"xanax is a great medicine that has been under a lot of flack recently because of irresponsible individuals who give it a bad name. i have been taking it for over two years now in an on/off fashion and sometimes for a few months at a time; however, i always take a few days every week to flush it out. my anxiety issues stem from a traumatic childhood making me miss out on a lot of great opportunities throughout life, opportunities that xanax is helping me take advantage of today. i am a very active male, i run and lift regularly and what i noticed about xanax from the get go is that i had an extremely high tolerance to it.  i take 1.5mg of xanax and .1mg of clonidine due to this fact - warning -clonidine has bad side effects when stopped cold"