"i&#039;ve been struggling with severe anxiety and depression since i was a child. i&#039;ve tried everything for anxiety: lexapro, celexa, effexor xr, prozac, and xanax. it&#039;s been the only medication that has really saved my life from this illness. otherwise, if i don&#039;t take it, i won&#039;t be able work or live. i know that there is so much stigma about how it&#039;s addicting and it&#039;s abused. if you genuinely have a serious anxiety disorder, don&#039;t focus on the stigma. take them! or try to live the severe anxiety. you sort of have to pick your poison. i have never abused xanax. i started taking klonopin for about a year, and was switched to xanax. i&#039;ve always taken my medicine as prescribed. right now, i&#039;m taking .25 mg and it does wonders for me."