xanax relaxes you so you don't dream and keeps u from being interrupted keeps you in rem sleep. so you relax more. that is what it does for me at any rate.
how does xanax affect deep sleep. i use a cpap machine and just recently had two sleep studies. the first without my cpap and the second with. the results on both tests show that i am not entering the deep sleep---n3 state of sleep at all and was told that xanax suppresses this cycle. is this true? i am planning to speak with my primary care doctor about an alternative med for anxiety as i really need to get deep sleep as i am usually very tired on a daily basis. thank you.