. The results ranged from great success to driving a person to suicide.

It seems the person who fared the best was the woman who tries to take it ONLY a few times a month when she is feeling at her worst.

What I didn't like was offering SSRIs as an alternative. I took Paxil for a while and the side effects were unbearable and getting off them was no picnic. They might not be technically addictive but you cannot stop cold turkey.

A few of the people they profiled were unbelievably IRRITATING. You couldn't help but wonder of THAT was their real problem in life.

My sympathies to anyone dealing with depression and anxiety. The world is a tough place for anyone intelligent and sensitive. Now if we could really make the world an easier place, we wouldn't have to dope ourselves, would we?

Well balanced history and overview of Xanax, the pros and the cons. I'm unclear why so many reviewers are angry about this. It in no way villifies benzos or patients. The stories / case studies represented a broad demographic of patients. The clinicians from the mental health community were very careful and succinct in their language. The only segment discussed that did not fare well was the medical community (regarding the patient who was misdiagnosed at Mayo Clinic). It doesnt go terribly deep but it does cover a lot in an hour. I also appreciated the history of anxiety treatment as well as the advertising that was discussed.

This documentary has the message of a '90s after school special. I expected to see Nancy Regan as the director in the credits. As just one example of the blind fear-mongering and rejection of science advancements that can truly help people and change their lives for their better, this documentary conflates SSRIs with BENZOS. Those are two entirely separate drugs with significantly different risk factors. SSRIs like Zoloft have been life saviors for countless people with no side effects. These are the same people who were forced to suffer in silence for decades unnecessarily because of tragic messages like this documentary.

Studying the long term affects of benzodiazepines is a really important topic and this documentary started out with a focus on this. Sadly though the movie devolves into looking at a few neurotic people who have issues much bigger than Xanax could ever address. Sadly too many of the people who they spoke to ended up saying they still take it and it works for them. Very little time was spent on the idea that being human has always required juggling stressful situations and that we as a species need to figure out how to get back to where we do that without pharmaceuticals. Instead we have been medicating children with Adderall and other behavior drugs so kids never have to learn how to cope with stressful situations. We're making it worse, not better and this movie is part of the problem not the solution.

As "Take Your Pills: Xanax" (2022 release; 90 min) opens, we are reminded that prescriptions for Xanax have exploded the last 20-25 years. Why are so many Americans anxious and filled with dread and fear? Many talking heads are interviewed, including in the medical field as well as past and present users. One of them is Scott Stossel, author of "My Age of Anxiety". At this point we are 10 minutes into the documentary.

Couple of comments: this is the latest from producer-director Blair Foster ("The Clinton Affair"). Here she reassesses the rise and rise of Xanax. As an occasional user of Xanax myself (more on that in a minute), I saw a lot of recognition points throughout the movie. One of the women doctors interviewed sums it up this way: "Xanax is meant for short term. It is prescribed too often and too long." Bottom line: much of what I heard and saw in this movie feels on point and resonated with me. As for my own experience with Xanax: as I got older, I developed an irrational (but very real) fear of flying, to the point that I stopped flying altogether. That was a real problem, and about 5 years ago, my doctor prescribed Xanax to me. I have to tell you: it's been a life changer for me. It works like magic, and I can now travel again. I never use Xanax for any other situation, and I am frankly puzzled how one could function on a day-to-day basis when taking Xanax literally every single day. But to each their own. My personal experience with Xanax could not have gone any better, and I will never get on a plane again without it.

"Take Your Pills: Xanax" premiered a couple of days ago on Netflix, and I stumbled on it as I was browsing the latest additions on Netflix. When I saw the title, my interest was piqued immediately. Is this a revolutionary documentary? It is not, but for me it was well worth checking out, and it definitely feels on point for me. Of course don't take my word for it., so I'd readily suggest you check it out, and draw your own conclusion.