Does anybody take Xanax and Addorol together?

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I am on xanax for hypersensitivity, and it has helped a LOT. Before I was on it everything was all noise all the time to the point that I could no longer function. I started on xanax and it has made me feel human again (it's like somebody turned a volume knob in my brain down from 11), but it has also made me not care about anything and has also made me tired all the time and unable to focus. My roommate started taking addorol for ADD and since then she is always doing something and has lots of energy.

I did take part of an addorol once with xanax and I was able to focus and the xanax still made the noise levels bearable (I am not going to say where I got the addorol but it wasn't from my roommate).

I am aware that addorol can be highly addictive, but so is xanax (which makes me a little scared to have both) but if I can have at least a semi-normal life because of it maybe it is worth doing. I want to ask my doc but I just switched docs and this one seems a bit inept so I will be looking for a new one (and I am not sure I want to tell him that I have taken addorol that wasn't prescribed to me).

I have both...they are safely tucked away because I hate how either makes me feel. Xanax makes me feels loopy, and it can lower blood pressure so that can make you a bit tired feeling. I take prozac for anxiety. I was strongly opposed to it at first because I don't like anxiety drugs, but it has helped a lot. No side effects.

I also have a prescription to ritalin (I was thinking it was adderal, sorry) but rarely take it. It makes me feel restless and often stay up late at night, sometimes to two AM. I run around the house tidying and cleaning, just generally trying to find things to do until it wears off. I think taking them together it pretty pointless, and I'd sort of be surprised if a doctor prescribed them both to you at the same time. I would try an anti-anxiety drug that you take daily. I try to save drugs like xanax and adderal for special occasions, not for everyday.

I was on Adderal + Xanax for at least 5 years, but currently am not. I found the combo helpful, but got tired of wondering how "drugged" I was constantly. And also, tolerance and subsequent dosage increases were making me nervous. So I went off them (taper) both a few years ago.

It wasn't too bad, though it was definitely unpleasant. I think YMMV a lot with that, though. Some people seem to have a really tough time coming off either or both of those. My natural anxiety level is limited by CFS (or something fatiguing), so that might've made it easier for me.

I think the biggest thing is being an informed patient, which it sounds like you are trying to be. I was amazed to hear that some people don't know that Xanax can be tolerance-building or addictive.

cyb0rg, I identify so much with everything you say. My life experience has been very similar to yours. My experience with xanax is the same as you describe. I would add that from time to time I taper *down* (not off) to correct the resistance which would otherwise necessitate a larger dose.

That being said, I have to say that I know nothing about Adderal.

A few months ago, under doctor supervision, I tapered off xanax completely. It took about a month to clear my system, and then I went to hyper-hysterical-screaming meemies-irrational-randomly directed meltdown fits. I went back on xanax and now I'm okay again. The experience was useful - I found an ancient lode of lava-hot rage coursing deep in my emotions. With that info, I'm doing EMDR therapy again and making great strides.

I hope you will find your way; I admire the work you've done.

Not sure what you mean - what is inevitable, meltdowns or EMDR?

I took it very very slowly, and at my own pace. It took months. I can't give a reading on how miserable I was or wasn't - I don't really know.

Anyway, now I'm satisfied with my prescription. Also from time to time a taper for a week, to get ahead of the resistance building up.

I'm convinced that other therapies do help, although it took quite a while to find which ones. Are there other healing paths for you?

You know, for decades I drank pots and pots of tea, all day long. Now I realize there may have been a good reason for it. I stopped when a friend told me it was annoying that I never did anything without saying, "First, a pot of tea."

I've got a nice little history with green tea (the "real" kind) - and I bought some today. It's 30C here, so it's iced tea time.