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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 233889" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslategray">In your original post you said this:</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: blue">Good friend has a dad with brain cancer---she's been having trouble sleeping, anxiety, but functioning fine, otherwise. Mentioned that to her doctor at her visit, wanting something to help reduce stress. He prescribed Xanax. My background tells me that Xanax is not for regular, daily use for depression, and can be very addictive/hard to taper off.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslategray">Xanax is the appropriate medication to prescribe for the symptoms your friend was/is dealing with, i.e., <strong><u><span style="color: blue">trouble sleeping, anxiety</span></u></strong>, [not depression]. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslategray">Are you saying that you see depression but that your friend is calling it anxiety? Often depression and anxiety go hand in hand, but if the anxiety is treated, the [situational] depression will often cure itself (without the added stress and anxiety, the symptoms of depression go away).</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslategray">I was taking xanax for anxiety and wellbutrin xl for depression - two separate illnesses were being treated. I guess I'm not understanding why you are questioning why the DR prescribed xanax. Is your friend depressed or is she overwhelmed and anxious? Or both? Do you doubt that your friend was honest with her DR? </span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 233889, member: 2211"] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslategray]In your original post you said this:[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [COLOR=blue]Good friend has a dad with brain cancer---she's been having trouble sleeping, anxiety, but functioning fine, otherwise. Mentioned that to her doctor at her visit, wanting something to help reduce stress. He prescribed Xanax. My background tells me that Xanax is not for regular, daily use for depression, and can be very addictive/hard to taper off.[/COLOR] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslategray]Xanax is the appropriate medication to prescribe for the symptoms your friend was/is dealing with, i.e., [B][U][COLOR=blue]trouble sleeping, anxiety[/COLOR][/U][/B], [not depression]. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslategray][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslategray]Are you saying that you see depression but that your friend is calling it anxiety? Often depression and anxiety go hand in hand, but if the anxiety is treated, the [situational] depression will often cure itself (without the added stress and anxiety, the symptoms of depression go away).[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslategray][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslategray]I was taking xanax for anxiety and wellbutrin xl for depression - two separate illnesses were being treated. I guess I'm not understanding why you are questioning why the DR prescribed xanax. Is your friend depressed or is she overwhelmed and anxious? Or both? Do you doubt that your friend was honest with her DR? [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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